Remembering World-Renowned Saxophonist, Tim Price

The saxophone and jazz communities suffered a HUGE loss on July 21, 2022.

Tim Price, a phenomenal woodwind artist and educator, who has been featured many times on this Podcast in recent years, passed away on that date.

He had been suffering from a brain tumor for many months.

I had been reading Tim’s articles in the Saxophone Journal for many years, and had gotten to know him over the last 7 years while we met up at the NAMM Show every year in Anaheim, CA.

We jammed together, and often talked about teaching and the state of affairs in jazz music at that time.

Tim’s passing is a HUGE loss for the saxophone and jazz communities.

He would often share his knowledge and teachings on the web over the past few decades.

In 2016, for my (now defunct) BAM Radio Show, I had the honor and pleasure of chatting with Tim Price, world-renowned saxophonist.

The link to the full tribute episode, along with more Resources for this episode, is on our website.

We talked about:

• 🎷How Tim learned how to improvise “BA”
• 🎷How he taught his beginner jazz students how to improvise
• 🎷How to imagine the sound & learn language inflection
• 🎷Getting a pocket
• 🎷Who Tim recommends to listen to for listening assignments
• 🎷Tone advice for Band Directors to improve their students’ saxophone tone (and beginning saxophone players too!)
• 🎷How to fatten up your sound
• 🎷 Playing in a saxophone section in jazz band
• 🎷And more!