Tango from the sax

Jorge Retamoza is a saxophonist, musician, and teacher with a truly unique style. His continuous exploration is now a hallmark of the tango and saxophone world. His stylistic development, his work as a composer, and his contributions to the genre—not only through his repertoire but also through his instrument—have revitalized the saxophone in Argentina and around the world. He has introduced phrasing, techniques, and designs of varying difficulty, techniques that were neither used nor known until Retamoza's emergence onto the contemporary musical scene. All of this has resulted in a unique book. In this work, you will find all the necessary elements (with explanations…

More tango for sax

MORE TANGO FOR THE SAXOPHONE, the new book by Jorge Retamoza and Jerónimo Guirrieri, contains a compendium of historical variations, original variations, solos, and orchestral studies extracted note for note from recordings by the genre's leading artists. The book will guide you through playing all the scores alongside the orchestras of Aníbal Troilo or Juan D’Arienzo, Astor Piazzolla or Horacio Salgán, Roberto Grela and Leopoldo Federico, since all the variations, solos, and studies are linked to a playlist. In addition, it includes piano accompaniment tracks based on milonga rhythms and cadences used in emblematic tango pieces, which…
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