'What's important in music that's based on a poem - on the emotion inspired by a poem - is the music and power of emotion it harbours within itself?. These words, written in 1949 by poet Pierre Reverdy, would make a deep impression on composer Betsy Jolas. She'd just sent the writer her Six mélodies for mezzo-soprano and piano composed on poems from his masterwork Plupart du temps. The songs were …

The Absolute Beginners award-winning method has been designed to make learning the 5-string Banjo easier than ever before! Step-by-step pictures take you from first day exercises to playing your first complete songs. Absolute Beginners Banjo gives you: An 'owner's manual' approach to the banjo. Practical advice and tips covering everything you need to know about setting up, playing and maintenance…

This Tuba Fingering Chart is a brilliantly useful reference guide for players of all ages and abilities. Featuring an expansive gatefold design that shows essential information such as fingerings for all notes, notation hints and instrument care, this is a guide that should never leave your possession.A chart such as this is the perfect supplement for your lessons or your self-teaching, giving you…

Chorheft 3: Fastenzeit / Ostern. Par . The German Catholic hymnal Gotteslob offers a wealth of possibilities for the celebration of the Divine Office by the congregation. With this third choral collection the editors encourage lively worship services, which choir and congregation can create and celebrate together. The collection offers many specific suggestions for this type of worship, as well as…

Par GORDON ANDREW D.. Get your solo playing up to scratch and discover a wealth of riffs and moves with Andrew D. Gordon's guide, complete with a CD of grooves to jam with! The book is intended as an improvisational tool, providing you with a generous range of riffs and phrases, groups into Rock, Funk and Blues styles. The CD tracks are supported by chord sheets, so you'll know where you are strai…

The Blues Guitar Chord Deck makes learning a real 'hands-on' experience and features over 40 blues chords in a convenient deck format of cardboard guitar-neck illustrations that fan out and indicate exactly where to place your fingers. Master a whole set of new skills with the deck's ingenious swivel pack design that literally puts a wealth of blues guitar information right at your fingertips. Dis…

Par . C. Paul Herfurth's classic series of tutor books have now been completely revised and updated with a host of innovations to suit a new generation of musicians. A New Tune A Day features the same logical, gentle pace and keen attention to detail that made earlier editions so hugely popular and successful. Clear explanatory diagrams and photographs help guide you through the lessons and achiev…

Study the trademark songs, licks, tones, and techniques of blues Guitar virtuoso Robben Ford.This comprehensive book and audio teaching method provides detailed analysis of Robben's gear, tone, techniques, styles, songs, licks, signature phrases, and much more.You'll learn everything you need to know about Ford's legendary Guitar playing, from his early years in jazz fusion with the Yellowjackets …

I Used to Play Viola is a new book for adults looking to get back into playing the Viola, and will help jumpstart their memory and comfort with music. Its #1 goal is to get people re-acquainted with their instrument by providing them with types of music they want to play, like pop, jazz, and classic tunes, rather than etudes. The book contains a CD with audio MP3 files of complete performances of …

Symphony for Winds, Percussion and Pre-recorded Soundscape. Par SHAPIRO ALEX. IMMERSION brings listeners on a sonic journey into a private, aquatic realm. Beneath the surface of the ocean is a world of liquid beauty and grace hidden from our eyes and from our imagination. Follow your ears and your heart to the deepest unseen places we often neglect to consider. Shapiro's electroacoustic wind symph…

By Gordon Goodwin. For Jazz Ensemble. Jazz Ensemble. Gordon Goodwin Series. Jazz. Conductor Score. 32 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.
Level: 5 (Advanced / Difficult) (grade 5).

By Josef Zawinul, James Rein and Esther Marrow. Arranged by Vince Gassi. Jazz Ensemble. Jazz Ensemble. First Year Charts for Jazz Ensemble. Jazz. Grade 1. Score. 16 pages. Published by Alfred Music

By Sammy Nestico. By Sammy Nestico. For Jazz Ensemble. Jazz Ensemble. Quincy Jones and Sammy Nestico Premier Jazz. Level: 4.5 (Medium Advanced / Difficult) (grade 4.5). Conductor Score and Parts. 73 pages. Duration 1:08. Published by Alfred Publishing.

Composed by Mike Collins-Dowden. Jazz Ensemble. Jazz Ensemble; Score. First Year Charts for Jazz Ensemble. Jazz. Grade 1. 16 pages. Published by Alfred Music

Composed by Bert Berns, Gerry Wexler, and Soloman Burke. Arranged by Paul Murtha. For Jazz Ensemble (Score and Parts). Young Jazz (Jazz Ensemble). Grade 3. Published by Hal Leonard

Composed by Sammy Nestico. For jazz ensemble. Sammy Nestico Premium Jazz Series. Very Bright. Advanced. Score and set of parts. Published by Kendor Music Inc

Arranged by Dave Rivello. Traditional. For Jazz Ensemble. Jazz Ensemble. Jazz for Young People Series. Funk; Rock. Level: 3 (Medium) (grade 3). Conductor Score and Parts. 100 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

Composed by Erik Morales. Jazz Ensemble; Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Jazz Band Series. Jazz. Part(s); Score. 102 pages. Duration 5:43. Alfred Music #00-45078. Published by Alfred Music (AP.45078).

Composed by Thelonius Monk. Arranged by Mike Kamuf. Jazz Ensemble. Jazz Ensemble; Part(s); Score. Jazz Band Series. Jazz. Grade 3.5. 122 pages. Published by Alfred Music

By Thelonious Monk. Arranged by Mark Taylor. Jazz Ensemble Library. Size 9x12 inches. Published by Hal Leonard.

erklee Methods. Instruction, Jazz, Jazz Reference, Songwriting. Softcover Audio Online. 216 pages. Published by Berklee Press

Performed by The Blues Brothers. Arranged by Roger Holmes. (Score and Parts). Jazz Ensemble Library. Size 9x12 inches. Published by Hal Leonard.

Composed by Charles Mingus. Arranged by Victor Lopez. Jazz Ensemble; Part(s); Score. Young Jazz Ensemble. Jazz. 102 pages. Published by Alfred Music (AP.46160).

By Lennie Niehaus. For jazz ensemble (Kendor Konvertible for 9-17 players) plus optional flute, clarinet, F horn, tuba and vibes. Jazz Gateway Series. Moderate Swing. Easy. Score and set of parts. Duration ca. 4 minutes, 45 seconds. Published by Kendor Mu

By John LaBarbera. For jazz ensemble, tenor saxes have optional soprano sax or flute/piccolo doubles. Kendor Jazz Archive Series. Fast Rock. Advanced. Score and set of parts. Duration 4 minutes. Published by Kendor Music Inc Score and Parts Fast Rock

By Carmine Pastore. Jazz ensemble. Audio recording available separately (item CL.991-2001-02). Grade 3.5. Score and set of parts. Composed 2001. Duration 2 minutes, 39 seconds. Published by C.L. Barnhouse . Score and Parts.

By John Edmondson. Jazz Band. Music Book. Published by Queenwood Publications.