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Yesterday's Blues
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Piano Solo - Digital Download SKU: A0.947434 Composed by Miriam Daly. Blues,Country…
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Piano Solo - Digital Download SKU: A0.947434 Composed by Miriam Daly. Blues,Country,Folk. Score. 4 pages. Miriam Daly #5895389. Published by Miriam Daly (A0.947434). This is a 2 minute blues in the key of C for the advanced intermediate student. It utilizes a lot of triplet in triplet figures. I have found although there is a lot of EASY material for boogie learners, and at the other end of the spectrum, complicated transcriptions, I needed to write intermediate pieces for my students to fill the material gap.(Music Cover Photo by Oleg Kuzmin on Unsplash)miriamdaly.com
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Yesterday
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Soprano Saxophone Solo - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1166873 By The Beatles.…
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Soprano Saxophone Solo - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1166873 By The Beatles. By John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Arranged by SMLStar. Blues,Contemporary,Film/TV,Pop,Rock. Individual part. 1 pages. SMLStar #767251. Published by SMLStar (A0.1166873). How to play YESTERDAY By John Lennon and Paul Mccartney SOPRANO SAX Â SOLO Sheet Music. This is a easy sheet music tutorial of the YESTERDAY lesson to Beginner, easy and a simple SOPRANO SAX Â SOLO with chords .
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Daddy's Blues
Piano solo
Piano Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.632314 Composed by Fishel Pustilnik…
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Piano Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.632314 Composed by Fishel Pustilnik. Arranged by Fishel Pustilnik. Blues,Children,Instructional,Jazz,Pop. Score. 2 pages. F & N Enterprise #2838061. Published by F & N Enterprise (A0.632314). Piano piece from the future Volume 6 of Jazz & Pop Piano Paradise. The composition is easy to read, fun to play and sound professional when performed. Arranged by Fishel Pustilnik, very well known as Composer/Publisher. His books Jazz & Pop Piano Paradise (Volumes 1-5) have become a commercial success and a hit with music teachers and students in Canada. (Thousands books already sold in Canada). They are also starting to enter the US, Brazil, Norway, Russia, Holland, Israel, Belgium, Sweden, Finland, Greece, Latvia and UK markets. This is a wonderful new publication. These pieces offer much appeal for the young pianist and excellent choice for a supplementary book for students from Grade 3 to 8. Lore Ruschiensky, Editor, (from review in The Canadian Music Teacher) Yesterday I spent at least two pleasure filled hours playing through your imaginatively inventive compositions. Congratulations! I trust students will decide to program your well crafted and entertaining works on recitals and examinations. Review from Dr. Jack Behrens, B.Sc. (Julliard), PH.D (Harvard), Director of Academic Studies, The Glenn Gould School I liked this book the best so far. Great work! You have a gift for melody and your arrangements are very playable. Congratulations on the 3rd Volume. Mark Carlstein, Hal Leonard, Keyboard Publications.
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Johnny's Blues
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Piano Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.632230 Composed by Fishel Pustilnik…
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Piano Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.632230 Composed by Fishel Pustilnik. Arranged by Fishel Pustilnik. Blues,Children,Instructional,Jazz,Pop. Score. 2 pages. F & N Enterprise #2548757. Published by F & N Enterprise (A0.632230). Piano piece from famous Volume 3 of Jazz & Pop Piano Paradise. The composition is easy to read, fun to play and sound professional when performed. Arranged by Fishel Pustilnik, very well known as Composer/Publisher. His books Jazz & Pop Piano Paradise (Volumes 1-5) have become a commercial success and a hit with music teachers and students in Canada. (Thousands books already sold in Canada). They are also starting to enter the US, Brazil, Norway, Russia, Holland, Israel, Belgium, Sweden, Finland, Greece, Latvia and UK markets. This is a wonderful new publication. These pieces offer much appeal for the young pianist and excellent choice for a supplementary book for students from Grade 3 to 8. Lore Ruschiensky, Editor, (from review in The Canadian Music Teacher) Yesterday I spent at least two pleasure filled hours playing through your imaginatively inventive compositions. Congratulations! I trust students will decide to program your well crafted and entertaining works on recitals and examinations. Review from Dr. Jack Behrens, B.Sc. (Julliard), PH.D (Harvard), Director of Academic Studies, The Glenn Gould School I liked this book the best so far. Great work! You have a gift for melody and your arrangements are very playable. Congratulations on the 3rd Volume. Mark Carlstein, Hal Leonard, Keyboard Publications.
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Longing for Yesterday • John D. Wattson Series
Piano solo
Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1358059 By Matt Johnson. By Matt Jo…
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Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1358059 By Matt Johnson. By Matt Johnson. Arranged by John D. Wattson. Blues,Broadway,Contemporary,Jazz,Musical/Show,New Age. Score. 8 pages. Dolce & Nuit Productions #942569. Published by Dolce & Nuit Productions (A0.1358059). “Longing for Yesterday†for solo piano ~ from Matt’s “Something About the Moon†CD. This abridged arrangement differs from the original saxophone and piano duet recording and provides a minimal point of departure reference for a solo piano rendering of the work. Performer is encouraged to create their own mournful interpretation.The John D. Wattson Series showcases the music of Matt Johnson with abridged and accessible piano solo arrangements.Contemporary lyrical and rhythmic repertoire for piano students of varying degrees.View Johnson's original score:SheetMusicDirect: https://www.sheetmusicdirect.com/en-US/se/ID_No/1005398/Product.aspxSheetMusicPlus: https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/en/product/longing-for-yesterday-20765500.htmlWeb2: https://www.MattJohnsonMusic.comWeb3: MattJohnsonMusic.x.
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Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Choral Unison
Choral Choir,Choral,Unison Chorus - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1466399 Comp…
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Choral Choir,Choral,Unison Chorus - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1466399 Composed by Carol Petersen. Blues,Children,Christian,Praise & Worship,Religious. 4 pages. Carol Petersen #1044982. Published by Carol Petersen (A0.1466399). The song's title reflects the believer's personal relationship with Jesus, as each day closer to eternity. The blues style is suitable for children,youth, teens, small adult church choirs. A 1-page LEAD sheet is attached.
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My Bucket's Got A Hole In It
Jazz Ensemble
Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1453561 By Hank Wi…
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Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1453561 By Hank Williams. By Clarence Williams. Arranged by John Hoesly. Blues,Jazz,Pop. 62 pages. PRS&B #1032785. Published by PRS&B (A0.1453561). MY BUCKET’S GOT A HOLE IN IT- Great old blues tune presented in the style of Count Basie. Rich, thick harmonies. Arrangement for Little Big Band/ Jazz Ensemble. My Bucket's Got a Hole in It has been recorded by various artists, but it's perhaps most famously associated with Country & Western legend, Hank Williams. The song was written by Clarence Williams, and it was recorded by Williams in 1949. Difficulty: Intermediate. Little Big Band- The arrangement is playable with rhythm section (piano/guitar, bass, drums)and 3 to 6 horns. Horns in order of importance: 1st Trumpet (1st Part), Alto Saxophone (2nd Part), Trombone (3rd Part), Tenor Saxophone (4th Part), Baritone Saxophone (5th Part), 2nd Trumpet (6th Part). Includes an optional Vibraphone/Guitar part and alternate parts for the Baritone Saxophone (Trombone), the 2nd Trumpet (Alto Saxophone), and the Trombone (Tenor Saxophone).Also see: You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’, Stand By Me, Yesterday, All I Have To Do Is Dream, Killing Me Softly With His Song, Ease On Down The Road, Embraceable You, I’m Gonna Sit Right Down…, In The Mood, Jersey Bounce, Oh, Lady Be Good, Memories Of You, My Buckets Got A Hole In It, Ode To Billy Joe, Stride (based on a theme from Rhapsody In Blue), The Summer Knows, They Can’t Take That Away From Me, Where Or When. Arranged by John Hoesly.
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Remember Yesterday
Piano solo
Piano Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1031482 Composed by Eaaron Pye. Blu…
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Piano Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1031482 Composed by Eaaron Pye. Blues,Contemporary,Jazz. Score. 6 pages. Eaaron Pye #4781931. Published by Eaaron Pye (A0.1031482). A slow, jazzy piece that helps to remember the good memories you've had with those you love.The MP3 is straight from MuseScore 3, so some of the grace notes or anything else may be played incorrectly due to the mind of the computer. It's slightly inaccurate and emotionless but still gets you a good idea of how the piece sounds.
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Remember Yesterday
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I'll Walk Alone
Horn,Tenor Saxophone,Trombone,Trumpet,Tuba - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1351942…
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Horn,Tenor Saxophone,Trombone,Trumpet,Tuba - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1351942 By Dinah Shore. By Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn. Arranged by F. Leslie Smith. 20th Century,Jazz,Pop,Standards. 20 pages. Sweetwater Brass Press #936564. Published by Sweetwater Brass Press (A0.1351942). “I’ll Walk Alone†is a World War II era ballad whose poignant melody sounds as though it could have been written just yesterday.  First introduced in the 1944 movie Follow the Boys, it was hugely popular and has since been recorded by numerous artists.   Universal Pictures produced Follow the Boys in an effort to help boost morale for both overseas military and folks on the home front.  Despite being filled with stars and songs, critics tended to dismiss it as hokey and trite.  The exception was a scene in which Dinah Shore sang “I’ll Walk Alone.† Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song, Ms. Shore’s follow-up Victor recording spent 20 weeks on the top ten Best Selling Records chart.  The song was used yet again in 1952 for another motion picture, With a Song in My Heart, the Jane Froman biographical film, and the melody eventually developed as a standard, particularly in the world of jazz.   Sammy Cahn’s lyrics for this song express the feelings and the promise of a woman who has been separated from her lover by the war.  She pledges that she will be true, that she will wait for him, and that “'till you're walking beside me, I'll walk alone.† Jule Styne’s melody is both plaintiff and simple. an eight-measure phrase, a repeat of the phrase, an eight-measure second phrase, then another repeat of the first phrase.   For this arrangement, the suggested tempo is a relatively slow, blues-like 72 bpm.  It features a tenor saxophone as lead and solo instrument accompanied by brass quintet.  A four-measure introduction opens the piece with Trumpet 1 playing melody and the other four brass providing background.  Following the intro, Tenor Sax plays its first three notes alone; the other instruments begin their accompaniment on measure 6.  Trumpet 1 is tacit during measures 6-11 but begins adding counterpoint in measure 12.     In performing this arrangement, brass instruments should ensure that, when the Sax plays, their volume as a group is under (i.e., softer than) the melody.  The exception begins at measure 36, when a crescendo leads to the quintet playing fortissimo.  During this section, the Tenor Sax plays a couple of responses.  At measures 43 a decrescendo lowers the brass volume back to its original soft accompaniment level.  The piece ends with brass recapping the introduction and Sax providing a final statement.   This piece, completed in 2023, consists of 57 measures, a little over three minutes in length.  Written in the key of G major, Tuba’s lowest note is a G below the staff.  Other than that, all notes are well within the normal playing range of each instrument.   The arranger, Les Smith, will be happy to provide substitute parts (for example, treble clef baritone for trombone) at no charge.  He would like to receive your suggestions, comments, corrections and criticisms.  Contact him at lessmith61@bellsouth.net.  For more arrangements by Les, enter Sweetwater Brass Press (without the quotation marks) in the Sheet Music Plus or Sheet Music Direct search box.
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Ode To Billy Joe
Jazz Ensemble
Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1453562 By Bobby G…
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Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1453562 By Bobby Gentry. By Bobbie Gentry. Arranged by John Hoesly. Blues,Jazz,Pop,Rock. 72 pages. PRS&B #1032786. Published by PRS&B (A0.1453562). ODE TO BILLY JOE- Arrangement for Little Big Band/ Jazz Ensemble. Ode to Billie Joe is a haunting and enigmatic folk song written and performed by Bobbie Gentry. Released in 1967, the song quickly became a sensation, topping the charts and earning critical acclaim for its evocative storytelling and haunting melody. This is a Funky version of the 60’s hit. Difficulty: Intermediate. Little Big Band- The arrangement is playable with rhythm section (piano/guitar, bass, drums)and 3 to 6 horns. Horns in order of importance: 1st Trumpet (1st Part), Alto Saxophone (2nd Part), Trombone (3rd Part), Tenor Saxophone (4th Part), Baritone Saxophone (5th Part), 2nd Trumpet (6th Part). Includes an optional Vibraphone/Guitar part and alternate parts for the Baritone Saxophone (Trombone), the 2nd Trumpet (Alto Saxophone), and the Trombone (Tenor Saxophone).Also see: You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’, Stand By Me, Yesterday, All I Have To Do Is Dream, Killing Me Softly With His Song, Ease On Down The Road, Embraceable You, I’m Gonna Sit Right Down…, In The Mood, Jersey Bounce, Oh, Lady Be Good, Memories Of You, My Buckets Got A Hole In It, Ode To Billy Joe, Stride (based on a theme from Rhapsody In Blue), The Summer Knows, They Can’t Take That Away From Me, Where Or When. Arranged by John Hoesly.
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Sentimental Journey
Piano solo
Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1496954 By Les Brown And His Orches…
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Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1496954 By Les Brown And His Orchestra. By Ben Homer, Bud Green, and Les Brown. Arranged by Phyllis Love. Jazz,Standards. Score. 2 pages. Phyllis Love #1071494. Published by Phyllis Love (A0.1496954). This is bluesy arrangement of a 1944 classic swing tune with a Jazzy baseline.Accessible enough f0r ay intermediate performer, yey incredibly rewarding for even the most accomplished pianist. Phyllis Love's instrumental arrangements for jazz piano remain true to the original melodies, with inventive harmonies and dynamic rhythmic patterns perfect for solo players! Each is a tasty addition to your show set, whether a classic show tune or a Standard from the Great American Songbook.Check out these other Phyllis Love arrangements for students of jazz piano.The Breeze and IThe Last Time I Saw ParisYesterdaysYou and the Night and the MusicWe'll Be Together Again A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley SquareFor All We KnowI Thought About YouI'll Remember AprilI'm ld FashionedIt Might As Well Be SpringIt's Only A Paper MoonLove Walked InM0na LisaOn the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa FeOnce In A WhileSummertimeSurrey With the Fringe On TopTenderlyThat Old Black MagicPhyllis Lovwe is a professional jazz pianist in the New York City area who's appeared at storied venues including Windows on the World, Gramercy Hotel, and Mama Leone's. She's performed with the Bill Lombardo's Orchestra, scored music for film (Brighty of the Grand Canyon co composer], and written jingles for Harvey's BristolCreme, Estee Lauder, Seiko watches and many others.
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Sentimental Journey
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The Girl from Ipanema for Solo Trumpet & Piano
Trumpet, Piano
By Various. Arranged by Keith Terrett. Score, Set of Parts. 8 pages. Published by Musi…
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By Various. Arranged by Keith Terrett. Score, Set of Parts. 8 pages. Published by Music for all Occasions
Arranged for Solo Bb Brass & Piano "Garota de Ipanema" ("The Girl from Ipanema") is a Brazilian bossa nova and jazz song. It was a worldwide hit in the mid-1960s and won a Grammy for Record of the Year in 1965. It was written in 1962, with music by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Portuguese lyrics by Vinícius de Moraes. English lyrics were written later by Norman Gimbel.<br> <br> The first commercial recording was in 1962, by Pery Ribeiro. The Stan Getz recording featuring the vocal debut of Astrud Gilberto became an international hit. This version had been shortened from the version on the album Getz/Gilberto (recorded in March 1963, released in March 1964) which had also included the Portuguese lyrics sung by Astrud's then husband João Gilberto. In the US, the single peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100, and went to number one for two weeks on the Easy Listening chart. Overseas it peaked at number 29 in the United Kingdom, and charted highly throughout the world.<br> <br> Numerous recordings have been used in films, sometimes as an elevator music cliché. It is believed to be the second most recorded pop song in history, after "Yesterday" by The Beatles. The song was inducted into the Latin Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001. In 2004, it was one of 50 recordings chosen that year by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry. In 2009, the song was voted by the Brazilian edition of Rolling Stone as the 27th greatest Brazilian song.<br> <br> Ipanema is a fashionable seaside neighborhood located in the southern region of the city of Rio de Janeiro.<br> <br> <br> Helô Pinheiro, the woman who inspired the song, in 2006.<br> The song was composed for a musical comedy titled Dirigível (Blimp), then a work-in-progress of Vinicius de Moraes. The original title was "Menina que Passa" ("The Girl Who Passes By"); the first verse was different. Jobim composed the melody on his piano in his new house in Rua Barão da Torre, in Ipanema. In turn, Moraes had written the lyrics in Petrópolis, near Rio de Janeiro, as he had done with "Chega de Saudade" ("No More Blues") six years earlier.<br> <br> During a recording session in New York with João Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim and Stan Getz, the idea of cutting an English-language version came up. Norman Gimbel wrote the English lyrics. João's wife, Astrud Gilberto, was the only one of the Brazilians who could speak English well and was chosen to sing. Her voice, without trained singer mannerisms, proved a perfect fit for the song. Ethel Ennis and Nat King Cole have also both recorded the song.<br> <br> The song was inspired by Heloísa Eneida Menezes Paes Pinto (now known as Helô Pinheiro), a seventeen-year-old girl living on Montenegro Street in Ipanema. Daily, she would stroll past the Veloso bar-café, not just to the beach ("each day when she walks to the sea"), but in the everyday course of her life. She would sometimes enter the bar to buy cigarettes for her mother and leave to the sound of wolf-whistles. In the winter of 1962, the composers saw the girl pass by the bar. Since the song became popular, she has become a celebrity.<br> <br> In Revelação: a verdadeira Garôta de Ipanema ("Revealed: The Real Girl from Ipanema") Moraes wrote that she was "the paradigm of the young Carioca: a golden teenage girl, a mixture of flower and mermaid, full of light and grace, the sight of whom is also sad, in that she carries with her, on her route to the sea, the feeling of youth that fades, of the beauty that is not ours alone—it is a gift of life in its beautiful and melancholic constant ebb and flow."<br> <br> Ella Fitzgerald recorded this song on her two-disc set of Brazilian music Ella Abraca Jobim, released on the label [[Pablo today}] in 1981.<br> <br> The legacy of "The Girl from Ipanema" was acknowledged by multiple aspects of the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro: the Olympic and Paralympic mascots were respectively named Vinicius and Tom after the song's co-writers by a public vote, while the Olympics' opening ceremony featured a segment themed around the song and the architecture of Oscar Niemeyer. Jobim's grandson Daniel performed the song during the segment, which also featured an appearance by Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen. Spotify reported that the song had been streamed on its service 40,000 times per-day in the days following the ceremony (a 1200% increase), while in the U.S., the song reached #5 on Billboard's World Digital Songs chart the following week.
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