Recommended Books for Improv Study
Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns - Nicolas Slonimsky
Scale Anthology Vol 1 & 2 - Miles Osland
Inside Improvisation Vol 2 Pentatonics - Jerry Bergonzi
Inside Improvisation vol. 7 Hexatonics - Jerry Bergonzi
A Chromatic Approach to Jazz Harmony and Melody - David Liebman
Favorite Fake Books
Thelonious Monk Fake Book - trans. Steve Cardenas
Charles Mingus: More than a Fake Book - ed. Sue Mingus
NL [Netherlands] Real Book, Vol. 1 - ed. Walter van de Leur
Transcriptions by Dieter Rice
Footprints - Wayne Shorter solo from Adam's Apple
Straight Ahead - Oliver Nelson and Eric Dolphy's solos
King Kong - Eddie Palermo, entire big band chart
Blue Train - John Coltrane, melody, harmony, and bkg figures
Arrangements by Dieter Rice
Some Skunk Funk, Randy Brecker - for saxophone quintet
Too Long in LA, Dave Frishberg - for big band
Trinkle Tinkle, Thelonious Monk - for saxophone quintet
Hell's Kitchen, Dream Theater - for mixed ensemble
6:00, Dream Theater - for jazz combo
Gloria from Missa Papae Marcelli, Palestrina - for saxophone ensemble
Performed with:
Jazz Conspiracy
Kentucky Repertory Jazz Orchestra
American Metropole Orchestra
DiMartino/Osland Jazz Orchestra
Miles Osland Little Big Band
Jazz Police
Joe Lovano
John Fedchock
Michael Feinstein
Hal Galper
Marvin Stamm
Sonny Turner (of the Platters)
Lexington Philharmonic
Mach One Jazz Orchestra
Denis DiBlasio
Dave Frishberg
Banda Vagos
Osland/Dailey Jazztet
Performed at the following festivals:
Montreux Jazz Festival
North Sea Jazz Festival
Mt. Hood Jazz Festival
Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival
Reno Jazz Festival