Easy solo pieces in pop styles with state of the art CD accompaniments. Play the solo piece straight, or add the backing tracks and enter a whole new world of sound. Chris Norton does it again with his unique blend of traditional technique with popular styles. Students will learn all about technique - rhythm, co-ordination and listening, but they'll be having so much fun, they won't know they're doing it! Big Beats is available in six great-tasting flavours. 'Microjazz for the next generation, more dramatic, more interactive. It looks and sounds great - another surefire success' (Piano Magazine, December 21

Music Minus One Alto Saxophone Deluxe 2-CD Set-This exciting MMO volume emphasizes collectively improvised ensembles and the succession of individual solos in the freewheeling Chicago-Style offshoot of New Orleans Jazz. The rhythmic texture is rooted in the swing feel of the late 1930s and the instrumentation is typical of the New York groups of this genre. The songs are popular melodies from the 1900s to 1930s as well as multithematic compositions and blues - on this album you'll find such classics as Deed I Do Sugar The Darktown Strutters' Ball That's a Plenty and more. Includes a 32-page music book containing a solo chart for each song containing the melody line and chord changes for proper improvisational playing ofeach song plus a concert lead sheet giving the overall roadmap for each piece printed on high-quality ivory paper and two compact discs containing the complete performance of these jazz combos in digitally mastered stereo a digital stereo version of each piece minus the soloist and a special -20% slow-tempo version of each accompaniment for practice purposes. Performed by Brian Ogilvie tenor saxophone Accompaniment: Evan Christopher clarinet and leader Jon-Erik Kellso trumpet Mike Pittsley trombone Jeff Barnhart piano Bill Huntington guitar Jim Singleton bass Hal Smith drums