Par DRAKE ERVIN. This upbeat swing standard remains one of the most popular tunes recorded by the Duke Ellington Orchestra. Here is a carefully arranged chart that sounds sophisticated, yet is easily attainable by young ensembles. Our Easy Jazz Ensemble series is written for full band, playable with four saxes, three trumpets, three trombones, and rhythm section. Each arrangement also includes op…

The composer says: For years, my fellow guitarists have been asking me to compose a solo classical guitar piece that reflects that most American of musical styles'the blues. Their prodding was the motivation for Periwinkle Memories; the inspiration for the piece, however, really came from a maestro of extraordinary skill, and a teacher of even more extraordinary patience, Elias Barreiro, my guita…

Now you can be the feature Violin soloist on eight specially recorded arrangements from the classic cult comedy film The Blues Brothers. The CD contains full backing tracks, professionally arranged and recorded to help you learn the songs. The book is full of carefully selected and edited Violin arrangements with chord symbols in concert pitch, allowing any Guitar or Keyboard instrument to accompa…

10 pieces in 10 styles from around the world. Par MOWER MIKE. From Rio to Red Square, Mike Mower's Musical Postcards features ten captivating pieces in different musical styles from around the world. Experience the thrill of Puerto Rican salsa, the magic of an Irish reel, the romance of French café music, and much more ' Available in editions for alto saxophone, flute, clarinet, trumpet and violin…

On the CD: Full backing tracks, professionally arranged and recorded Full backing tracks for each part so you can play along with either one Full demonstration recordings to help you learn the songs. In the book: Carefully selected and edited easy clarinet duet arrangements with chord symbols in concert pitch. / Pop & rock / Recueil / Clarinette et Piano

This unique series feature the actual keyboard parts transcribed as played on the original recordings, and packaged with sound-alike CD backing tracks so you can master the keyboard parts then play along like a pro! The audio CD is playable on any CD player and also enhanced so PC and Mac users can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch. Includes: All You Need Is Love- Back in th…

Par SAINZ DE LA MAZA EDUARDO. Platero Y Yo (Platero and I) is a suite of eight short works inspired by a set of poems that Nobel Prize-winning author Juan Ramón Jiménez. wrote about a donkey, and his home region of Andalusia. The words of the poems are to be read over theperformance of the witty, modern Andalusian-inspired music. It is a charming work that has performed and recorded many times. Co…

Par DIX BRUCE. A collection, for fiddle, of over 200 great bluegrass, old time, country and gospel standards played by jammers and performers all over the world! Melodies are presented with standard notation, lyrics and chords. Learn to play songs written and recorded by the giants of traditional American music: Bill Monroe, The Stanley Brothers, Flatt and Scruggs, Ralph Stanley, The Osborne Broth…

Internationally known singer/songwriter and guitarist Janis Ian has been writing and recording music since the 1960s. As a teenager, she released her first hit single, the controversial Society's Child. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Janis Ian had several hit songs, both in the U.S. and abroad, including the Grammy Award-winning At Seventeen. A respected songwriter, her songs have been covered …

Born in South Africa, but now an Irish citizen, Kevin Volans' musical idiom has been shaped by an unusually diverse range of experiences, including studies with Stockhausen in Cologne, field trips to South Africa to study traditional music, his own involvement with the New Simplicity movement, his collection of contemporary art and African textiles, friendships with composers like Morton Feldman a…