Par GORDON ANDREW D.. With the continued worldwide success of the book series Ultra Smooth Jazz Grooves that I co-authored with sax player Frank Villafranca based on compositions that we wrote for our band The Super Groovers, I have now authored this series of Smooth Jazz books for the following instruments: Piano/Keyboards, Guitar/Bass, Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Tenor and Alto Saxes, Trumpet and Trombone. Smooth Jazz covers a wide variety of different styles and I have combined elements of Jazz, Rock, Pop, Blues, Latin, GospeL Funk and R

Contest And Festival Performance Solos for Trombone contains 12 beloved solos that appear on numerous state contest and performance lists including bonus tracks for Euphonium provided in both bass and treble clefs.Complete with Piano accompaniments - both printed music within the book and as accompaniment audio tracks on the included CD - allowing soloists and students to practise effectively with a professional pianist.

20 Selected Melodic Studies for Trumpet & Piano-The 20 Vocalises written by singing master Ferdinand Sieber were chosen arranged and recorded for this edition by the solo trumpeter Frits Damrow. The pieces focus on the - often neglected - middle and lower register. The book is a sequel to Bel Canto for Brass another 'vocalise' method offering suitable exercises for breathing sound quality intonation and endurance.

Performed by Rick Trolsen trombone Accompaniment: Tim Laughlin's New Orleans All-Stars Many people consider New Orleans the birthplace of jazz. After all Louis Armstrong was born and played there as well as Joseph King Oliver the Dodds Brothers Sidney Bechet and a roster of players to fill not one but many all-star bands. Louis Prima was a child of the Crescent City as is Harry Connick and Wynton Marsalis. The whole Marsalis clan was raised there and are all acknowledged jazz masters so its reputation as the seminal jazz town has long been acknowledged. We assembled a band of New Orleans' best players for our times veterans all of many street parades and steamboat gigs andasked them to put together a typical program of New Orleans Classics. Under the direction of Tim Laughlin clarinetist supreme and led by Connie Jones Jr. one of the great hornmen of this city which boasts so many great players they put together an album of must-hear must-have songs that every traditional jazz player cherishes. Hear them now in these perfect renditions. Then join the band on your own instrument be it clarinet trumpet trombone tenor piano bass or drums as they swing through the French Quarter of New Orleans. Listen can you hear that band? Audio samples galore await you down below. Includes newly engraved solo charts printed on acid-free ivory paper; and two compact discs featuring complete versions of each tune plus a recording of the accompaniments minus the soloist. Also includes slow-tempo versions of most up-tempo pieces for practice purposes.

60 popular themes from the movies in arrangements for solo Trombone (level 2-3). The books in Alfred's Ultimate Movie Instrumental Solos series feature 60 film favourites in solo arrangements for Flute Clarinet Alto Saxophone Tenor Saxophone Trumpet Horn in F Trombone Violin Viola and Cello with optional Piano accompaniment. All wind instrument arrangements are fully compatible and can be successfully performed as ensembles or solos by students who have completed the first book of any standard band method. A fully orchestrated accompaniment MP3 CD is provided featuring each song as a live performance demo track followed by a play-along track. The CDalso contains a PDF of the Piano Accompaniment and Alfred's Tempo Changer Software. Please note: Due to level considerations regarding keys and instrument ranges the wind instrument arrangements are not compatible with the string instrument arrangements in this series.