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Little Talks
Little Talks
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Of Monsters and Men
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Jon Woodend
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Little Talks
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Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.736368 By Of Monsters and Men. By Of Monsters and Men. Arranged by Jon Woodend. Contempo...
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Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.736368 By Of Monsters and Men. By Of Monsters and Men. Arranged by Jon Woodend. Contemporary. Score and parts. 26 pages. Jon Woodend #3043339. Published by Jon Woodend (A0.736368). Pro combo - working band - advanced HS or College ensembles.School Rock Band.Cruise Ship Band.
$40.00 ≈
36.09€
I Can't Turn You Loose
I Can't Turn You Loose
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Jazz Ensemble
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Otis Redding
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Mario Haltinner
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I Can't Turn You Loose
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Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.793700 Composed by Otis Redding. Arranged by Mario Haltinner. Contemporary. Score and pa...
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Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.793700 Composed by Otis Redding. Arranged by Mario Haltinner. Contemporary. Score and parts. 48 pages. Mh music #4894501. Published by mh music (A0.793700). I Can't Turn You Loose - The Blues Brothers - Jazz Ensemble - score & partsJazz Ensemble – Intermediate - AdvancedRecorded by the Blues Brothers, arranged by Mario Haltinner. Score, Set of Parts. 48 pages. Published by mh music The fabulous opener & closer for your Blues Brothers set, short & punchy. Open middle section leaves space to talk to the audience.There are two short arrangements (opening & closing) in this set.
$30.00 ≈
27.07€
Africano
Africano
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Jazz Ensemble
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Lorenzo Dunn and Maurice White
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Ralph Martin
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Fire's song Africano
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Africano
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Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1250076 Composed by Lorenzo Dunn and Maurice White. Arranged by Ralph Martin. Contempora...
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Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1250076 Composed by Lorenzo Dunn and Maurice White. Arranged by Ralph Martin. Contemporary,Funk,Pop,Rock. Score and Parts. 49 pages. Brass Dragons #844471. Published by Brass Dragons (A0.1250076). This is a big band arrangement of Earth, Wind & Fire's song Africano.Included parts are 5 saxes, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, 4 rhythm section and score.This is a great opening number. The drum set intro can be expanded for talk overs.
$59.99 ≈
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For Your Eyes Only
For Your Eyes Only
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Jazz Ensemble
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Sheena Easton
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Musiscorz
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For Your Eyes Only
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Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1121299 By Sheena Easton. By Bill Conti and Michael Leeson. Arranged by Musiscorz. Film/...
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Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1121299 By Sheena Easton. By Bill Conti and Michael Leeson. Arranged by Musiscorz. Film/TV,Pop. Score and parts. 82 pages. Musiscorz #722466. Published by Musiscorz (A0.1121299). A full Wind Orchestra with rhythm section arrangement of the song recorded by Sheena Easton for the James Bond film of the same title. Written for an upcoming Bond Concert which in the past involved Tom Jones, Jonathan Price involved with video messages projected for the audience. The trumpeter John Barclay that recorded almost all Bond soundtracks with Derek Watkins giving a pep talk to the trumpet section. Many other Bond actors sending memorabilia and a 30 minute Skype interview from Hollywood with Vic Armstrong. I re-arranged my previous bought one as it had so many musicians sitting not playing so this is more thickly scored with the instruments below. Voice, Flute 1 & 2, (Opt. Oboe 1 & 2), Clarinet x 4, Alto Saxophone x 2, Tenor Saxophone x 2, Baritone Saxophone, French Horn x 4, Trumpet x 4, Trombone x 3, Bass Trombone, Tuba, Electric Piano/Grand Piano, Keyboard Strings, Orchestral String parts, Electric Guitar, Electric Bass, Drum Kit ,Tambourine, Vibraphone Complete with an A3 sized Score and A4.
$55.00 ≈
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This Could Be The Start Of Something Big
This Could Be The Start Of Something Big
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Jazz Ensemble
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Steve Allen
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Brad Esbensen
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This Could Be The Start Of Som
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Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.774404 Composed by Steve Allen. Arranged by Brad Esbensen. Contemporary,Film/TV,Jazz,Sta...
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Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.774404 Composed by Steve Allen. Arranged by Brad Esbensen. Contemporary,Film/TV,Jazz,Standards. 94 pages. Brad Esbensen Music Services #4776253. Published by Brad Esbensen Music Services (A0.774404). This is an up-tempo swing arrangement of the Steve Allen Talk Show opening theme in the key of Bb major. Brass ranges are generally comfortable although there are a couple of places where the 1st trumpet requires an E6, although these short passages (intro and ending) could be played 8vab by the brass section. This chart would make a great opener for your next performance! I hope you enjoy performing this chart and if you would like it transposed into another key, please e-mail me at brad@bemus.com.au. www.bemus.com.au
$60.00 ≈
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Summit in the Snow
Summit in the Snow
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Jazz Ensemble
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Rick Nowlin
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Summit in the Snow
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Rick Nowlin
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Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1004306 Composed by Rick Nowlin. 20th Century,Jazz. Score and parts. 23 pages. Rick Nowl...
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Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1004306 Composed by Rick Nowlin. 20th Century,Jazz. Score and parts. 23 pages. Rick Nowlin #3531979. Published by Rick Nowlin (A0.1004306). This is an impressionistic ballad requiring flugels and mutes, clarinets and flutes to do it justice and inspired by a heart-to-heart talk in a city park in early March of 1986.
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Africano
Africano
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Lorenzo Dunn and Maurice White
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Ralph Martin
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Africano
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Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1250077 Composed by Lorenzo Dunn and Maurice White. Arranged by Ralph Martin. Contempora...
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Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1250077 Composed by Lorenzo Dunn and Maurice White. Arranged by Ralph Martin. Contemporary,Funk,Pop,Rock. Score and Parts. 53 pages. Brass Dragons #844473. Published by Brass Dragons (A0.1250077). This is a big band arrangement of Earth, Wind & Fire's song Africano with the flute solo intro.The flute can be performed by Tenor Sax 3 or as a separate soloist.This is a great opening number. The Drum Set vamp can be extended for talk over announcements.Included parts; 5 Saxes, 4 Trumpets, 4 Trombones, 4 Rhythm Section, (A Flute part and Flute/Tenor Sax 3) and Score.
$59.99 ≈
54.12€
The Amazing Flying Pickle
The Amazing Flying Pickle
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Jazz Ensemble
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Contemporary
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Rob Birdwell
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The Amazing Flying Pickle
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Birdwell Music LLC
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SheetMusicPlus
Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1004951 Composed by Rob Birdwell. Contemporary. Score and parts. 16 pages. Birdwell Musi...
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Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1004951 Composed by Rob Birdwell. Contemporary. Score and parts. 16 pages. Birdwell Music LLC #4798473. Published by Birdwell Music LLC (A0.1004951). This tune is an original of mine from the 5th and B catalog, a group with Dave Storrs and more. I wrote this shortly after a gig at a local place called Squirrel's where a young woman through a pickle from upstairs. She was aiming for her boyfriend but the rascal managed to avoid her attack, whereby the pickle continued its angry trajectory and hit me rather harmlessly in the shoulder. We were on a band break at the time. The pickle was a mystery. Who had thrown it? Or was it some sort of magical pickle? The mystery was resolved when the young lady heard the band was talking about the amazing pickle and tracked me down to apologize. No harm! And I was inspired to write this little ditty! .
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Beyond The Sea *INSTRUMENTAL PACK ONLY*
Beyond The Sea *INSTRUMENTAL PACK ONLY*
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Jazz
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Charles Tenet
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Tobi Crawford
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Beyond The Sea *INSTRUMENTAL P
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Tobi Crawford
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Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1308790 Composed by Charles Tenet. Arranged by Tobi Crawford. Jazz. Set of parts. 10 pag...
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Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1308790 Composed by Charles Tenet. Arranged by Tobi Crawford. Jazz. Set of parts. 10 pages. Tobi Crawford #898036. Published by Tobi Crawford (A0.1308790). *THIS ACCOMPANIES THE VOCAL ARRANGEMENT* This arrangement came to me over a number of weeks in a very organic way that began with the ostinato piano figure that prevails throughout the piece. I began playing it unattached to any tune and I just liked the way the line descended in the left hand and how I had to find voicings in the right hand that made harmonic sense – like a puzzle. As I was playing around with this puzzle, thoughts of my father were swirling around in my head – I was at the end of a 4 year period of separation from my parents owing to the fact that I’m a Canadian expat living in the US and the borders were closed for a long time because of Covid, and then I had work visa issues and my parents were getting older before my eyes. They were also losing friends to cancer and other ailments and my dad, in particular, had experienced the loss of many close family members and friends during our separation and it was taking a toll. One day I sat down and played the now familiar-to-me ostinato but randomly I started to sing “Beyond the Sea†over it and it fit perfectly. I thought it a happy coincidence. As the days went on I committed to putting my ostinato with Beyond the Sea and the lyrics started to seep into my brain. I have, of course, heard these lyrics many times before, (who hasn’t seen Finding Nemo?) but the lyrics didn’t mean what I thought they meant… They’re NOT about the ocean, they are about my dad!!! Well, kind of… I realized, through careful reflection and by slowing the words down, that the lyrics are talking about a person in heaven who is patiently waiting for their partner to join them. Somewhere beyond the seaShe’s there watching for me…It’s far beyond the starsIt’s near beyond the moon And the lyrics end with them meeting, “We’ll meet beyond the shore, we’ll kiss just like before,†and the song ends with: “and never again I’ll go sailing.†It’s like the big bang went off in my head about why all these thoughts of my dad, and his friends, and this arrangement, and what it all meant suddenly just MADE SENSE and I was able to start formulating a plan. Performance Suggestions: The improvisation solo in the middle should be free of any traditional “scat syllables†and should be more of a lament. Listen to singers like Aubrey Johnson improvise on ballads for inspiration. An idea for that improv section might be to have a male singer start the improv, then a female singer joins (as if together in heaven) then they sing letter F together (warning: will cause tears…). All solo sections do not have to be sung as written – soloists can take liberties with the melody as the spirit moves.
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