Four Jazzy Clarinet Quartets-Form a fantastic swinging quartet with three clarinet colleagues! Four jazzy Clarinet Quartets by Bert Lochs. Includes a CD with six seperate versions of each piece with demonstration and individual part tracks to enable how each part and the whole combo should go together!

Melodic charm bel canto sensibility impressionist harmony à la Française and jazz rhythm influences unite in this quartet for three B-flat Clarinets and Bass Clarinet. Yellow Green was premiered on July 23rd 2013 at the Teatro Municipal de Niterói (Rio de Janeiro) by the musicians of the Omega Quartet: Maurício Silva Deusiel da Cunha de Souza Diego Abreu and Mateus Falkemback (bass clarinet).    Approximately 9 minutes in length the title – Yellow Green – is a tribute to the two colours of the Brazilian flag. The introduction gives way to a vast Fugue (marked Vivace)dipped in the colours of swing. The central Adagio floats a dreamy timeless melody. The brief finale brings together the fugue’s thematic material with one last recommendation for the performers: “Feel jazz”. This invigorating work was recorded for the Chant de Linos label by its dedicatees the Omega Quartet clarinetists.

For Clarinet Quartet-The American composer George Gershwin (1898-1937) wrote the energetic song I Got Rhythm with lyrics by his brother Ira Gershwin in 1930 for the musical Girl Crazy. The story of Girl Crazy takes place in the theatre world of the 1930s. The Gaiety Theater in Deadrock Nevada is practically bankrupt but the rich banker’s son Bobby Child turns things around. His passion for the theatre leads to the customary love vicissitudes and comical intricacies - and a new successful show. I Got Rhythm now a jazz standard has been performed over the years by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists. The chord scheme has become so well-known that it hasbeen named rhythm changes and is often used by jazz musicians.

Par CURTIS MIKE. Bulgarian Bat Bite was written in 2003 as a commission by the Quartetto Italiano di Clarinetti. It is an adaption and expansion of the composer´s 1992 duet, Khyberian Catfit, which is included in his 10 Klezmer Duos, published by Advance Music of Germany. The Duo‘s name referred to the antics of the family cat, Khyber, without alluding to the Balkan influences upon the composers following a summer, 1992, klezmer tour to Eastern Europe. The name “Bulgarian Bat Bite” properly conveys the influence. The transition to half-clarinets (mouthpiece inserted into the lower joint) in the middle section, discovered in the composer’s lengthy exploration of free jazz, creates non-datonic scales more associated with folk instruments and ecstatic dance. / Niveau : Avancé / score and parts / Recueil / 4 Clarinettes (3 Clarinettes en Sib et Bass Clarin

Written for four Bb clarinets this is an astounding piece: a strict 'jazz canon' written by this household name of the London West End scene. Includes ossia to allow the virtuosi amongst us to shine through while not deterring grade 5 players.

Trois petites pi?ces récréatives dans un style romantique empreint dune touche de jazz. Les pi?ces sont assez ludiques et offrent un jeu agréable pour tout quatuor de clarinettes.

Célèbre en tant que bande originale du film Eyes Wide Shut, le second Valse de la 'Suite pour orchestre de variété', le numéro 2 est en fait connu comme une suite de jazz, quelque chose de mystique, lascive, qui rappelle cirque et de la musique de vaudeville. Stefan Potzmann a arrangé ces accrocheur russe et enrichit ainsi la musique de la profession 3 Bb Clarinet Plus clarinette basse. / Quatuor De Clarinettes

Henri Mancini was a master at composing memorable melodies - impressively demonstrated by his numerous and unforgettable film scores and jazz tunes. Eric J. Hovi has now cleverly arranged Baby Elephant Walk written by Mancini for the film 'Hatari' in 1962 in what is sure to become an audience favourite.