Alto Saxophone, Piano - Grade 3

SKU: FL.FX071380

Composed by Alain Lopez. Classical, Educational. Score and Set of Parts. FLEX Editions #FX071380. Published by FLEX Editions (FL.FX071380).

During the short ternary intro, the two themes are depicted and then immediatly developped in binary with a mix of Jazz and Jazz Rock styles. The Twinning is exploited to make the most of it: in the title, the metric, the major tone and its relative minor, the themes, the chords, the characters attribute and the repeated notes in the melody. Listen to it !

Alto saxophone, piano

SKU: FG.55011-585-9

Composed by Heikki Sarmanto. Fennica Gehrman #55011-585-9. Published by Fennica Gehrman (FG.55011-585-9).

ISBN 9790550115859.

A pioneer of Finnish modern jazz, Heikki Sarmanto (1939-) is renowned for his renderings of jazz numbers. No wonder, therefore, that broken chords and familiar keys resonate and sit well under the hand in the piano part of this Northern Dreams suite. The solo passages for the piano are like stylised improvisations. In addition to jazz idioms, the suite features Chopin-style arpeggios. His music is melodic and communicative, painting feelings, situations and events. Northern Dreams was originally composed with the tenor sax of Juhani Aaltonen in mind, and the solo part is a transcription of his improvisation. The solo part is also available in arrangements for alto sax, flute, clarinet, bassoon and trumpet.