• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Website of Steve Neff

  • BLOG
  • SHOP
  • MY ACCOUNT
  • RAVES
  • CONTACT

Search Neffmusic

You are here: Home / Jazz Videos / Improvising over “On Green Dolphin Street” Video

Improvising over “On Green Dolphin Street” Video

June 26, 2013 by Steve 8 Comments

Here’s another video of me playing with that Hal Crook play along. I’m not even sure if this play along is still being published.  It’s called “Creative Comping for Improvisation”.  I haven’t seen it since the early 90’s.  It is such a ball to jam to because the comping is not traditional at all.  There are some really cool alterations, substitutions and out of the ordinary comping on it that really are cool to play with.  I use to play duo with a great keyboard player for years and this reminds me of those times.  The tricky part with soloing over these types of play alongs is trying to compensate when a chord is played that catches you off guard.  All of a sudden you have to change you lines or ideas in the moment to compensate which makes it much more exciting and fun to play to……….

Filed Under: Jazz Videos Tagged With: Green Dolphin Street, sax improvisation, steve neff

Steve

About Steve

Steve Neff has been playing and teaching saxophone and jazz improvisation around the New England area for over 30 years. He is the author of many best selling jazz improvisation methods as well as founding the popular jazz video lesson site Neffmusic.com.

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. AvatarGerardo Avila says

    November 5, 2009 at 7:34 pm

    Amazing, beautifull, just….God! I´d love to play like that one day. You are so inspiring. Thanks for your talent.

    Reply
  2. AvatarSam says

    November 30, 2009 at 10:29 am

    Wow Steve! Nice solo…

    Reply
    • stevesteve says

      November 30, 2009 at 10:55 am

      Thanks Sam. I’m glad you likes it.

      Reply
  3. AvatarMike says

    January 3, 2010 at 10:27 pm

    Great playing as always steve! BTW what soprano are you using?

    Reply
    • stevesteve says

      January 3, 2010 at 10:34 pm

      Thanks, Yamaha YSS-62

      Reply
  4. AvatarSamer says

    January 26, 2011 at 8:43 pm

    I really Would like to watch your video but I’m not able ? I do have quicktime player !! Any help or advice !!?? Thank you very much indeed…

    Reply
  5. AvatarSamer says

    January 26, 2011 at 8:54 pm

    Ok,Ok, now I can watch it,, that’s wonderfull ,great clean technic, a great lesson for me, and a lovely soprano sound !!

    Reply
  6. AvatarJason says

    June 27, 2013 at 12:35 pm

    you can find this play along on amazon and several others still…..its a blast to play along with too!

    Reply

Leave a Reply to Samer Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

Cart

No products in the cart.

Subscribe to the Neffmusic Newsletter for the latest reviews and best deals delivered straight to your inbox every month. Join now and you will also receive my 40 Ultimate Michael Brecker Licks free!

Select list(s) to subscribe to


Thanks for joining!


NEFFMUSIC PRINTED BOOKS

Testimonials

You can follow the discussion on Tune of the Week-Well You Needn’t without having to leave a comment. Cool, huh? Just enter your email address in the form here below and you’re all set.

… Read more

Manage subscriptions

Featured Video Lessons

  • Mastering the Dominant Pentatonic Sound over a Blues (Digital PDF Book) Mastering the Dominant Pentatonic Sound over a Blues (Digital PDF Book)
    Rated 5.00 out of 5
    $19.99 Original price was: $19.99.$14.99Current price is: $14.99.
  • The Secret to Modern Outside Jazz Lines Lesson-Minor The Secret to Modern Outside Jazz Lines Lesson-Minor $9.99
  • Creating Modern II-V-I Lines with Simple Pentatonics Lesson Creating Modern II-V-I Lines with Simple Pentatonics Lesson
    Rated 5.00 out of 5
    $9.99
  • The Best Embouchure for Tone, Intonation and Endurance Lesson The Best Embouchure for Tone, Intonation and Endurance Lesson
    Rated 4.91 out of 5
    $9.99
  • The Secret to Altissimo (no one has ever told you about before) Lesson The Secret to Altissimo (no one has ever told you about before) Lesson
    Rated 4.75 out of 5
    $9.99

Now over 600 video and audio lessons to choose from!

Free Lessons

  • Free Lesson on The New Ultimate II-V-I Primer-Major Keys
  • Free Video Lesson on Mastering Altered Pentatonics
  • Free Video Lesson on Mastering the Blues Scale Volume 1 & 2
  • Free Video Lesson on Mastering the Dominant Bebop Scale and Language Book 1 & 2
  • Free Video Lesson on Approach Note Velocity Book

Recent reviews

  • Bebop Scale-Altered Scale II-V-I Practice Lesson Bebop Scale-Altered Scale II-V-I Practice Lesson by Noah
  • Mastering the Dominant Pentatonic Sound over a Blues (Digital PDF Book) Mastering the Dominant Pentatonic Sound over a Blues (Digital PDF Book) by Andy
  • Mastering the Dominant Pentatonic Sound over a Blues (Digital PDF Book) Mastering the Dominant Pentatonic Sound over a Blues (Digital PDF Book)
    Rated 5 out of 5
    by Russ
  • Creating Modern II-V-I Lines with Simple Pentatonics Lesson Creating Modern II-V-I Lines with Simple Pentatonics Lesson
    Rated 5 out of 5
    by Timothy
  • The Best Embouchure for Tone, Intonation and Endurance Lesson The Best Embouchure for Tone, Intonation and Endurance Lesson
    Rated 5 out of 5
    by Ray Holland

Footer

Recent Comments

  • Ted on Otto Link LA Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
  • Arya Boustani on Otto Link Super Tone Master V 7* Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
  • Steve M on Otto Link Super Tone Master V 7* Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
  • Giuseppe C. on Theo Wanne Essentials Jazz 7* Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
  • Arya Boustani on Otto Link Super Tone Master V 7* Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review

Top rated products

  • Mastering the Major Bebop Scale & Sound (Digital PDF Book) Mastering the Major Bebop Scale & Sound (Digital PDF Book)
    Rated 5.00 out of 5
    $14.99
  • Tune of the Week-Softly as a Morning Sunrise Lesson Tune of the Week-Softly as a Morning Sunrise Lesson
    Rated 5.00 out of 5
    $9.99
  • The Style of Dexter Gordon-Lady Bird Lesson 1 The Style of Dexter Gordon-Lady Bird Lesson 1
    Rated 5.00 out of 5
    $9.99
  • Tune of the Week-Days of Wine and Roses Lesson Tune of the Week-Days of Wine and Roses Lesson
    Rated 5.00 out of 5
    $9.99
  • Tune of the Week-Invitation Tune of the Week-Invitation
    Rated 5.00 out of 5
    $9.99

Product tags

alto sax alto saxophone approach notes audio lesson bebop scale beginner beginner saxophone blues blues licks blues patterns blues scale blues scales diminished scale dominant chords ear training fundamentals II-V-I improvisation jazz improvisation jazz lines jazz patterns jazz sax jazz saxophone jazz standard jazz standards licks Mastering the Blues Scale Michael Brecker modern improv modern improvisation online lesson patterns playing outside practice habits reading music sax basics sax lessons saxophone scales smooth jazz steve neff tenor sax tenor saxophone video lesson video lessons
  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • SUPPORT

Neffmusic © 2005–2025