Groove Lab is a series designed and composed by Andy Hampton and David Motion for the development of jazz playing and improvisation skills. While the books are aimed at individual learning, they can be flexible and can also accommodate a large group or class situation. Groove Lab (Alto Sax/CD) is ideal for teaching children with basic musical understanding the art of improvisation and some jazz technique. This book, with CD backing, will give saxophone players the chance to play familiar, popular styles and rhythms at relatively early stage. Books are also available for electronic keyboard, flute , clarinet and alto sax. Each book is accompanied by a CD of backing tracks for an enhanced learning experience.

From the classics to todays hits, these timeless tunes are now available as easy arrangements for Flute, Clarinet, Alto Sax, Tenor Sax, Trumpet, French Horn and Trombone. All wind instrument arrangements are fully compatible and can be successfully performed as ensembles or solos. A fully orchestrated accompaniment CD is provided, featuring each song as a live performance demo track followed by a playalong track. Boulevard Of Broken Dreams (Green Day) Celebration (Kool And The Gang) My Immortal (Evanescence) Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye (Steam) New Soul (Yael Naim) Old Time Rock and Roll (Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band) Open Arms (Journey) (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (The Rolling Stones) Smooth (Santana featuring Rob Thomas) Stairway To Heaven (Led Zeppelin) Take It Easy (Eagles) You And Me (Lifehouse).

Piano Reduction including solo part. Par DENISOV EDISON. The catalogue of Edison Denisov's works includes 16 concertos. It was a genre to which he returned time and again throughout his life, from the Concerto for Cello and Orchestra of 1972 to the Double Concerto for Flute, Clarinet and Orchestra of 1996. In Denisov's music the role of the soloist, or rather the protagonist, is extraordinarily important, not so much for its virtuosity as for its confessional character. The solo part is a monologue distinguished by poetic diction and a very personal message from the composer. The dramaturgical conception of the Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra, a reworking of the Viola Concerto of 1986, draws on traditional sonata form, thereby reaffirming the ubiquitous classicism in Denisov's thought. In this late work, we find all the typical features of his style: sinuous melodic lines layered into dense contrapuntal textures, and an interplay of orchestral colours, with pure sonorities contrasting with complex mixtures of sounds. It is a perfect dramaturgy that governs the evolution of the music to the very end. The first movement assumes the role of a sonata-allegro, with the standard formal sections of exposition, development, recapitulation and coda. The second movement is an Adagio for strings. The third takes the form of a little contrasting intermezzo that introduces both new thematic material and a new range of colours. Here tunefulness gives way to pointillism enriched with sonic effects. The only movement with a virtuosic solo part, its nervousness and inner tension set it worlds apart from the second and fourth movements that surround it. The fourth movement assumes the traditional form of a final set of variations. It is the dramaturgical and semantic heart of the concerto. The theme of the variations is Franz Schubert's Impromptu in B-flat major, op. 142, which in this case is 'born' from the celesta as the product of a dodecaphonic string cluster. This finale represents Denisov's homage to his great mentor, Schubert's music being for him a symbol of eternal and universal beauty. 'The attentive listener', Denisov stressed, 'will recognise that the Impromptu theme is already suggested very slowly in the course of the three preceding movements, not only thematically, but also psychologically. That's what makes the appearance of the Schubert theme sound so natural.' The variations relate to the variation genre less in their form than in their spiritual and conceptual metamorphoses. It is, one might say, 'music round about Schubert'. (Ekaterina Kouprovskaia-Denisova)/ Répertoire / Saxophone Alto et Piano

This set of six Scottish Welsh and Irish folksongs includes versions of My Darling Ploughman Boy My Love She’s A Venus The Barnyards O’Delgaty The Factory Girl The Queen Among The Heather and Brian O’Linn. They are expertly rendered for the ranges of the instruments.Paul Harvey is a highly respected clarinetist bass clarinetist contrabass clarinetist and Saxophonist music educator and composer of hundreds of works for clarinet and Saxophone. During his long career Harvey was bass clarinet of the Scottish National Orchestra freelanced in London for the BBC Symphony Orchestra and many West End musicals as well as performing on many film and television recordingsessions. He was co-founder and leader of the Londong Saxophone Quartet and Professor of Clarinet at the Royal Military School of Music. He has been recognized for his contributions to the world of the clarinet. Among his many commissions is a work for Bass Clarinet Choir which was given its premiere by a choir of 149 bass clarinetists conducted by Harvey himself.

Innovations sonores: le développement Ensemble est une ressource précieuse pour aider vos élèves à grandir dans leur compréhension et les capacités en tant que musiciens ensemble. Il contient 412 exercices, y compris plus de 70 chorals de certains des compositeurs d'aujourd'hui de concert les plus célèbres de la bande de concert. Un assortiment d'exercices sont regroupés par clé et présenté dans une variété de niveaux de difficulté intermédiaire. Lorsque cela est possible, plusieurs exercices dans la même catégorie sont prévus pour permettre la variété, tout en réalisant les objectifs de ce type spécifique d'exercice. Vous remarquerez que de nombreux exercices et les chorals sont clairement identifiés par la dynamique, les articulations, le style et le tempo pour les étudiants à pratiquer ces aspects de la performance. D'autres exercices sont intentionnellement laissé flexible pour l'enseignant de déterminer la meilleure façon de les utiliser pour faciliter et de répondre aux besoins et aux objectifs de leur ensemble. Que vos élèves progressent à travers des exercices pour améliorer leurs installations techniques, ou de contester leur musicalité avec chorals belles, ce livre peut être utilisé après une méthode de bande ou comme un complément à la musique des performances. Contient chorals composées par Roland Barrett, Andrew Boysen, Ralph Ford, Rossano Galante, Robert Sheldon, Todd Stalter, Randall Standridge, et histoire de Michael. / Saxophone En Mib

Par BERCOVITZ.M / MINEAU.T. Les titres de ce recueil sont issus du grand répertoire des Standards de Jazz et de Blues. La première partie présente tous les thèmes, tels que joués par le saxophoniste ténor sur le CD audio fourni avec ce recueil. La seconde partie offre à l'instrumentiste les clés pour une improvisation réussie. Au début de chaque partie, une notice pédagogique donne des pistes de travail à explorer ainsi que des conseils sur la manière d'utiliser au mieux ce livre. / Rép International / Recueil / Saxophone Ténor et Clarinette en Sib

Take the lead is an integrated series for alto saxophone, clarinet, flute, piano, tenor saxophone, trumpet and violin. In each edition all of the songs are in the same key at concert pitch, allowing the different instruments to play together. Chord symbols are included at concert pitch for use by piano or guitar.'Take the Lead Grease' contains all of the big hits from this popular musical including 'Summer Nights', 'We Go Together' and 'You're the one that I want'. Students have a choice of playing along with CD, Piano or Guitar and all pieces are fully integrated with arrangements for other instruments in the series, making this the ideal resource for school bands and small ensembles. Used as a solo book these idiomatic arrangements will boost players confidence and go down a storm in concert.

Take the lead is an integrated series for alto saxophone, clarinet, flute, piano, tenor saxophone, trumpet and violin. In each edition all of the songs are in the same key at concert pitch, allowing the different instruments to play together. Chord symbols are included at concert pitch for use by piano or guitar.'Take the Lead Musicals' Features all the big hits from the West End and Broadway shows. Students have a choice of playing along with CD, Piano or Guitar and all pieces are fully integrated with arrangements for other instruments in the series, making this the ideal resource for school bands and small ensembles. Used as a solo book these idiomatic arrangements will boost players' confidence and are ideal pieces for performance.Contents: Fame (Fame); Food Glorious Food (Oliver); If I Were A Rich Man (Fiddler On The Roof); Over The Rainbow (Wizard Of Oz); Send In The Clowns (A Little Night Music); Singin' In The Rain (Singin' In The Rain); Tomorrow (Annie)

Brésilienne et afro-cubaine Jazz Conception est la nouvelle série passionnante de jeu-le long de livres par flûtiste brésilien primé et compositeur Fernando Brandão et propose quinze chansons originales dans différents styles brésiliens et afro-cubains. Cette édition vise clairement à être plus qu'une simple collection play-along. Pour chacune des airs d'une analyse approfondie et des exercices supplémentaires sont donnés. Une introduction approfondie sur les différents styles et les rythmes de la musique brésilienne et afro-cubaine rend ces livres encore plus précieux. La section rythmique et les solistes sont parmi les musiciens les plus prestigieux de la musique brésilienne contemporaine. / Saxophone Alto

Raymond Gallois Montbrun (1918-1994) published his 6 Musical Study Pieces for Alto Saxophone and Piano in 1954 just ten years after he won the Grand Prix de Rome. Along with his Violin Concerto 'Japan' Symphony and Concertstück for Clarinet and Piano 6 Musical Study Pieces remains popular to this day. 6 Musical Study Pieces for Alto Saxophone is made up of six short pieces in variety of styles each addressing a different technique. These are; 1) Ballade (flexibility) 2) Intermezzo (trills) 3) Rondo (staccato) 4) Lied (sonority) 5) Waltz (chromaticism) and 6) Finale (velocity). Assuitable and varied pieces for the progression of intermediate to advanced level saxophonists Gallois Montbrun's 6 Musical Study Pieces cannot be missed.

French composer Pierre Max Dubois (1930-1995) significantly contributed to the wind repertoire. Circus Parade Duo for Alto Saxophone or Clarinet and Drums was published in 1965 and remains prominent as a more unusual addition to the ensemble repertoire. Dubois' music is characteristically light-hearted with unusual harmonic and melodic textures. Circus Parade Duo reflects Dubois' compositional characteristics with a typical performance lasting about fifteen minutes. Dubois' work is suitable for advanced performers addressing virtuosic features such as complex rhythms constantchanges of time signature chromaticism and exploitation of the ensemble amongst other aspects. Circus Parade Duo is essential to the advanced Alto Saxophone Clarinet and Percussion repertoire as Dubois' work makes for an exciting varied and enjoyable performance for players and audiences alike.

Raymond Briggs' charming Christmas story about the adventures of a boy and the snowman that comes to life is a modern children's classic. The tales popularity has been further enhanced by frequent television broadcasts of theaward-winning cartoon film The Snowman.In this suite for B Flat Clarinet Tenor Saxophone and Piano composer Howard Blake recreated the story in words and music based on the scenes from the film. The musicincludes the hit song Walking In The Air.