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.

Chansons de Disney sont restés un ferme préférés partout dans le monde de la musique, mais nulle part autant qu'avec des chanteurs. Films Disney ont toujours compté des chansons mémorables avec quelque chose de parfait pour toute humeur ou occasion, qui évoquent la magie et la nostalgie des histoires comme blanche-neige, Mary Poppins ou Pinocchio. Cette 45 chansons de pare-chocs livre caractéristiques publiées dans deux clés afin que vous pouvez trouver celui de droite en fonction de votre voix. Les clés ont été sélectionnés pour une voix plus élevée, avec un ensemble de chansons choisies spécialement pour leur appel mélodique à des chanteurs. / Piano/Vocal/Guitare (PVG) / 192 pages / Partition

Dip In to this great selection of popular songs, jazz standards, film themes and show tunes! All the tunes are specially arranged for Clarinet, with chord symbols at concert pitch for easy accompaniment, and are graded to suit a wide range of playing levels. Each song is awarded a star rating based on difficulty - making this folio ideal for everyone, from the beginning clarinet player to the experienced musician. Includes hit songs by The Beatles, Coldplay, Oasis, Elvis Presley, KT Tunstall, James Blunt, Frank Sinatra, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jeff Buckley and many more. Where else can you find such a fun collection of tunes, from such a wide variety of artists? / Clarinette / 160 pages / Partition

L'expérience ultime de karaoké et divertissement grand chantons ! Chaque livre contient des dispositions pour voix et piano avec les accords de guitare et de dossiers de CD, donc on peut chanter et du parti en bas ! / Pop & rock / Recueil / Piano, Chant et Guitare

Certaines chansons classiques vraiment grands - plus d'une vingtaine de transcriptions piano authentiques avec la ligne vocale et guitare cordes boîtes. Parmi les artistes en vedette, Elton John, Kate Bush, Queen, Nina Simone, Tori Amos, Billy Joel et beaucoup d'autres./ Recueil / Piano, Chant et Guitare

Il n'y a pas de meilleure façon de maîtriser un instrument qu'en jouant de la musique que vous connaissez et l'amour, et cette édition du lecteur clavier complet offre 16 accords des plus grandes chansons de vos films préférés blockbuster ! Cette collection spéciale fera appel à film-amateurs de tous âges. Chaque pièce comprend les paroles complètes, symboles de la corde, doigté utiles conseils et voix suggérées pour vous aider à effectuer vos représentations cette arête cinématique écran large. Transformer votre répertoire de clavier avec certains des mélodies plus aimés de partout dans le monde du cinéma. / Clavier Ou Orgue Electronique / 40 pages / Partition

Ultimate Piano Solos presents over 50 best-selling piano solos collected together for the first time in one book. Suitable for the intermediate piano player, it includes must-have Classical pieces such as Beethoven' s Moonlight Sonata, Satie' s Gymnopédie No.1 and Fauré' s Pavane, alongside modern classics from La La Land, Twilight and Final Fantasy soundtracks and songs arranged for piano from the likes of The Piano Guys, Ed Sheeran, Joni Mitchell, Birdy and Louis Armstrong./ Recueil / Piano

Cette nouvelle addition à la série Easy To Play comprend des arrangements simplifies et faciles à lire de 22 chansons de vos programmes TV préférés ! Toutes les chansons sont arrangées pour Piano, Voix et Guitare. Comprend les bandes originales de La ligue des gentleman, Extras, Newport Beach (The O.C.), Sex and the City et les Simpsons ! / Piano/Vocal/Guitare (PVG) / 48 pages / Partition

Complete with song background notes, and playing hints and tips. A total of sixteen songs from popular family films for Flute, in really easy melody line arrangements. Have fun playing along with the specially recorded CD for a more professional performance. / Flûte Traversière

Complete with song background notes, and playing hints and tips. A total of sixteen songs from popular family films for Clarinet, in really easy melody line arrangements. Have fun playing along with the specially recorded CD for a more professional performance. / Clarinette