u/YoMamaGoodua

I posted a few days asking about how to further my knowledge in jazz and ability. I don’t have an Omnibook yet but I found a transcription of a nice sounding lick from Charlie Parker’s “Now’s the Time” it took me 5 minutes to learn and after some repetitions and listening to the original a few times I got multiple runs I was happy with (this being the best and most accurate to Charlie Parker imo). If you could leave some tips or criticisms that’d be amazing. Just graduated to my junior year of highschool and have 5 yrs of experience for reference.

for context I’m a 5 year player in highschool just finished my sophomore year and I’ve auditioned for MTSBOA 3 times and failed all 3. I plan to switch up and try Jazz auditions instead of classical. I’m looking for tips on where to start. I have a good grasp of a lot of jazz vocab but I’m looking for things to practice in general and just an overall check up to see if where I’m at is normal or so I need to get much better before thinking about auditioning again. I have auditioned for APSU’s honor band and made 2nd chair both times and got a 1 recently at SEPA so I know I’m kind of good. Also if anyone is wondering my gear is Prelude as711 w/ a vandoren optimum mouthpiece.