By Stephen Oliver. Arranged by Bill Bjornes. For Brass Quintet. Published by Cimarron Music Press.

(C Instruments). By Various. Arranged by Robert Rawlins. Fake Book. Softcover. 380 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

(B-Flat Instruments). Composed by Various. Arranged by Robert Rawlins. For B-flat Instruments. Fake Book. Softcover. 380 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

Guitar - Intermediate

SKU: MB.31060M

Perfect binding. Jazz. Book and online audio. 180 pages. Mel Bay Publications, Inc #31060M. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.31060M).

ISBN 9781513468051. 8.75x11.75 inches.

As aspiring fingerpicking guitarists started expanding their horizons from folk, blues, and ragtime in the 1970s, it was only logical to look towards early jazz tunes as a vast source for new possibilities. For one thing, they could follow the same evolutionary path from ragtime to jazz that had been taken by pianists such as Jelly Roll Morton and Harlem stride players like James P. Johnson and Fats Waller. These musicians all composed in a variety of styles, but their most ambitious piano solos expanded on the classic ragtime format developed by the likes of Scott Joplin, James Scott, and Joseph Lamb, using several strains that usually changed keys at least once. Morton, the self-proclaimed inventor of jazz, would record versions of tunes like King Porter Stomp and The Original Jelly Roll Blues that are similar to straight ragtime performances, and others where there is lots of room left for embellishment and jazz improvisation.

The present collection is a bonanza for guitarists who want to tackle advanced arrangements along the lines of ragtime but featuring jazz age harmonies from the playing of Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, WC Handy, the Original Dixieland Jazz Band and other early jazz legends. The 32 arrangements included are by a wide assortment of guitarists including Ernie Hawkins, Pat Donohue, Lasse Johansson, Duck Baker, Ton Van Bergeyk, Sandy Shalk, Steve McWilliam, and Dorian Henry.

Titles include: Oh, You Beautiful Doll, I’ve Got The Blues, High Society, St. Louis Blues, Davenport Blues, Poor Butterfly, Dixie Jass Band One-Step, Memphis Blues, Big Foot Ham, Grandpa’s Spells, The Original Jelly Roll Blues, Midnight Mama, Milenberg Joys, Fizz Water, Back Home in Indiana, Sweet Georgia Brown, Red Wing (An Indian Intermezzo), There’ll Be Some Changes Made, Way Down Yonder In New Orleans, Charleston, Where The Morning Glories Grow, Limehouse Blues, Susie (of the Islands), I Need Some Pettin’, Weather Bird, Cornet Chop Suey, Kansas City Stomps, King Porter Stomp, Jubilee Stomp, Take It Easy, If I Had You, Moonlight Serenade

Eb Instruments. Composed by Various. Arranged by Robert Rawlins. Fake Book. Dixieland, Jazz. Softcover. Published by Hal Leonard

Artist Transcriptions - Trumpet. Performed by Louis Armstrong. Artist Transcriptions (Authentic note-for-note transcriptions). Size 9x12 inches. 48 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

Composed by Louis Armstrong (1901-1971). Small Ensemble. Triplo Jazz Series. Key: E-flat Major. Jazz. Score and parts. With Standard notation. Composed 1926. 33 pages. Duration 5 minutes. Published by Triplo Press (T3.TRP-125).