Jazz Repertoire

Level I 

Technique & Pattern Books

Improvisational Patterns: Volume 1	David Baker
Improvisational Patterns: The Bebop Era: Vol 1	David Baker
Patterns for Jazz*	Jerry Coker
Daily Studies*	Trent Kynaston
Improvisation for Saxophone	Andy McGhee
Patterns for Improvisation	Oliver Nelson
Jazz Improvisation for Saxophone	Lennie Niehaus

Etude & Transcription Books

Solos for Jazz Alto Sax*	Stuart Isacoff
Solos for Jazz Tenor Sax*	Stuart Isacoff
Reading Key Jazz Rhythms*	Fred Lipsus
Basie - Nestico Lead Sax Book*	Sammy Nestico
Intermediate Jazz Conception for Saxophone Series	Lennie Niehaus
Hot Rock Sax	Tim Price
Creative Jazz Improvisation	Scott Reeves
Jazz Conception	Jim Snidero

Tunes for Memorization & Transcription Study

Tune; Artist; Album; Source

Body and Soul	Coleman Hawkins	Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz	Solos for Jazz Tenor Sax
C Jam Blues	Johnny Hodges	Johnny Hodges Live at the Sportspalast	Solos for Jazz Alto Sax
Desafinado	Stan Getz	Getz/Gilberto	Solos for Jazz Tenor Sax
Early Autumn	Woody Herman	Woody Herman and His Orchestra	Jazz Styles and Analysis: Alto Sax
I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good	Johnny Hodges	Johnny Hodges Live at the Sportspalast	Solos for Jazz Alto Sax
Sugar	Stanley Turrentine	Sugar	Modern Jazz Tenor Solos
Summertime	Charlie Parker	The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve	Solos for Jazz Alto Sax

Additional Tunes for Memorization
Cantaloupe Island; Footprints; Satin Doll; So What; Watermelon Man 

Level II

Technique & Pattern Books

How to Play Bebop Vol. 1*	David Baker
Improvisational Patterns: Vol. 1	David Baker
Improvisational Patterns The Bebop Era: Vol. 1	David Baker
Improvisational Patterns The Bebop Era: Vol. 2	David Baker
Patterns for Jazz	Jerry Coker
Daily Studies	Trent Kynaston
Repository of Scales & Melodic Patterns	Yusef Lateef
Improvisation for Saxophone*	Andy McGhee
Patterns for Improvisation*	Oliver Nelson

                                                                                 

Etude & Transcription Books

Modern Jazz Tenor Solos*	Hunt Butler
Solos for Jazz Alto Sax	Stuart Isacoff
Solos for Jazz Tenor Sax	Stuart Isacoff
Masters of the Alto Saxophone Play the Blues	Trent Kynaston
Basie - Nestico Lead Sax Book*	Sammy Nestico
Advanced Jazz Conception for Saxophone	Lennie Niehaus
Dexter Gordon Jazz Saxophone Solos	Lennie Niehaus
Great Tenor Sax Solos*	Tim Price
Creative Jazz Improvisation	Scott Reeves
Creative Reading Studies for Saxophone	Joseph Viola
The Technique of the Saxophone*	Joseph Viola
Jazz Saxophone Vol. 2	Peter Yellin

Tunes for Memorization & Transcription Study
Tune; Artist, Album, Source

Corcovado	Cannonball Adderley	Cannonball Adderley and the Bossa Rio Sextet	The Jazz Style of Cannonball Adderley
Blue Rondo Ala Turk	Paul Desmond	Time Out	Solos for Jazz Alto Sax
Dexter Digs In	Dexter Gordon	Long Tall Dexter/The Savoy Sessions	Dexter Gordon Jazz Saxophone Solos
Ecaroh	Hank Mobley	Art Blakely and the Jazz Messengers	Modern Jazz Tenor Solos
For Regulars Only	Dexter Gordon	Manhattan Syndrome	Dexter Gordon Jazz Saxophone Solos
Maiden Voyage	George Coleman	Maiden Voyage	Modern Jazz Tenor Solos
Now's the Time	Charlie Parker	Confirmation: The Best of the Verve Years	Charlie Parker Omnibook
Over the Rainbow	Sonny Stitt	Soul Electricity	Sonny Stitt Improvised Tenor Saxophone Solos
Song for my Father	Joe Henderson	Song for My Father	Modern Jazz Tenor Solos
Speak No Evil	Wayne Shorter	Speak No Evil	Wayne Shorter

Additional Tunes for Memorization

Autumn Leaves; Billie's Bounce; Doxy; Groovin High; Just Friends; Killer Joe; Misty; Softly, As In a Morning Sunrise; Stella by Starlight

Level III

Technique & Pattern Books

How to Play Bebop Vol. 2	David Baker
Improvisational Patterns: Vol. 2	David Baker
Improvisational Patterns The Bebop Era: Vol. 2	David Baker
Patterns for Jazz	Jerry Coker
Improvisation for Saxophone	Andy McGhee
New Concepts in Linear Improvisation*	Ramon Ricker

                                   

Etude & Transcription Books

The Charlie Parker Omnibook*	Aebersold & Sloan
Jazz Etudes	David Baker
The Jazz Style of Sonny Rollins*	David Baker
Jazz Improvisation: The Goal Note Method	Shelly Berg
Solos for Jazz Alto Sax	Stuart Isacoff
Solos for Jazz Tenor Sax	Stuart Isacoff
Thad Jones Lead Sax Book*	Thad Jones
Masters of the Tenor Saxophone Play the Blues*	Trent Kynaston
Jazz Tenor Rhythm Solos	Trent Kynaston
Advanced Jazz Conception for Saxophone Series	Lennie Niehaus
Lennie Niehaus Plays the Blues	Lennie Niehaus
Creative Jazz Improvisation	Scott Reeves
Joe Henderson Improvised Saxophone Solos	Don Sickler
Creative Reading Studies for Saxophone	Joseph Viola
The Technique of the Saxophone	Joseph Viola

  

Tunes for Memorization & Transcription Study
Tune; Artist, Album, Source 

Billie's Bounce	Charlie Parker	The Savoy & Dial Master Takes	Charlie Parker Omnibook
Blue Bossa	Nick Brignolo	LA Bound	Nick Brignola Sax Solos
Cheesecake	Dexter Gordon	Go	Dexter Gordon Jazz Saxophone Solos
Infant Eyes	Wayne Shorter	Speak No Evil	Wayne Shorter
I Remember You	Lee Konitz	Motion	Jazz Styles and Analysis; Alto Sax
Like Someone In Love	Paul Desmond	Dave Brubeck Quartet Live in Europe	Jazz Styles and Analysis: Alto Sax
On Green Dolphin Street	Sonny Stitt	Sunny Side Up	Improvised Tenor Saxophone Solos

 

Additional Tunes for Memorization
Girl From Ipanema; Indiana; It Could Happen to You; Milestones; Perdido; Round; Midnight; Sweet Georgia Brown; Tenor Madness; There Is No Greater Love; There Will Never be Another You; Yardbird Suite

Level IV

Technique & Pattern Books

How to Play Bebop Vol. 3	David Baker
Improvisational Patterns The Bebop Era: Vol. 3	David Baker
Modal and Contemporary Patterns	David Baker
Chromaticism/Non-Diatonic Scales	David Liebman
New Concepts in Linear Improvisation	Ramon Ricker
Pentatonic Scales for Jazz Improvisation*	Ramon Ricker

Etude & Transcription Books

The Charlie Parker Omnibook	Aebersold & Sloan
Bebop Jazz Solos	David Baker
The Jazz Style of Cannonball Adderley*	David Baker
Intervallistic Concept	Eddie Harris
Bob Berg Solos	Trent Kynaston
John Coltrane Improvised Saxophone Solos*	Don Sickler

Tunes for Memorization & Transcription Study
Tune; Artist, Album, Source

Anthropology	Charlie Parker	Summit Meeting at Birdland	Charlie Parker Omnibook
Au Privave	Charlie Parker	Swedish Schnapps - The Genius of Charlie Parker	Charlie Parker Omnibook
Blue Train	John Coltrane	Blue Train	John Coltrane Improvised Saxophone Solos
Dig	Sonny Rollins	Dig	Solos for Jazz Tenor Sax
Donna Lee	Charlie Parker	Bird/ The Savoy Recordings	Charlie Parker Omnibook
Just Friends	Charlie Parker	Charlie Parker with Strings	Charlie Parker Omnibook
Locomotion	John Coltrane	Blue Train	John Coltrane Improvised Saxophone Solos
Nica's Dream	Hank Mobley	Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers	Modern Jazz Tenor Solos
On Green Dolphin Street	Cannonball Adderley	Jazz Track	Jazz Styles and Analysis
Oleo	John Coltrane	Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet	Rhythm Changes Jazz Tenor Solos
Stompin' at the Savoy	Phil Woods	Legrand Jazz	Jazz Styles and Analysis: Alto Sax

Additional Tunes for Memorization

Blue Monk; Confirmation; Dewey Square; Have You Met Miss Jones; I Got Rhythm; Just Friends; Lazy Bird; Ojos de Rojo; Star Eyes

Level V

Technique & Pattern Books

Modal and Contemporary Patterns	David Baker
Chromaticism/Non-Diatonic Scales*	David Liebman
Technique Development in Fourths for Jazz Improvisation*	Ramon Ricker
Pentatonic Scales for Jazz Improvisation	Ramon Ricker
The Technique of the Saxophone Vol. 2	Joseph Viola

Etude & Transcription Books

The Charlie Parker Omnibook	Aebersold & Sloan
John Coltrane Styles and Analysis	David Baker
Michael Brecker Solos	Trent Kynaston

                                                                  

Tunes for Memorization & Transcription Study
Tune; Artist, Album, Source

E.S.P.	Wayne Shorter	E.S.P.	Wayne Shorter
Giant Steps	John Coltrane	Giant Steps	Solos for Jazz Tenor Sax
Invitation	Michael Brecker	You Can't Live Without It	Micheal Brecker Improvised Saxophone Solos
Moment's Notice	John Coltrane	Blue Train	Improvised Saxophone Solos

Additional Tunes for Memorization
All the Things You Are; Ornithology; Scrapple From the Apple; Stella by Starlight; What is This Thing Called Love

For further information and annotations on the texts and recordings mentioned in this list please refer to:
Jeffrey Benedict's D.M.A. dissertation, Incorporating jazz into the study of saxophone at the undergraduate level: A graded index of materials and recommendations for their use, available from UMI.