The composer says: Several musical threads led to my writing this piece of music to celebrate my friend Matanya Ophee's (AKA MO) 80th birthday - a life lived with the guitar. Jelly Roll Morton once asserted: 'In fact, if you can't manage to put tinges of Spanish in your tunes, you will never be able to get the right seasoning; I call it, for jazz.' Over the last couple of years I moved back to Jelly Roll Morton's city: New Orleans, home of my adolescence and reacquainted myself with the tinges of Spanish in its rich musical heritage. One of these pieces was the Mardi Gras Mambo, an iconic song frequently played during Mardi Gras and, in David Newman's reworking of the lyrics, at the New Orleans Saints football games as the Super Bowl Mambo. Uncited sources on both Wikipedia and Essortment say the word Mambo means 'conversation with the gods' in Kikongo, the language spoken by Central African slaves taken to Cuba where it became the name for a musical form and a dance style that developed originally in Cuba in the able hands of Cachao's (Bassist Orestes Lopez) tune: Danzon Mambo. This rhythmic style became famous in the 1950's following its use in dance bands in Mexico and through New Orleans to the United States. The infectiousness of the New Orleans re-interpretation of the Mambo's ostinato bass line and the reaction of people who are readily moved to dance when they hear it spoke to me of dance and celebration. This led me to choose some of this piece's characteristics and title for this piece: Mambo for MO. As we have progressed on the instrument, some of us may have encountered the four-chord descending minor chord progression known as the Andalusian cadence: i - VII - VI - V in many different genres and guises. After all, it appears in Ray Charles' Hit the Road, Jack, the verse on Good Vibrations by The Beach Boys, Walk, Don't Run by The Ventures, Runaway by Del Shannon and in that great work arranged and embraced by the Guitar: J.S. Bach's Chaconne from the Partita in D minor for solo violin, BWV 1004. This bass line derived from a Latin American musical style as reinterpreted in New Orleans, a chord progression that evokes the Flamenco Music of Spain, and my impressions of the sinuous lines of people dancing the Second Line in the streets of New Orleans at Mardi Gras led me to this synthesis as a tribute to a man who has contributed so much in his lifelong efforts for the guitar, its history and lore on the occasion of his birthday! Happy Birthday, Matanya! Carlos Barrientos was born on June 25, 1954 in Tela, Honduras. He began his formal music studies at the National Music Conservatory in Guatemala City, Guatemala C.A. His training with Maestro Elias Barreiro, Director of Guitar Studies at Tulane University, was supplemented with Master Classes with Manuel Barrueco, Leo Brouwer, Juan Mercadal, Michael Newman, Tommy Tedesco and Carlos Barbosa-Lima. He studied composition under the tutelage of Dr. Jerry Sieg, University of New Orleans, and Dr. Roy Johnson, Florida State University. He consulted with Michael D. Martin, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Music, Albany State University, Albany, GA in the creation of a recordings library that reflects Western Art Music and American Jazz for the students at Albany State University. The New York Premiere of the First Movement of his Second Guitar Sonata was dedicated to and performed by Classical Guitarist Maestro Carlos Barbosa-Lima in 2003 at Carnegie Hall. At the request of U.S. Senator Bob Graham one of his compositions, Si Tu Te Vas (If You Go Away), was included on a recording to promote The Everglades Trail. In 2004, at the American Church in Paris, France the World Premiere of his Romance for Flute and Guitar was performed by the award-winning Serenade Duo, flutist Michelle LaPorte and guitarist Gerry Saulter. He has performed with such legendary musicians as Herbie Mann, Donald Byrd and Debbie Reynolds, led an on stage Renaissance Trio in a University of New Orleans production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, and played incidental music for their production of Bertold Brecht's The Good Woman of Sichuan. He has performed Carulli's Guitar Concerto in A, Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story and Marvin Hamlish's A Chorus Line with the Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra and Okaloosa-Walton Community College, Niceville, FL, and with the Southern Art Music Ensemble, a Jazz/Latin Fusion Sextet, including an Honors Convocation in Atlanta for Mr. Ted Turner. He has been a guest performer with the Albany State University Jazz Ensemble at The Fletcher Henderson Jr., Macon and Atlanta Jazz Festivals, and played the banjo in the Albany State University /Albany Symphony's co-production of George Gershwin's Opera Porgy and Bess.

Par WALKER N.. Guitar Basics Christmas offers a dazzling assortment of classic Christmas carols and festive hits, all in easy-to-learn arrangements for young beginners. Technically tried and tested, the authors have applied their magic to every tune in the collection, guaranteeing an enjoyable and unique musical Christmas for players, teachers and parents alike! All-time favourites such as We Three Kings, I Saw Three Ships, In the Bleak Mid-Winter and O Christmas Tree. Grooved-up arrangements of traditional carols, including a reggae version of Silent Night and a jazzy rendition of Jingle Bells. Quick-to-learn festive hits such as Santa Claus Is Coming to Town, Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer and Rockin' Around the Christmas tree. All tunes can be performed by a solo player (with CD). Optional ensemble parts provided for selected songs to encourage group performance. Fun backing tracks to play along with. Practical and great fun, this is an ideal resource for group and individual playing and is the perfect festive companion to Guitar Basics./ Recueil / Guitare

Mélodieuses, brèves mélodies arrangé pour flûtistes intermédiaires et les guitaristes de la musique populaire américaine et au début de le (1817). Ecrit en notation standard, ces arrangements délicieuses vedette des collections de mélodies populaires de cette époque ainsi que des airs et des danses. Conformément à la pratique de l'interprétation de la musique traditionnelle a joué pendant cette période, ces arrangements sont organisés en ensembles de pièces comme ils peuvent ont été effectués pendant cette période. Les jeux incluent les turluttes, airs lentes et marches ainsi que des mélodies qui étaient populaires du continent. Ces arrangements sont appropriés pour la musique de fond ainsi que des performances de concert public. Les arrangements sont tirées d'un livre de mélodies flûte intitulé ' flûte mélodies de Riley. ' Publié en 1816 et 1817, cet ouvrage a été peut-être utilisé comme musiciens de jazz utilisent des feuilles de plomb pour élaborer des ententes spontanées des pièces selon l'occasion et les musiciens à portée de main. Les accords de guitare ont été modélisées sur existants plénier de guitare... / Guitare Classique / 32 pages / niveau : Débutant/Intermédiaire / Partition - Format: 11 X 8,5

The ?organ plus brass? series presents original works and arrangements for organ and brass choir specially tailored to meet the needs of amateur ensembles and non-professional organists. The pieces may be played by any constellation of brass ensemble. Volume IV contains arrangements of church music by Charles Villiers Stanford, both chorale-based and freely composed. The original works for choir and organ can be appropriately transferred to the festive scoring for brass ensemble and organ. - Repertoire for brass ensemble and organ - Suitable for amateur ensembles and non-professional church musicians - A variety of instrumental parts allow many performance options Edition no.: BA 11204 ISMN: 9790006558629 Volume / Series: organ plus brass 4 Editor: Klomp, Carsten / Petersen, Heiko Arranger: Klomp, Carsten Language(s) of text: German, English Product format: Performance score(s), Wind instruments score Includes the following individual parts: Wind instruments, Organ Binding: Stapled Pages / Format: 25/12 S. - 30,0 x 23,0 cm

Par NEWMAN MICHAEL. Hailed by The New York Times as Fresh, Hot and Headed for Fame, The Newman and Oltman Guitar Duo explores the farthest reaches of the ensemble literature, performing and recording the premieres of many new works. As the ensemble-in-residence at New York's Mannes College of Music, the duos concert tours have taken them to forty-nine states as well as to Asia, Europe, South America, Canada, and the Caribbean. Newman and Oltman have collaborated with such diverse artists as mezzo soprano Frederica von Stade and folk singer Sally Rogers, violinist Arnold Steinhardt and fiddler Jay Ungar, Celtic artist Seamus Egan, and the Lark and TurtleIsland String Quartets. The duo's ten critical praised recordings for MusicMasters/BMG and Sheffield Lab Audiophile reveal the extraordinary stylistic and cultural breadth of their repertoire. For this Artist series video Newman and Oltman perform eight Albeniz masterpieces: the complete original Suite espanola (Grandad, Sevilla Cuba,Cataluna), Tango, Rumores de la Caleta (Malaguena), Prelude (Asturias/Leyenda) from Cantos de Espana and the hauntily beautiful Asturie. The music for all of the pieces preformed here is available from Mel Bay Publications as well as with additional selections on the Music Masters BMG CD: Cantos de Espana/Songs of Spain. / Classic - Concert/Documentary / Accessoire / Guitare Classique

Par BULLOCK ROBIN. Celtic acoustic guitar and cittern wizard Robin Bullock takes the vibrating string to astonishing places with four of his own compositions, artful arrangements of another five traditional Celtic tunes, and tunes by Norman Blake and Dougie MacLean. From high-octane performances on Spider - Maho Snaps - Matelot Jig - and Old Brown Case to the extraordinarily moving and trancelike tune Between Earth and Sky(original title piece of his CD), the slow Irish air For Ireland I'd Not Tell Her Name - and Tiger Baby's Lullaby - Robin displays the fingerpicking and flatpicking styles that, combined with his composing and multi-instrumental skills, have earned his reputation with such renown Celtic and world-music groups as Helicon, Billboard's 'world music' TOP 10 artist John Whelan's new Celtic band, and Riverdance guest artists Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble. An extraordinary composer, Robin also varies tunings using standard tuning on only two pieces - he fingerpicks seven of the tunes, and uses flatpick technique on Old Brown Case and the three cittern (Irish bazouki) pieces: his original The Iraqi Road to Dublin and Irish traditional tunes Maho Snaps and The Dawn/Miss Monahan. Completing the 11 pieces on this video are: Dougie MacLean's Farewell to Craigie Duh, Turlough O'Carolan's Sir Charles Coote - Captain Higgins - and Rigler's March - Rex's Ramble - another one of his own. Find out why everyone who hears Robin Bullock is entranced by his masterful musical versatility, his humorous approach to life, and the music that runs through his head. / Acoustic Music - Concert/Documentary / Accessoire / Guitare

Dossiers par Charlie Byrd, Lenny Breau, George Van Eps, Laurindo Almieda et Joe Pass ont défini une norme très élevée pour fingerstyle solo de guitare jazz, et c'est de ce point de vue que les vols solos de Taylor, Crook, Nichols, Baker et Mann prennent Escadre. Chaque joueur a développé une approche distinctement différente à l'interprétation et l'écriture de jazz pour solo de guitare en écoutant attentivement à de nombreux autres musiciens et compositeurs - pianistes, cor bassistes, acteurs et chanteurs, ainsi que de nombreux guitaristes de jazz, de blues et d'autres styles. Ce qui distingue les guitaristes de jazz plus traditionnels (qui plus ou moins fonction dans une voix linéaire dans un ensemble) est leur capacité à jouer (ou impliquent) tous les aspects de la musique - rythmique, cordes, basse et mélodie - sans accompagnement. Leurs performances démontrent non seulement leur brillance technique et leur imagination, ils sont un témoignage de la puissance durable et la beauté de la guitare jazz dans son évolution actuelle comme une force majeure instrumentale américain Mu... / Guitare