10 Jazz Swing Christmas Carols is a collection of ten of your favourite Christmas carols arranged as duets in a jazz style for two Clarinets. If you are looking for a fun and fresh take on Christmas music, then you are in the right place. Audiences will love these original and imaginative versions of Christmas favorites. Students and players at an intermediate level and above will enjoy the challenge of playing these simple tunes in a more advanced version.
Overall there is around 30 minutes of music spread over 27 pages. 10 Jazz Swing Christmas Carols are perfect for seasonal celebrations and concert performances, both formal and informal. These carols are also available for many other instrumental combinations elsewhere on Sheet Music Plus. Click on the YouTube link above to listen to sample performances of these arrangements.

10 Jazz Swing Christmas Carols are in alphabetical order and are as follows

Away in a MangerDing Dong Merrily on HighGod Rest ye Merry GentlemenGood King WenceslasJingle BellsJoy to the WorldO Christmas Tree (OTannenbaum)Silent NightWe Three KingsWe Wish You a Merry Christmas
10 Jazz Swing Christmas Carols are arranged in keys and ranges best suited to the instruments. Rhythms are syncopated, as one would expect in jazz swing, and there is plenty of articulation detail to help deliver an authentic style.

15 Really Easy Jazz Duets for Clarinet and Alto Saxophone, are exciting original compositions by David McKeown, arranged in easy keys and within a suitable range for one Clarinet and one Alto Saxophone. These duets are written with players of a few months? experience in mind. Click the YouTube link above to listen to samples of several of the duets played on Clarinet. 15 Really Easy Jazz Duets for Clarinet and Alto Saxophoneare all in a jazz swing style and each duet presents and reinforces a new rhythmic challenge. 15 Really Easy Jazz Duets for Clarinet and Alto Saxophone? are; Perfect for concert performances large and small.Fun for younger players with the cat titles theme.Fully articulated to help develop that sense of jazz style.Great for helping with jazz rhythms.Road tested with scores of students.Fun to play.Playable with piano, guitar or even full rhythm section.Chords in concert pitch are included throughout. The fifteen titles are, The Bossy Bobcat, The Careful Caracal, The Chatty Cheetah, The Cosy Cougar, The Lazy Leopard, The Leaky Lion, The Lucky Lynx, The Magnificent Margay, The Operatic Oncilla, The Outrageous Ocelot, The Polite Puma, The Porky Panther, The Selfish Serval, and The Timid Tiger.

10 Jazz Duets for Clarinet and Alto Saxophone are original compositions by Dave McKeown, arranged in easy keys and within a suitable range. The Clarinet plays the top part and the Alto Saxophone the bottom. If you play to an intermediate standard and upwards, then you and your audience will enjoy 10 Jazz Duets for Clarinet and Alto Saxophone.

The duets are in a variety of styles from rock to gospel to swing, and each duet sets a new rhythmic challenge. Listen to the short sample audio of three duets from the collection played on Clarinet, Flute and Saxophone, or follow the YouTube link to hear a full length performance of one of the duets on Clarinet.

10 Jazz Duets for Clarinet and Alto Saxophone are

perfect for concert performances large and smallfully articulated to help develop that sense of jazz style.great for helping with jazz rhythms.road tested with scores of students.fun to play.great as stand-alone pieces without the second part.

Exercises for Developing Jazz Improvisation Volume II

This method book covers a further 2 techniques to help the developing jazz player expand their jazz skills. These can also be purchased individually:

Examining Diminished Scales

This section looks at Whole/Half and Half/Whole step diminished scales. It includes ascending/descending broken chord exercises plus scale patterns for both Whole/Half and Half/Whole step diminished scales. There are also 2 written sample solos with audio demonstration and backing tracks to accompany the exercises.

Triad Pairs and Hexatonic Scales

This section focuses on 4 common triad pairs and their related hexatonic scales - 2 major triads a whole step apart, 2 major triads a tritone apart, major/augmented triads a whole step apart and 2 minor triads a whole step apart. There are exercises and patterns for each triad pair/hexatonic scale plus suggested chord applications for each. There are also 2 written sample solos with audio demonstration and backing tracks to accompany the practice exercises and sample solos.

Although originally created for sax students, all books have now been adapted for C, Bb, Eb and Bass Clef instruments.

Exercises for Developing Jazz Improvisation

This method book covers some improvisation techniques to help the developing jazz player expand their jazz skills. It can be broken down into 3 sections:



Introducing Bebop Scales

This section introduces you to the 3 main bebop scales relating to major, minor and dominant 7th chords. It relates each scale to chord tones, moves melodic shapes through each scale type as well as giving you a few sample ?licks? to get started. There are also 2 written sample solos using these techniques with audio demonstration and backing tracks to accompany the practice exercises and sample solos.

Pentatonic Scales

This section explores 5 pentatonic scale types - major, b6, b3, minor and b4. There are 4 basic patterns which are then adapted for each scale type along with a list of suggested scale/chord applications. There are also 2 written sample solos using these techniques with audio demonstration and backing tracks to accompany the practice exercises and sample solos. .

Approach Notes and Enclosure

This section covers 2 note, 3 note and 4 note approach notes and enclosures. Each note grouping is written in all 12 keys ready to practice around the circle of 5ths. There are also 2 written sample solos using these techniques with audio demonstration and backing tracks to accompany the practice exercises and sample solos.

Although originally created for sax students, the book has now been adapted for all instruments and is available for C, Bb, Eb and Bass Clef instruments.

Little Improvisation based on latin jazz .

This setting of George Bernard's Classic Hymn, "Old Rugged Cross," for Clarinet quartet/choir takes a completely new approach harmonically in this arrangement. While the famous melody in the 1st clarinet has a few added embellishments, the rest of the ensemble joins with tighter jazz-influenced harmony.

A reflective approach to this piece of music would be extremely rewarding in a worship setting when used either as an offertory or as a lead-in to a music set. While none of the individual parts are particularly challenging, it will still be an exercise in balanced small ensemble playing.