Description This volume in the Hal Leonard Instrumental Play-Along series contains 12 themes from the James Bond films in arrangements for solo tenor saxophone. A downloadable backing track is included for each piece so you can play along and sound like a pro! From Monty Norman's classic James Bond Theme to Don Black's Diamonds Are Forever and Paul and Linda McCartney'sLive And Let Die, this collection contains 12 of the best-known pieces from the much-loved spy films. Other songs include: For Your Eyes only, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, Nobody Does It Better, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Skyfall, A View To A Kill, Writing's On The Wall and You Only Live Twice. This book includes Playback , a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys and pan left or right - available exclusively from Hal Leonard. A View To A Kill Diamonds Are Forever For Your Eyes Only From Russia With Love Goldfinger James Bond Theme Live And Let Die Nobody Does It Better On Her Majesty's Secret Service Skyfall Writing's On The Wall You Only Live Twice

Instrumental Play-Along-Nine songs from the world-famous film and stage musical have been carefully arranged for the Tenor Saxophone soloist complete with a set of full band backing tracks.With such familiar and memorable melodies as Edelweiss and My Favorite Things The Sound Of Music offers a world of music that you and you audience will love. What's more the specially recorded accompaniments will really transform your performance!

A comprehensive guide to some of the best Blues Riffs for Tenor Saxophone and B Flat instruments. This book is ideal for most levels of musicianship from the beginner/intermediate student who is interested in understanding and playing the blues to the more advanced players that need new ideas to help stimulate their creativity. An accompanying CD is included with every example.

Amazing Phrasing is for any tenor saxophone player interested in learning how to improvise and how to improve their creative phrasing. The ideas are divided into three main sections: Harmony – explores scales arpeggios chord substitutions harmonic embellishments and other harmonic phrasing ideas; Rhythm – covers legato tonguing swing feel rhythmic displacement how to manipulate time and other aspects of rhythmic phrasing; Melody – discusses contour lines making patterns musical developing a motif building a solo andmany other melodic phrasing ideas. The companion audio includes 26 full-band tracks in various musical styles for listening and play along. The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+ a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch set loop points change keys and pan left or right.

Performed by Tom Fischer tenor saxAccompaniment: Tim Laughlin's New Orleans All-StarsMany people consider New Orleans the birthplace of jazz. After all Louis Armstrong was born and played there as well asJoseph ?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 WyntonMarsalis. 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 and asked 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 thegreat 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 onyour own instrument be it clarinet trumpet trombone tenor piano bass or drums as they swing through the French Quarter of New Orleans.Includes newly engraved solo charts printed on acid-free ivory paper; andtwo 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.

The idea for this book series is to give instrumentalists the opportunity to practice solo improvisational techniques while playing along to rhythm tracks of keyboards guitar bass drums/percussion in various different Latin styles including Calypso Mambo Salsa Songo Bossa Guaracha Samba and Latin-Blues. The 24 grooves totalling over 200 riffs/phrases and play-a-long tracks consists of a variety of tempos and keys. Each groove has a variety of riffs to learn that are generally 4 or 8 measures in length. It would be beneficial if you could memorize these riffs so that you can experiment using different permutations of the riffs as well as being used as a starting offpoint for one's own improvisations. Each riff has been recorded with a rhythm track with each style having an extended play-a-long track around 3 minutes in length recorded without the solo part so you can practice the riffs that you have learned. Also these musical phrases or riffs may be interchanged from one groove to another and should be learned in as many keys as possible.

Book with Online Audio (stream or download)-This new collection of 11-14 Rubank solos* includes many that had long been unavailable. All are suitable for contest and festival performance (grades 2-4). Purchase includes exceptional performance tracks (recorded by pro players) accompaniment tracks for practice and PDF piano accompaniments for use at contest. Available January 2018. *Percussion book includes snare solos bass drum solos and percussion ensembles.

Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Advanced Concert Band builds upon the concepts in Ensemble Development for Intermediate Concert Band with 399 new exercises that are more technically and musically challenging, including over 70 chorales written by some of today's most renowned composers for concert band, including: Roland Barrett, Chris Bernotas, Andrew Boysen, Ralph Ford, Rossano Galante, David Gillingham, Stephen Melillo, Robert Sheldon,Todd Stalter, Jack Stamp, Randall Standridge, and Michael Story. This book is a valuable resource in helping students grow in their understanding and abilities as ensemble musicians. Exercises are grouped by key and presented in a variety of intermediate to advanced difficulty levels. Where possible, several exercises in the same category are provided to allow variety while accomplishing the same goals. Its flexibility makes it perfect for large ensemble rehearsals, lessons, and studio use. / Saxophone Tenor

Solo Arrangements of 12 Classic Disney Songs - Tenor Saxophone-Lots of people have asked me to create a collection of famous Disney songs, so I?ve had great fun putting together a book I?m sure you?re going to love. There are tunes from early Mickey Mouse cartoons, famous songs that everyone knows, and music from recent films, too.This book progresses from simpler tunes (like the level of lesson 14 in Look Listen

20 Progressive Pieces with Piano Accompaniment-Philip Sparke’s Starter Solos is the first volume of a progressive series of books that takes the young wind player from beginner to accomplished musician. Specifically tailored for each instrument this collection of 20 solos starts with pieces based on only a handful of notes and carefully introduces new musical elements such as articulation dynamics and key signatures in a structured progression to speed the learning process. The books provide invaluable additional material to complement any teaching method. Starter Solos comes with a play-along CD. The advantages of playing either with piano or CD accompaniment are that the beginning player can now experience theimportant aspects of ensemble playing from their earliest lessons thus developing the essential skills of listening while they play and maintaining strict tempo which is not always a factor when playing alone.

For Bb (Tenor) Sax - Beginner Series-Andrew D. Gordon has created 30; 12bar blues play-a-long backing tracks in various Blues styles keys and tempos such as: Funky Blues Boogie Blues Jazz Blues Minor Blues Country Blues Latin Blues Old Time Jazz Blues Jazz Swing Blues Classic Blues Rock Soulful Blues Slow Blues and many more. Each of the 30 play-a-long tracks has been recorded with 12 choruses of the 12 bar blues progression giving you the opportunity practice soloing techniques totaling over 3 hours of music. Each of the 30 Blues styles contains a solo improvisational melody line 12 measures in length designed for the beginner student in mind as a starting point to create your ownimprovisational solos. Each of the 30 Blues tracks have been recorded first with the solo playing along with the rhythm backing tracks of keyboards guitar bass and drums and immediately following is the play-a-long backing track that cycles through the 12 bar blues progression 12 times generally between 5-8 minutes in length giving you plenty of time to practice. Blues is the basis of many forms of music and these tracks have been specifically created to include styles such as: Jazz Funk Folk Country Latin Rock Gospel Pop Boogie giving you a well-rounded selection of musical styles based on the Blues.

Big Band Play-Along Volume 4-Easy-to-read authentic big band parts for ten terrific jazz tunes with a professionally recorded play-along CD that lets instrumentalists perform as part of a big band.