The first step to the blues for aspiring jazz musicians The Easy Blue series is an introduction for players in their early years of tuition to various blues styles and is designed to encourage a real feel for the blues. At an elementary level even-quaver as well as swing tempo pieces are included. The easy series is the ideal stepping-stone to the main Blues Series already enjoyed by players of intermediate level.The original pieces in these two new volumes for duettists are written within a comfortable range for easy level players.

Par DEHNHARD TILMANN. Tilmann Dehnhard's publications of easy original pieces with CD have been highly successful for other instruments. Developing clarinettists can now enjoy playing these pieces and benefitting from the advice of this successful and talented jazz musician. Notes and explanations are provided on swing rhythm, off-beat articulation and other conventions encountered in the playing of jazz. Each piece is presented on the CD in three versions: two full recordings at differing tempi for playing-along and a version providing the accompaniment only for playing-along with full confidence. / Jazz / Etude / Clarinette

12 Pieces from the Baroque era in easy swing arrangements-Rediscover 12 masterworks from the Baroque era with these fun jazzy arrangements. Easy arrangements by Alexander L'Estrange give an exciting new angle on Handel Purcell J. S. Bach and other composers. Complete with accompanying CD containing demonstration versions and live jazz trio backing tracks. The CD also contains piano accompaniments as printable PDF files and are the same for each 'Swinging Baroque Play-Along' publication for other instruments making it ideal for ensemble or solo playing

11 Swinging pieces with optional second part-Play-along with your very own swing band with this jazzy new book that contains fairly easy melodies varying in styles from Jazz Waltz to Boogie. The pieces can be used as solos with the backing CD or as duets with the optional second part. The accompanying CD containing backing tracks performed by leading jazz musicians will bring all performances to life.

Play with a real band!-This exciting book with CD accompaniment featuring real musicians covering many styles of light music including swing country rumba slow rock disco mambo cha-cha and rock. This book can be used together with a keyboard or piano (book available separately) for a concert performance or as a short audition item.

A primer for the wind instrumentalist-The Swinging Beginning is a collection of easy play-along pieces in a variety of pop latin and dance styles all with the emphasis on swing. The CDs contain a live backing band with an excellent latin percussion section.

This second volume of easy duets offer a vast array of practice and performance material. The duets have been carefully composed and arranged to tie in with the Look Listen and Learn method books although they can equally well be used separately. Titles in Book 2 includes: Party Animal Cool Man It’s Swingtime The Chef of Kiev and many more.

Volume 3 is perfect for jazz ensemble directors looking for one book to keep their students engaged and progressing all year long, as well as any musician interested in Sher Music's series of world-famous fake books. At over 200 pages, THE REAL EASY BOOK - VOL.3 comes in C, Bb, Eb and bass clef versions. It features 5-10 tunes from each historical era of jazz: Trad Jazz, The Swing Era, Classic Bebop, West Coast Jazz, The Blue Note Era, Contemporary Jazz, ''Groove'' Jazz, Brazilian Jazz and Afro-Cuban Jazz. The wide variety of styles included means that every jazz combo will be able to find exactly the material that fits their needs.Difficulty ranges from very simple blues, like Charlie Parker's ''Now's The Time'' to deep, but still playable, contemporary tunes, like Mike Stern's ''These Times.'' Also featured are some great beginning trad jazz arrangements of ''Bill Bailey'' and ''Alexander's Ragtime Band'', including separate clarinet and trombone obligato parts to get that authentic Dixieland feeling!In addition to the tunes and educational material, there are also fun and informative introductory texts for each section. These short histories of each era of jazz introduce both the flavor of the era, and a discussion of the musical innovations that each one brought to the evolution of jazz.The end result is a multi-dimensional teaching tool that will keep band directors and their students smiling all year long! / Instruments En Do