Chris Collins, Full Professor
Director Jazz Studies
Wayne State University Detroit, MI
(one of the oldest Jazz Studies Programs in the Country)http://music.wayne.edu/jazz.php

Jazz Ed. Videos

Jazz Ed. Articles

Body And Soul - Rampone Sax workshop at sax.co.uk, England

Giant Steps (while rhythmically free, the form and changes are intact) -Same as above

TENOR MADNESS @ Wayne State Univ., 2008

Interviews/workshops with : Jerry Bergonzi, Claudio Zolla,        

Francois, Louis, Emanuele Cisi and more...

Jazz Improv. for beginners (3 Part Video Series):

    Jazz Improvisation Part 1: Beginning With Rhythm

   Jazz Improvisation Part 2: Using the Melody

   Jazz Improvisation Part 3: Intermediate Harmonic Techniques


Chris Collins UMEA Live Jazz Workshop
    Collins Interacts via Web-Streaming with teachers at the Utah Educators Conferencehttp://www.banddirector.com/article/rl-jazz-band-videos/chris-collins-umea-live-jazz-workshop?resourcelibrary=13http://www.banddirector.com/article/rl-jazz-band-videos/chris-collins-umea-live-jazz-workshop?resourcelibrary=13http://www.banddirector.com/article/rl-jazz-band-videos/chris-collins-umea-live-jazz-workshop?resourcelibrary=13shapeimage_3_link_0shapeimage_3_link_1

Four Note Chord Colors, Inversions, and Shapes, an online article by C.Collins

The Cover Story
SAXOPHONE JOURNAL
May/June Issuehttp://www.dornpub.com/saxophonejournal/SaxJMayJune2010.htm