Approaching The Standards is an innovative user-friendly approach to jazz improvisation. Designed for the individual or group each of the three volumes of this play-along CD contains eight classic jazz tunes. Each volume features a jazz group demo recorded by top pros in a typical jazz gig setting clearly written musical examples jazz vocabulary transcription opportunities informative composer insight a glossary of jazz terms and a useful discography.

Approaching The Standards is an innovative user-friendly approach to jazz improvisation. Designed for the individual or group each of the three volumes of this play-along CD contains eight classic jazz tunes. Each volume features a jazz group demo recorded by top pros in a typical jazz gig setting clearly written musical examples jazz vocabulary transcription opportunities informative composer insight a glossary of jazz terms and a useful discography.

Jazz Classics for the Young Ensemble - Grade 3 This production number for young players offers a perfect way to honor the music of the legendary Duke Ellington Orchestra. This swingin' medley takes you through the well-knownstandards C-Jam Blues Sophisticated Lady and of course Take the A Train.

Recorded in the mid-1950s and also known as ?Tranes Blues ? this jazz classic is credited to Miles Davis but reportedly penned by John Coltrane. Regardless Michael Mossmans refreshing version crafted in a moderate cha-cha groove puts this standardtune in a completely new light. The solo section can be handled by any sax.

Swing Classics For Jazz Ensemble presents fifteen complete arrangements for the young Jazz orchestra the ideal choice for school Big Bands and Concert Bands.These swingtime standards are a guaranteed hit for any concert performance with solo opportunities for the full range of lead instruments and suave arrangements that allow everyone in the band to shine. The songs include the Glenn Miller favourite In The Mood the silky smooth Ellington swing of Satin Doll and much more.

Swing Classics For Jazz Ensemble presents fifteen complete arrangements for the young Jazz orchestra the ideal choice for school Big Bands and Concert Bands.These swingtime standards are a guaranteed hit for any concert performance with solo opportunities for the full range of lead instruments and suave arrangements that allow everyone in the band to shine. The songs include the Glenn Miller favourite In The Mood the silky smooth Ellington swing of Satin Doll and much more.

From Hal Leonard's long-standing series for Easy Jazz Ensemble here is a marvelous collection of 15 outstanding arrangements. From well-known jazz standards to rock classics this is quality and variety at a great value!

This classic swinger will send you and your jazz ensemble back to the big band era. By borrowing rhythmic and melodic ideas from two familiar big band standards Vuono has created his own big band classic. Alto and trumpet are both featured for solos and their parts contain both chord changes and written solos. To accommodate smaller ensembles this chart is playable with only five brass.

Jazz master Wayne Shorter has given us a wealth of jazz standards and this is one of his best. Written in an up-tempo swing style this impressive-sounding chart features solos for alto and trumpet.

The Hal Leonard Jazz Combo Paks are a versatile and inexpensive way to put four fantastic charts in front of your high school or college combo. The flexible instrumentation provides many options for covering theparts; the arrangements are absolutely top notch; and at $45.00 for four standards you will never find a better value.Instrumentation:- Line 1 (lead or harmony): Alto Sax Trumpet Soprano Sax Clarinet Flute Vibes- Line 2 (lead or harmony): Alto Sax Bari Sax Trumpet Soprano Sax Clarinet Trombone- Line 3: Bari Sax Tenor Sax Trumpet TrombonePak #33 includes: All of You • Easy to Love(You'd Be So Easy to Love) • Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye • I Love You. (Note: CD includes tracks for two paks.)

The Hal Leonard Jazz Combo Paks are a versatile and inexpensive way to put four fantastic charts in front of your high school or college combo. The flexible instrumentation provides many options for covering theparts; the arrangements are absolutely top notch; and at $45.00 for four standards you will never find a better value.Instrumentation:- Line 1 (lead or harmony): Alto Sax Trumpet Soprano Sax Clarinet Flute Vibes- Line 2 (lead or harmony): Alto Sax Bari Sax Trumpet Soprano Sax Clarinet Trombone- Line 3: Bari Sax Tenor Sax Trumpet TrombonePak #24 includes: After You've Gone Basin StreetBlues Tenderly Witchcraft.

The Hal Leonard Jazz Combo Paks are a versatile and inexpensive way to put four fantastic charts in front of your high school or college combo. The flexible instrumentation provides many options for covering theparts; the arrangements are absolutely top notch; and at $45.00 for four standards you will never find a better value.Instrumentation:- Line 1 (lead or harmony): Alto Sax Trumpet Soprano Sax Clarinet Flute Vibes- Line 2 (lead or harmony): Alto Sax Bari Sax Trumpet Soprano Sax Clarinet Trombone- Line 3: Bari Sax Tenor Sax Trumpet TrombonePak #5 includes: A Child Is Born • Cute •Summertime • Yardbird Suite.

The Hal Leonard Jazz Combo Paks are a versatile and inexpensive way to put four fantastic charts in front of your high school or college combo. The flexible instrumentation provides many options for covering theparts; the arrangements are absolutely top notch; and at $45.00 for four standards you will never find a better value.Instrumentation:- Line 1 (lead or harmony): Alto Sax Trumpet Soprano Sax Clarinet Flute Vibes- Line 2 (lead or harmony): Alto Sax Bari Sax Trumpet Soprano Sax Clarinet Trombone- Line 3: Bari Sax Tenor Sax Trumpet TrombonePak #13 includes: Come in from the Rain •Nutville • Our Day Will Come • So Nice (Summer Samba). (Note: CD includes tracks for two paks.)