Flow Studies with a Jazz Flavor promotes healthy breath support while also incorporating a clever jazz twist into each etude. There are 42 etudes in which players complete each phrase in one breath to learn how to manage their air flow through the ends of phrases. The etudes are based on jazz concepts and inspired by jazz standards so players can also develop their knowledge of jazz styles as well as transposing motives through multiple key centers. These etudes are challenging and rewarding for all types of players - classical and jazz alike !

Here's what the experts are saying:

"Good airflow, fluidity, and accuracy are a must for all great brass playing. A fast way to get there is working with this book. Highly recommended!!"

Andy Martin, World-Renowned Trombonist and Clinician

"The following studies, created by Ryan Haines, provide an enormous step toward building a strong foundation for any brass instrument. Each study focuses on an efficient use of air flow for performance of various length phrases. Also, because the shapes of these melodic structures introduce sounds familiar to the jazz idiom, they serve as exercises in ear training, providing a two-fold importance for this book. I recommend these studies for any level student, from beginner to the experienced performer, who is seeking to improve their basic approach to air flow."

Mike Crotty, Multi-Instrumentalist, Brass and Woodwinds - U.S. Air Force Band (retired)

"Ryan Haines presents a clever variety of valuable exercises to help the student develop and improve airflow. Long tones are all well and good, but more active musical lines can sometimes cause a player to lose focus on the air. In addition to these excellent airflow studies, this book will also enhance the players embouchure, reading, range, technique, key security, and jazz styling. Also expect good results for your ears and musicianship. I know of no other book like this one. It includes an excellent wide range of complexity and velocity, very nice, useful and appropriate for players at many levels."

Tom Ervin, Professor of Trombone (Emeritus) - University of Arizona Ryan Haines is a trombonist, composer, clinician, and brass teacher currently based in Phoenix, Arizona. He teaches Jazz Trombone at Arizona State University and was the interim Director of Jazz Studies at Northern Arizona University from 2011-2012. Ryan was the lead trombonist, Musical Director,

Flow Studies with a Jazz Flavor by Ryan Haines is appropriate for trumpet players high school age and up.

52 pages, spiral bound to lay flat on the music stand.

Producer, and Chief Arranger for the Falconaires Jazz Ensemble based at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado. He has composed and arranged music for 9 Air Force recordings and videos by premier ensembles including the Falconaires and the Airmen of Note. Ryan has performed as a featured artist at international music conferences, jazz festivals, and before audiences throughout the United States. Ryan has composed and arranged an extensive list of published music for jazz ensemble, brass ensemble, and trombone and tuba/euphonium ensembles; available through Walrus Music and Potenza Music publishing. A Sea Breeze Jazz recording artist, Ryan composed an 8-movement suite for big band entitled The Sky Blue Suite for his 2001 debut recording To the Sky and his follow-up recordings New Horizons and People and Places received critical acclaim internationally. Jazz industry reviewers use phrases such as: world-class, stellar, amazing and as good as it gets to describe his trombone playing and writing style.