Music Minus One Tenor or Alto Saxophone-For Saxes Only is designed to give the jazz saxophonist (or clarinet or trumpet player) an opportunity to play with a top-flight sax section. Due to the comparative scarcity of big bands today this is the one area in which young players sorely lack experience. While working with this album you will encounter the problems of sight-reading intonation phrasing vibrato unisons subtone and more. These are the same challenges one would face playing with legendary greats Ellington Basie or Goodman. If you haven't had the opportunity to work in a big band playing with this album should give you an idea of that special thrill one gets when the blend is perfect and everybody'sswinging together! Includes printed solo parts for E-flat and B-flat instruments and a compact disc featuring complete recordings (with alto sax as the solo instrument) and a second performance of the accompaniments only. Performed by Bob Wilber tenor sax Hilton Jefferson alto sax Accompaniment: The Bob Wilber All-Stars: Bob Wilber tenor sax Hilton Jefferson alto sax Jerome Richardson alto sax Seldon Powell tenor sax Danny Bank baritone sax Dick Wellstood piano George Duvivier bass Panama Francis drums

Such jazz legends as Dick Wellstood Alphonse 'Doc' Cheatham and George Duvivier and more back you up in this amazing collection of New York-style Dixieland standards. After the break-up of the big-band era around 1950 many ofthe finest 'swing' or mainstream players found themselves without an outlet for their abilities and took to playing 'Dixieland' in New York clubs such as Eddie Condon's and the Metropole. And so was born a new style of Dixielandjazz minus the banjos tubas steamboats and magnolias! It is this version we celebrate on this album. We encourage you the soloist to invent counter-melodies rather than mere harmony parts. This is a music of loose weavingparts not one of precision ensemble figures. And in short it is one of the greatest improvisational experiences any jazz player could hope to have. This pack includes a high-quality printed music score and compact disc featuringstereo accompaniments to each piece. Performed by Vic Dickenson trombone; Accompaniment: 'Doc' Cheatham trumpet; Kenny Davern clarinet

These brand new book/CD packs are great examples of the famous Music Minus One quality! Each book contains ten classic ballads in new arrangements by Bob Wilbur. The accompanying CD features a complete performance followed by stereo backing tracks for you to play along with. These aren't just any backing tracks: the group is an all-star ensemble of live jazz musicians! Songs: The Christmas Song · Manhattan · One for My Baby · Sentimental Journey · Tenderly · Witchcraft · and more!

Patriotic and spiritual music are presented here with symphony orchestra accompaniment-includes printed solo part and a CD with complete and minus one accompaniment versions. Songs: Amazing Grace - Star Spangled Banner - America the Beautiful - The Lord's Prayer - God Bless Americaö - Flying Without Wings - Taps.

Music Minus One for Tenor Sax Alto Sax or Trumpet-World-renowned saxophonist Boots Randolph has played with an incredible who's who of musicians. He is fondly remembered by his millions of fans for the multitude of fantastic recordings he left us including his most famous hit Yakety Sax. This book/CD pack lets you play along with Boots himself on a dozen Nashville classics: Crazy · Green Green Grass of Home · Nine to Five · Pretty Woman · Yakety Sax · You Don't Know Me · and more.

Performed by Tom Fischer tenor saxAccompaniment: Tim Laughlin's New Orleans All-StarsMany people consider New Orleans the birthplace of jazz. After all Louis Armstrong was born and played there as well asJoseph ?King? Oliver the Dodds Brothers Sidney Bechet and a roster of players to fill not one but many all-star bands. Louis Prima was a ?child of the Crescent City? as is Harry Connick and WyntonMarsalis. The whole Marsalis clan was raised there and are all acknowledged jazz masters so its reputation as the seminal jazz town has long been acknowledged. We assembled a band of New Orleans' best players for our times veterans all of many street parades and steamboat gigs and asked them to put together a typical program of New Orleans Classics. Under the direction of Tim Laughlin clarinetist supreme and led by Connie Jones Jr. one of thegreat hornmen of this city which boasts so many great players they put together an album of must-hear must-have songs that every traditional jazz player cherishes. Hear them now in these perfect renditions. Then join the band onyour own instrument be it clarinet trumpet trombone tenor piano bass or drums as they swing through the French Quarter of New Orleans.Includes newly engraved solo charts printed on acid-free ivory paper; andtwo compact discs featuring complete versions of each tune plus a recording of the accompaniments minus the soloist. Also includes slow-tempo versions of most up-tempo pieces for practice purposes.

Performed by Tim Laughlin clarinet Accompaniment: Tim Laughlin's New Orleans All-Stars. Many people consider New Orleans the birthplace of jazz. After all Louis Armstrong was born and played there as well as Joseph King Oliver the Dodds Brothers Sidney Bechet and a roster of players to fill not one but many all-star bands. Louis Prima was a child of the Crescent City as is Harry Connick and Wynton Marsalis. The whole Marsalis clan was raised there and are all acknowledged jazz masters so its reputation as the seminal jazz town has long been acknowledged. We assembled a band of New Orleans' best players for our times veterans all of many street parades and steamboat gigs andasked them to put together a typical program of New Orleans Classics. Under the direction of Tim Laughlin clarinetist supreme and led by Connie Jones Jr. one of the great hornmen of this city which boasts so many great players they put together an album of must-hear must-have songs that every traditional jazz player cherishes. Hear them now in these perfect renditions. Then join the band on your own instrument be it clarinet trumpet trombone tenor piano bass or drums as they swing through the French Quarter of New Orleans. Includes newly engraved solo charts printed on acid-free ivory paper; and two compact discs featuring complete versions of each tune plus a recording of the accompaniments minus the soloist. Also includes slow-tempo versions of most up-tempo pieces for practice purposes.

Inspired by Miles Davis-Ten newly engraved arrangements are featured in this book with a CD containing complete performance tracks of each piece plus a second version minus the soloist. Includes: This Heart of Mine · I'll Be Seeing You · Jupiter · I Cover the Waterfront · Spring Is Here · Beta Minus · Autumn in New York · Just You Just Me · My Funny Valentine · Sunday.

Alto Tenor Baritone Sax Trumpet or Clarinet-Performed by Bob Wilber tenor sax; Hilton Jefferson alto sax For Saxes Only is designed to give the jazz saxophonist (or clarinet or trumpet player) an opportunity to play with a top-flight sax section. Due to the comparative scarcity of big bands today this is the one area in which young players sorely lack experience. The problems of sight-reading intonation phrasing vibrato unisons subtone etc. which the player will encounter in working with this album are the same one would face playing with Ellington Basie or Goodman. If you haven't had the opportunity to work in a big band playing with this album should give you an idea of that special thrill one gets when theblend is perfect and everybody's swinging together! Includes printed musical score for E-flat and B-flat instruments and a compact disc featuring complete recordings (with alto sax as the solo instrument) and a second performance of the accompaniments only.

Piano Concerto No. 4 In C Minor (concerto pour Piano en ut mineur) Op. 44 by Camille Saint-Saëns is the composer's most structurally innovative Piano concerto. In one sense it is like a four-movement symphony but these are grouped in pairs. That is the piece is divided into two parts each of which combines two main movements (Part 1: I. Moderatetempo Theme and Variations in C Minor; II. Slower Theme and Variations in A-flat Major; Part 2: III. Scherzo in C Minor; IV. Finale in C Major). However in each part there is a bridge-like transitional section between the two main 'movements' for example a fugal Andante in part II functions as aninterlude between the two main sections. The concerto begins with a gently mischievous chromatic subject heard in dialogue between the strings and piano soloist and continues in a creative thematic development similar to Saint-Saëns' Third Symphony. The composer demonstrates brilliant skill in employing the piano and orchestra almost equally. In the Andante he moves to A-flat major with a chorale-like theme in the woodwinds (also strikingly similar to the tune of the Third Symphony's final section) and uses this as a platform on which to build a series of variations before bringing the movement to a quiet close. The Allegro vivace begins again in C minor as a high-spirited scherzo using material foreshadowed in the first movement. 2/4 and 6/8 are playfully juxtaposed throughout. At one point the Piano boldly leads the orchestra in an energetic 6/8 theme in Eflat major. Eventually the orchestra moves to a lush Andante recapitulating the Andante section from the first movement. Rather suddenly the piano climbs up to a flurry of double octave trills and a climactic trumpet fanfare leads to the jubilant finale based on a hymn-like theme in triple time. The concerto concludes with the piano in glittering cascades guiding the orchestra to a fortissimo close.The piano concerto was premièred in 1875 with the

A new approach to Bach drawn from his compositions! With this collection that was conceived adapted and performed by Bob Zottola on the provided CD you can play first or second parts for: Two-Part Invention 4 in D minor · Minuet in F major · Minuet 3 in D minor · Little Prelude in C major · Gavotte in G minor · Minuet in A minor · Minuet in D minor · Gavotte in E-flat major · Minuet in E major · Minuet in C minor · Two-Part Invention 1 in C Major.

A Complete Approach to Latin Rhythms Jazz-Rock Fusion & Smooth Jazz-A highly-skilled composer arranger trumpeter vocalist and trombonist Gabriel Rosati has released 15 albums of his own music since 1992. He was nominated in the category of 'Best Jazz' at the Orange County Musical Awards in 2008 (California) and was a featured artist in the American magazine 'Jazz Player' in 1999. Latin-jazz funk Brazilian Afro-Cuban tango Caribbean smooth jazz and more...This cross-style musical book contains 100 original pieces in these popular styles scored for all instruments. Rosati has composed music for films jingles industry theatre and live venues. The music in this book is styled after John Williams theBrecker Brothers Claus Ogerman and others and designed around the fun and danceable sounds of salsa Latin and tango. 4 CDs are included featuring performance and accompaniment tracks for 27 of the songs.