Hypnotic Ciel Étoilé it means ?starry sky? in French uses the bass as a dark night of sound dotted with pointillist percussive sounds from the cymbals and crotales. The work is written in thirty-six bars each one a ?star? played very slowly and at varying speeds.Kaijai Saariaho is a contemporary Finnish composer living and working in Paris and considered to be part of the so-called ?French Spectralist? school of composition. Unlike many of herother works Ciel Étoilé has no electronic extensions but fully explores the multiple sonorities of the bass. She gained international renown for her first opera l?Amour du Loin and continues a prolific compositional life with awide range of international performances.

12 outstanding arrangements for the beginning jazz ensemble written by experienced educational arrangers and composers. A variety of styles and tempos are included: swing ballads rock pop holiday Latin and a great warm-up chart titled 'Loosen Up.' This collection of charts is written for full instrumentation of 5 saxophones 3 trumpets 3 trombones and 4 rhythm but designed to sound full and complete with reduced instrumentation of just nine players - 2 Alto Saxes Tenor Sax 2 Trumpets Trombone Piano Bass and Drums. Optional parts are available for C Flute Tuba (doubles Bass part) Horn in F (doubles 1st Trombone) and Baritone Horn T.C. (doubles 1st Trombone).Rhythm section parts offer suggestions for voicings and rhythms and guitar chord frames are included to assist young guitarists. Solos are written out for improvised sections and there is plenty of full sounding ensemble. Conductor's book includes a full length CD recording. Titles are: Chattanooga Choo Choo * El Gato Gordo * James Bond Theme * A Jazzy Merry Christmas * The Judge * Li'l Darlin' * Loosen Up * One O'Clock Jump * Over the Rainbow * Peter Gunn Theme * The Pink Panther * Rock This Town.

12 outstanding arrangements for the beginning jazz ensemble written by experienced educational arrangers and composers. A variety of styles and tempos are included: swing ballads rock pop holiday Latin and a great warm-up chart titled 'Loosen Up.' This collection of charts is written for full instrumentation of 5 saxophones 3 trumpets 3 trombones and 4 rhythm but designed to sound full and complete with reduced instrumentation of just nine players - 2 Alto Saxes Tenor Sax 2 Trumpets Trombone Piano Bass and Drums. Optional parts are available for C Flute Tuba (doubles Bass part) Horn in F (doubles 1st Trombone) and Baritone Horn T.C. (doubles 1st Trombone).Rhythm section parts offer suggestions for voicings and rhythms and guitar chord frames are included to assist young guitarists. Solos are written out for improvised sections and there is plenty of full sounding ensemble. Conductor's book includes a full length CD recording. Titles are: Chattanooga Choo Choo * El Gato Gordo * James Bond Theme * A Jazzy Merry Christmas * The Judge * Li'l Darlin' * Loosen Up * One O'Clock Jump * Over the Rainbow * Peter Gunn Theme * The Pink Panther * Rock This Town.

Elle est belle, admirable et elle est mon amour, mon Admirabelamour, et c'est pour la rejoindre au plus vite que je traverse la Place de l'Etoile à 18 heures dans cette voiture sans freins, accélérateur bloqué. Voici une des fictions que je peux me faire lorsque ce morceau, difficile, est correctement interprété. Certains accords sont chiffrés avec un point d'interrogation, par exemple F ?, Eb ?... Ceci, pour les solistes et accompagnateurs-improvisateurs éventuels, est une façon d'indiquer que si vos patterns nécessitent de se raccorder à une tonalité, c'est à peu près celle-ci qui convient. En effet, pour des raisons un peu plus que dodécaphoniques et un peu moins que sérielles, on ne peut, malgré certaines apparences, trouver de résolutions harmoniques ni dans un cadre tonal ni dans un cadre modal, pour la bonne raison que la somme du nombre de croches pour chacune des notes de la gamme chromatique est égale dans l'arrangement tout entier, et que toutes les notes sont équitablement réparties dans l'ensemble de l'harmonie. De plus la ligne de basse obéit à des règles telles que l'on n'y puisse déceler de tonique valable tout son long, et que le rythme lui-même, extrapolation d'une walking bass un-peu-très-beaucoup-ivre, ne doit pas chercher à ' justifier ' ses quatre temps par des accents usuels. Au contraire, jouer chaque note de cette partie comme si elle était un premier temps. (Claude Barthélemy) / Big Band / Partition

Originally recorded by The Meters in 1969 Cissy Strut has since become a model for playing funk recorded by both jazz and rock artists. The signature bass line is played by trombones tenors and baritone sax and the entire band joins in with the catchy riffs. There are short solo breaks for the bass and drums along with solo or soli spots for saxes and trumpets.

Jazz Combo Pak #50 (Jazz Classics). Includes: Ginger Bread Boy, Jordu, Lady Bird, Two Bass Hit

Complete – Full Score-Epitaph written for a 31-piece ensemble was the masterwork of composer/bassist Charles Mingus. The extended suite is comprised of multiple movements reflecting a wealth of compositional styles (not just jazz) thatdemonstrate Mingus' invaluable contribution to 20th-century American music. Since its last performance 15 years ago additional movements have been discovered that were originally intended to be a part of the work. This unique500-page score includes these “missing movements” along with historical and program notes. Prepared and edited under the guidance of Gunther Schuller and Sue Mingus it provides a monumental resource for study andanalysis. The first jazz composition of such magnitude ever to be published it is presented in this edition as he left it: a summary work a portrait for all time of his life in music. “I wrote it for my tombstone.”- Charles Mingus

Dissonance in Blue is a medium blues in E, featuring the bass, gives way to swinging ensemble writing and modern harmonies. / Ensemble De Jazz

Alec Wilder's Jazz Suite for horn quartet harpsichord guitar bass and drums with four movements: Horns O'Plenty Conversation Piece Serenade and Horn Belt Boogie. This suite was composed in 1951 at the instigation of Mitch Miller a longtime friend of Wilder's and then the Head of Popular Music at Columbia Records.

10 Easy Jazz Duets, written by John La Porta with Greg Nielsen, contains jazz duets in a variety of styles. This unique book is compatible for performance with all instruments and is published with a CD of hip rhythm section backgrounds. In addition, the duets can be performed with a live rhythm section using the chord symbols provided in the C and Bass Clef editions. Not only is the book great for individual jazz practice for improvisation, articulation and phrasing, but it provides interaction with another musician or group with no limitation on the instrumentation. The duets are also very useful to the educator who may find it difficult to get a full band together.

Great vocal chart! A samba treatment of this popular song, the vocalist range is G below the staff to middle line B. With great horn parts, lead trumpet range to written A, and a tempo around 104 BPM in cut time, this is an excellent vocal chart. Includes optional lead parts for B-flat, E-flat, and bass clef instruments. (3:19) / Ensemble De Jazz

Vocal with big band, this gorgeous ballad is played around 74 BPM. The vocal range is G below middle C to third space C. Lead trumpet range is to F-sharp top line. Includes optional lead parts for B-flat, E-flat, and bass clef instruments. An accessible chart for the band. (3:21) / Ensemble De Jazz

Funky, a little greasy, and a joy to play. The tempo is around 132 BPM, with written solos for alto and trombone 1, and a funky piano and bass intro. Lead trumpet range is to written A above the staff. An optional vibes part is available, too! (5:32) / Ensemble De Jazz

A vocal chart and slow swing ballad at 70 BPM. The vocal range is G below middle C to A-flat second space. Lead trumpet range is to written A and includes a written-out solo for trombone 2 and optional lead parts for B-flat, E-flat, and bass clef instruments. Great tune, fine chart. (4:44) / Ensemble De Jazz