Advance Music

Victor Feldman tune, recorded by Miles Davis on several occasions. The tune lends itself nicely to the big band instrumentation. Harmonically and rhythmically challenging arrangement, with rapid harmo...

Contemporary uptempo jazz. Through-composed. Moderate brass ranges. Recorded by The Eastman Jazz Ensemble on Changes Over Time: The Evolution of Jazz Arranging (Advance Music 11350). Also recorded by...

Celebration, a 4-movement suite, was written for and premiered by Gerry Mulligan at the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival in Lübeck, Germany in 1994.Recorded by Bob Brookmeyer and the New Art Orchestr...

Celebration, a 4-movement suite, was written for and premiered by Gerry Mulligan at the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival in Lübeck, Germany in 1994.Recorded by Bob Brookmeyer and the New Art Orchestr...

Recorded on Mel Lewis & the Jazz Orchestra Featuring the Music of Bob Brookmeyer.Nevermore was written as a feature for Tom Harrell (Red Baron JK 53753). Entire sax section doubles on woodwinds: Flute...

Recorded on Mel Lewis & the Jazz Orchestra Featuring the Music of Bob Brookmeyer.Nevermore was written as a feature for Tom Harrell (Red Baron JK 53753). Entire sax section doubles on woodwinds: Flute...

Song for Jaco is a warm and lyrical ballad of Peter's, which is dedicated to the legendary electric bassist, Jaco Pastorius. Solo contributions are heard from the lead trumpet, the baritone saxophone...

Prism is a modal composition which is based largely on several reharmonizatios of a simple 8-bar melody. It is a jazz waltz and features the lead alto sax. Correlated with Vol. 1 of the Jazz Workshop...

This arrangement of a great Peter Erskine tune is a real tour de force for the entire ensemble, and always brings the audience to its feet. It features solo space for trombone, soprano sax, piano (or...

Clare Fischer originally recorded Strayhorn in 1962 with his trio on Surging Ahead. We have asked Bill Dobbins to arrange it as a piano feature. He completely wrote out the solo piano part so that it...

This concert written for clarinet ensemble and solo clarinet present itself in form of a dance suite, which each of its four movements featuring one of the instruments of the clarinet family. The last...

This concert written for clarinet ensemble and solo clarinet present itself in form of a dance suite, which each of its four movements featuring one of the instruments of the clarinet family. The last...

Contemporary Cuban Danzón with Mambo and Son Montuno sections. Five saxophones (AATTB), piano, bass and three percussionists. Medium level.

From the string suite in d.The piano part includes a transcription of Clare's improvised keyboard solo. Clare Fischer says: I have heard the Air played by string orchestras many times. This clarinet c...

Hard driving big band jazz for the clarinet family. Challenging lines for all (even bass and contrabass clarinets) but still playable by college or advanced high school musicians. The score presents a...

12 easy jazz pieces for beginning pianists, ranging from swing to boogie to salsa.The CD contains two mixes of each track. The first mix is for your listening pleasure. The second mix allows to practi...

An introduction in modal piano playing. 7 easy, yet musically demanding compositions-for two or four hands-which shall encourage players to improvise and create their own modal compositions. The indiv...

Lupa Santiago is one of the most notable guitarists in Brazilian instrumental music today. (His book is) A wonderful opportunity for professional musicians and students of various levels to delve more...

This is one of Richie's favorite songs. The original trio recording is on Hubris (ECM) and then again on Tribute to Chet Baker. Chet recorded it numerous times. We have asked composer/arranger Jim McN...

The sax section gets a chance to shine in a very playable soli that weaves in and out of brass punches. This chart makes a perfect vehicle to showcase the saxophone section. Solos for piano and trumpe...

Latin

This breezy calypso features very reasonable brass ranges, written or ad lib solos for trumpet and trombone, and a fully-notated piano part for players with limited jazz experience.

The Clarinet Connection - as the String Connection with Clarinet was originally called - was once a work on commission for four Bb clarinets and a bass clarinet written for Sabine Meyer. The compositi...

Following the release of Jim Snidero's critically acclaimed 'Strings' album, the complete scores and parts of the recorded pieces are now available for alto saxophone, string ensemble and rhythm secti...

Following the release of Jim Snidero's critically acclaimed 'Strings' album, the complete scores and parts of the recorded pieces are now available for alto saxophone, string ensemble and rhythm secti...