SKU: CL.032-4578-01

Packed with style and verve to spare, Finishing Brushes shows off your drummer’s deft brushwork while engaging in a splendid dialog with the ensemble. The cool swing never ceases as the piece grooves along, offering plenty of room for your drummer to fill and kick, leading up to a dynamic and electrifying shout chorus that really revs into full gear! Ranges are modest, and all of the suggested solo drum fills are notated to ensure success. Great melodic lines, attractive changes, and masterful scoring make this the perfect selection for both contest and concert! A brilliant showcase for your drummer!

SKU: HL.49047270

The names of George Gershwin (1898-1937) and Ira Gershwin (1896-1983) are synonymous across the globe with American musical creativity. The Gershwin family estates, their publishers, and the University of Michigan have joined forces to produce The George and Ira Gershwin Critical EditionÂ?the first-ever scholarly edition of the Gershwins' music and lyrics. This all-new practical edition facilitates both study and performance, giving a wide audience of musicians, scholars, students, and enthusiasts alike greater insight into the Gershwins' art. The goal is to create clear and definitive publications that achieve the most accurate representations possible of the Gershwin brothers' unique and pioneering creativity. This all-new critical edition of the original 1924 arrangement of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue presents an authoritative transcription of arranger Ferde Grofé's handwritten holograph score preserved in the collection of the United States Library of Congress in Washington, DC. The edition represents as best as possible the piece as premiered by the Paul Whiteman Orchestra at his â??Experiment in Modern Musicâ? concert on February 12, 1924. Grofé prepared the score for the specific talents and timbres of the Whiteman Orchestra, largely from an ink fair copy of Gershwin's two-piano short-score manuscript. Gershwin continued to modify the piano solo portion of this short score during rehearsals and, most likely, even after the premiere of the piece.

SKU: CL.031-2694-00

Your young band will be swinging it now when they play this excellent chart by Les Aldrich. Ranges and technical demands are modest but the rewards will be great as your band progresses while preparing this piece for performance. Includes an open solo section (written suggested solos are included) and it is also playable with limited instrumentation. Very well written with young players in mind and it has lots of audience appeal. Check this one out for your developing band!

SKU: KN.62580

UPC: 822795625806.

Commissioned by Keith Winking at Texas State University, this unique piece for proficient groups is an engaging samba-funk original that was inspired by the composer's visit to a town in Brazil of the same name. It has an appealing modern flair, something we've all come to expect from Bob Mintzer's playing and writing. Duration 4:45.