12 outstanding arrangements for the beginning jazz ensemble written by experienced educational arrangers and composers. A variety of styles and tempos are included: swing, ballads, rock, pop, holiday, Latin and a great warm-up chart titled Loosen Up. This collection of charts is written for full instrumentation of 5 saxophones, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, and 4 rhythm, but designed to sound full and complete with reduced instrumentation of just nine players - 2 Alto Saxes, Tenor Sax, 2 Trumpets, Trombone, Piano, Bass and Drums. Optional parts are available for C Flute, Tuba (doubles Bass part), Horn in F (doubles 1st Trombone), and Baritone Horn T.C. (doubles 1st Trombone). Rhythm section parts offer suggestions for voicings and rhythms and guitar chord frames are included to assist young guitarists. Solos are written out for improvised sections and there is plenty of full sounding ensemble. Conductor's book includes a full length CD recording. Titles are: Chattanooga Choo Choo * El Gato Gordo * James Bond Theme * A Jazzy Merry Christmas * The Judge * Li'l Darlin' * Loosen Up * One O'Clock Jump * Over the Rainbow * Peter Gunn Theme * The Pink Panther * Rock This Town.

Ahmad Jamal is one of those rare musicians whose art influenced a widely varied group of jazz artists from pianists such as Red Garland Benny Green and Cedar Walton to Miles Davis who recorded Ahmad's compositions and repertoire. In his autobiography Miles admired his 'concept of space his lightness of touch his understatement and the way he phrase(s) notes and chords and passages.' Clearly Ahmad Jamal is a living legend. Ten of his most popular compositions transcribed from his recordings for piano complete with bass guitar and drum parts where applicable.

Now you can be the feature Piano soloist on eight specially recorded arrangements of folk songs from around the British Isles. The CD contains full backing tracks professionally arranged and recorded to help you learn the songs. The book is full of carefully selected and edited Piano arrangements with chord symbols in concert pitch.Take The Lead is an integrated series for Piano Flute Clarinet Alto Sax Tenor Sax Trumpet and Violin. In each edition all the songs are in the same concert pitch key so the different instruments can play together. All accompanying chord symbols are in concert pitch for use by Piano or Guitar.