Contemporary Italian-French composer Armando Ghidoni brings together influences of both Italy and France in his music. Also as an expert on jazz the harmonies and rhythms of the composer's works reflect a huge diversity Jazzy Celtic Suite for Clarinet and Piano or Harp being no exception. Ghidoni is significant within the contemporary French music school and his works are regularly chosen as set pieces for leading national and international competitions. Jazzy Celtic Suite reflects Ghidoni's mastery of a range of instruments suitable for intermediate players. With a typical performance lastingabout thirteen minutes Jazzy Celtic Suite is an exciting addition to the intermediate Clarinet repertoire with the option of Piano or Harp accompaniment.

The Jazz Sessions Series is a tremendous collection of Jazz standards classics and original material by contemporary composers Alexander L’Estrange and Tom Pilling. Each book is dedicated to a particular instrument but they are all able to work together for ensembles and Jazz bands providing an exciting and enjoyable repertoire. A professionally recorded CD accompanies each book and contains play-along backing tracks as a substitute for real life musicians. This allows for practice at an individual’s preferred pace and enables students to get an authentic feel of the style. One of the main purposes of Jazz Sessions is help encourage and develop improvisationalskills with a full written solo on one page and an alternative extended version for improvising. A great introduction to experimentation and ideal preparation for ABRSM exams. Reflects a variety of Jazz styles including swing Latin gospel and blues. Backing Tracks give opportunity for confident and atmospheric performance. Carefully tailored for intermediate musicians.

Contains scales chords and routines which are written for the technical advancement of the intermediate-level clarinetist. The material is presented with varied articulations meters rhythms and dynamics in order to enhance theexperience of the clarinetist. The emphasis for most of the book is placed on materials in keys through four accidentals using the major and minor scheme. More advanced keys and scale patterns are presented later in the bookalong with routines which may be used as daily warmup material. Each of the scales chords and routines have suggested dynamic markings and breaths in order to make each item a musical experience. The stylistic content of themusic in this book reflects the musical styles prevalent in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Mastery of this materials will provide the clarinetist with good technical facility to play music written before the twentiethcentury and will give a good technical background for playing contemporary music.