for Tenor Saxophone and Bb Instruments-Andrew D. Gordon world renowned music educator author of over 60 music educational products has previously written numerous books on flute styles such as: ???100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Saxophone??? ???100 Ultimate Jazz Riffs for Saxophone??? ???The Blues Scale for Saxophone??? as well as another book that A.D.G. Productions publishes ???Ultimate Funk Grooves for Saxophone??? authored by Ben Tompsett which have all been well received by students teachers and musicians all over the world. As playing funk styles is a passion of Andrew???s he has written this instructional book ???100 Ultimate Soul Funk and RandB Grooves??? based on the influences of the great Funk Soul and RandB artists suchas: James Brown Herbie Hancock The Crusaders Average White Band Marvin Gaye Miles Davis Stevie Wonder Parliament Ramsey Lewis Booker T and The MG???s MFSB Billy Preston etc. Besides the afore-mentioned styles Andrew has also added a few grooves that are Afro-Caribbean such as: Latin Reggae and Calypso. Each of the 100 grooves have been recorded with the Saxophone part playing along with a rhythm section of guitar bass drums keyboards and in many of the grooves percussion. There is also a three minute Play-A-Long track for each of the 100 grooves minus the Saxophone part so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-A-Long tracks.

Funk and its infectious style remains a popular part of the music we listen to today. Timeless recordings from such artists as James Brown The Commodores Stevie Wonder The Meters The Crusaders Brecker Brothers The Average White Band Sly and the Family Stone Tower of Power Prince The Blackbyrds Manu Dibango Maceo Parker Junior Walker and the All Stars and many more continue to enjoy massive popularity and have had a major influence on contemporary music styles such as Hip-Hop Rap and RandB. The saxophone in Funk music has its place not only in the Horn sections so often heard in this genre but also as a dynamic solo instrument. This bookcontains 92 riifs that showcase the different ways in which the soloist can create a distinct Funk sound to their playing. The audio tracks contains 31 different grooves that accompany each of the riffs influenced by the aforementioned artists and covers a wide range of different Funk styles from the mid-sixties to the present day. The book is intended for the musician who wants to practically develop their playing style and improvisation technique in this genre.