[Trombone-l] sight reading in jazz

[George Carr]

> It'll sound like a silly and flipant response, but it's a serious answer; the only way to practice sight reading is to practice sight reading.
> P.S.  I got a similar suggestion on developing my high range - to learn to play high, play high.  Worked great ;-)

Second all of that.  The only way to feel comfortable reading
'left-handed' or syncopated rhythms is to trip over them a few times.
I had a college jazz teacher who made a point of reading through
homework assignments from his counterpoint and composition classes -
they contained so many notation errors that once you could read them,
you could read anything.

Buy some jazz duet books and play through them with a friend - I
recommend the Bulla books for trombone, or the Niehaus trumpet duet
book if you're more comfortable in Bb treble clef.

George