From Hal Leonard's acclaimed Essential Elements series for Jazz Ensemble here is an economical collection of 15 complete arrangements in a variety of styles. As a bonus feature each arrangement includes exercises for melody rhythm and improvisation. A valuable teaching tool in addition to filling your programming needs!Includes: All of Me Ballad for a Blue Horn Basin Street Blues Blues for a New Day Bubbert Goes Retro Bubbert'sGroove Ja-Da Mister Cool On Broadway Perfidia Satin Doll So What Song for San Miguel Sunday Afternoon and Take the “A” Train.

The New Real Book is the best-selling legal fake book of all time, with over 100,000 musicians depending on it for accurate, easy-to-read charts for hundreds of the most important tunes in the jazz canon. Don't go to the gig without it!All living composers have approved these charts - many of them are from the composer's own lead sheets.Charts for the standards were derived from a consensus of the best recorded jazz versions.Created by musicians, for musicians. The new standard in fake books! / Instruments En Do

Instant no-frills arrangements of over 225 great blues numbers. Each song consists of melody line, chord symbols and lyrics (where appropriate). That's all there is to it! Just open the book and start playing.

Volume 3 is perfect for jazz ensemble directors looking for one book to keep their students engaged and progressing all year long, as well as any musician interested in Sher Music's series of world-famous fake books. At over 200 pages, THE REAL EASY BOOK - VOL.3 comes in C, Bb, Eb and bass clef versions. It features 5-10 tunes from each historical era of jazz: Trad Jazz, The Swing Era, Classic Bebop, West Coast Jazz, The Blue Note Era, Contemporary Jazz, ''Groove'' Jazz, Brazilian Jazz and Afro-Cuban Jazz. The wide variety of styles included means that every jazz combo will be able to find exactly the material that fits their needs.Difficulty ranges from very simple blues, like Charlie Parker's ''Now's The Time'' to deep, but still playable, contemporary tunes, like Mike Stern's ''These Times.'' Also featured are some great beginning trad jazz arrangements of ''Bill Bailey'' and ''Alexander's Ragtime Band'', including separate clarinet and trombone obligato parts to get that authentic Dixieland feeling!In addition to the tunes and educational material, there are also fun and informative introductory texts for each section. These short histories of each era of jazz introduce both the flavor of the era, and a discussion of the musical innovations that each one brought to the evolution of jazz.The end result is a multi-dimensional teaching tool that will keep band directors and their students smiling all year long! / Instruments En Do

Broadway by Special Arrangement is a collection of eleven songs arranged for the instrumentalist wanting to play in a Jazz style -without the need to learn to improvise. The 'classically' trained amateur or professional performer or the intermediate-level student (III-IV) will enjoy playing these expertly arranged Broadway melodies just for fun or to include as a light piece on a recital or solo-feature concert performance. The ballads and medium-tempo and up-tempo swing tunes are arranged with a play through of the melody followed by a written-out 'variation chorus a return to the melody and an earcatching ending. The piano bass and drumaccompaniment CD will put you right in the band. The CD includes both the solo instrument with the accompaniment track and an accompanimet-alone track for each selection. The inexperienced performer can learn the appropriate style of playing and be comfortable playing in the jazz style before playing along with the rhythm section track. All of the instrument books are for the most part compatible with only minimal changes in the 'variation' section to accommodate the ranges (sometimes including octave options) and unique characteristics of the instruments -but all can be played together. The three-line piano accompaniment book provides a rhythmic 'comping' with chord voicings written out plus the flute part to help in following the soloist or even for the pianist to take a chorus. For the jazzer here is a chance to learn Broadway tunes and to explore playing ballads and the swing style of popular standards. Chord symbols are included to allow for improvistation. By combining his jazz-keyboard chops his 25 years as an instrumental instructor and his superb composing and arranging skills Carl Strommen presents a fully playable exciting and tastefully arranged collection of these immortal and memorable Broadway titles.

Vingt des plus beaux standards du jazz pour la flûte. + 2 CD audio avec des pistes d'accompagnement spécialement enregistrées. Ecoutez les versions d'interprétation intégrale de toutes les chansons du Disque 1. L'enregistrement de la flûte est par la suite retirée des morceaux sur Disque 2 pour vous permettre de jouer accompagné. / Flûte Traversière / Partition + Cd