BL Clear and systematic progression BL For beginners of all ages BL Teaches with reference to jazz and contemporary music styles throughout BL First steps towards confident improvisation BL Covers all relevant elements of technique BL Lots of idiomatic practice material BL Authentic and varied CD backing for many of the pieces BL CD includes versions for alto and tenor instruments

"Joe Wilder set the table. His struggles made it easier for me and many others."--From the Foreword by Wynton Marsalis Trumpeter Joe Wilder is distinguished for his achievements in both the jazz and classical worlds. He was a founding member of the Symphony of the New World, where he played first trumpet, and he performed as lead trumpet and soloist with Lionel Hampton, Jimmy Lunceford, Dizzy Gillespie, and Count Basie. Yet Wilder is also known as a pioneer who broke down racial barriers, the first African American to hold a principal chair in a Broadway show orchestra, and one of the first African Americans to join a network studio orchestra. In Softly, with Feeling, Edward Berger tells Wilder's remarkable story-from his growing up in working-class Philadelphia to becoming one of the first 1,000 black Marines during World War II-with tremendous feeling and extensive reminiscences by Wilder and his colleagues, including renowned Philadelphia-area musicians Jimmy Heath and Buddy DeFranco. Berger also places Wilder's experiences within a broader context of American musical and social history. Wilder's modesty and ability to perform in many musical genres may have prevented him from achieving popular recognition, but in Softly, with Feeling, his legacy and contributions to music and culture are assured.

The story of the trumpet from prehistory to the present day, written by two of its outstanding performers and teachers In the first major book devoted to the trumpet in more than two decades, John Wallace and Alexander McGrattan trace the surprising evolution and colorful performance history of one of the world's oldest instruments. They chart the introduction of the trumpet and its family into art music, and its rise to prominence as a solo instrument, from the Baroque "golden age," through the advent of valved brass instruments in the nineteenth century, and the trumpet's renaissance in the jazz age. The authors offer abundant insights into the trumpet's repertoire, with detailed analyses of works by Haydn, Handel, and Bach, and fresh material on the importance of jazz and influential jazz trumpeters for the reemergence of the trumpet as a solo instrument in classical music today. Wallace and McGrattan draw on deep research, lifetimes of experience in performing and teaching the trumpet in its various forms, and numerous interviews to illuminate the trumpet's history, music, and players. Copiously illustrated with photographs, facsimiles, and music examples throughout, The Trumpet will enlighten and fascinate all performers and enthusiasts.

(Saxophone Play-Along). The Saxophone Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the music (including parts for B-flat and E-flat saxophones), listen to the CD to hear how the sax should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are also included in the book in case you want to sing, or to simply help you follow along. The audio CD is playable on any CD player but it can also be used in your computer to adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch This volume includes: Cleo's Mood (Junior Walker & the All-Stars) * I Got a Woman (Ray Charles) * Pick up the Pieces (Average White Band) * Respect (Aretha Franklin) * Shot Gun (Junior Walker & the All-Stars) * Soul Finger (The Bar-Kays) * Soul Serenade (King Curtis) * Unchain My Heart (Ray Charles).

Johnny Griffin, the Little Giant from the South Side of Chicago, has remained a top jazz saxophonist throughout his 62-year playing career. He has spent 42 years in Europe and is recognized internationally as a major jazz star with a readily identifiable style, an immense improvisational flair and an unfailing capacity to swing. As jazz writer Brian Priestley has observed: Griffin is one of the fastest and most accurate ever on his instrument. Griffin is an articulate, witty and entertaining conversationalist with an unending flow of anecdotal reminiscences about his days with Lionel Hampton, Art Blakey, Thelonious Monk, Eddie Lockjaw Davis, the Clarke Boland Big Band and the variety of small groups he has fronted over the years. The Little Giant is a light-hearted, irreverent and uninhibited look at the life of one of the most consummate musicians in jazz. Author Mike Hennessey is a jazz critic, producer, broadcaster and pianist. Other books by him include a biography of the late drummer, Kenny Clarke, Klook, and a history of Ronnie Scott's Club, Some of My Best Friends Are Blues. He has covered the international music scene for Billboard magazine for 27 years and he has written more than 500 album notes and hundreds of articles for a wide range of jazz magazines in North America and Europe."

The authors' new approach to learning two playing techniques offers a systematic method for mastering the modern, legato technique needed for organ music composed after 1750, as well as an articulated technique for earlier works. The authors also present useful information on accompanying anthems and solos and on adapting piano and orchestral accompaniments to the organ.

Over 50 easy-to-play melody line arrangements for flute, complete with chord symbols in concert pitch. Music by Mozart, Beethoven, Elgar, Bach and Handel are included. Contents: Air from The Peasant Cantata (J.S. Bach) * Air in D (J.S. Bach) * Andante Cantabile (Tchaikovsky) * Ave Verum Corpus K618 (Mozart) * Badinerie (J.S. Bach) * Bouree (J.S. Bach) * But Who May Abide (Handel) * Dead March from Saul (Handel) * First Movement Theme from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Mozart) * Finale from Symphony No. 9 (Dvorak) * First Movement Theme from Sonata in A (Mozart) * First Movement Theme from Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique" (Tchaikovsky) * First Movement Theme from Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral" (Beethoven) * Fourth Movement Theme from Symphony No. 1 in C Minor (Brahms) * German Dance (Beethoven) * Grand March from Aida (Verdi) * He Shall Feed His Flock (Handel) * Hornpipe from Water Music (Handel) * I Know That My Redeemer Liveth (Handel) * In Tears of Grief (J.S. Bach) * Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (J.S. Bach) * Largo from Xerxes (Handel) * Last Movement Theme from Sonata in C Minor K456 (Mozart) * Let the Bright Seraphim (Handel) * Lullaby (Mozart) * March from Scipio (Handel) * Military March (Schubert) * Minuet in G (J.S. Bach) * Ode to Joy (Beethoven) * Pomp and Circumstance (Elgar) * Radetzky March (Strauss) * Romance from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Mozart) * Rondo Alla Turca from Sonata in A K331 (Mozart) * Say Goodbye Now to Pastime (Mozart) * Second Movement Theme from Sonata in C K545 (Mozart) * Second Movement Theme from Symphony No. 7 (Beethoven) * Second Movement Theme from Symphony No. 9 (Dvorak) * Second Movement Theme from Symphony No. 94 in G (Haydn) * See, The Conquering Hero Comes (Handel) * Sheep May Safely Graze (J.S. Bach) * Sleepers, Wake A Voice Is Calling (J.S. Bach) * Slow Movement from Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven) * Tell Me Fair Ladies (Mozart) * Tempo di Menuetto (Beethoven) * The Manly Heart That Claims Our Duty (Mozart) * Theme from Sonata in C Minor "Pathetique" (Beethoven) * Theme from Piano Concerto in C (Mozart) * Theme from Symphony in G Minor K550 (Mozart) * Third Movement Theme from Piano Concerto No. 1 in C (Beethoven) * Third Movement Theme from Symphony No. 3 in F (Brahms).

Prints all the scales and arpeggios required for ABRSM Grades 1-8 giving recommended minimum speeds and notes on the new forms of articulation required.

Prints all the scales and arpeggios required for ABRSM Grades 1-8 giving recommended minimum speeds and notes on the new forms of articulation required.

Cloudy Mountain by Anne Boyd is a piece for flute and piano inspired by a painting by the Hong Kong artist Fung Chin-Wan which bears the same title. Part of a series of three works for flute and piano - the other two being Bali Moods No.1 and Red Sun, Chill Wind - to explore the varied characteristics of Balinese moods and modes.

This five-volume graded anthology acts as an introduction to the flute music of the early- and mid-eighteenth century. All important composers of flute music of the period are represented, starting with the French pioneers La Barre and Hotteterre, and culminating in the great Germans Handel and Bach. Texts faithfully follow the original sources, any editorial additions being carefully differentiated as such. These marks, which include ornament realizations and breathing suggestions, together with the editorial notes that accompany each piece, are designed to help the progressing flautist to cultivate an authentic playing style. In addition, useful information is given about the composers represented and about the pieces selected and the sources from which they are drawn. A separate continuo part is provided, allowing the bass line to be doubled on cello or viola da gamba, in accordance with standard continuo practice. This part, in which the bass is figured, may also be used by keyboard players who wish to improvise their own accompaniment.

Nicole's Aria was written for the daughter of the composer. The piece is modal, based on an aeolian scale, sometimes referred to as a natural or pure minor scale. The composer wrote in a minor mode trying to fill the void of minor-keyed songs for this age as most children's songs are in major keys. This is beautiful writing for a developing alto saxophone player with piano accompaniment.

The Swiss photographer, Dany Gignoux has developed a very close relationship with Dizzy Gillespie and accompanied him during his travels with his orchestra. This book shows mostly unusual and private situations which give a good impression of the nice character of the father of bebop.

inch....this work is likely to become a standart work very quickly and is to be recommended to all schools where recorder studies are undertaken inch. (Oliver James, Contact Magazine) A novel and comprehensive approach to transferring from the C to F instrument. 430 music examples include folk and national songs (some in two parts), country dance tunes and excerpts from the standard treble repertoire ofBach, Barsanti, Corelli, Handel, Telemann, etc. An outstanding feature of the book has proved to be Brian Bonsor's brilliantly simple but highly effective practice circles and recognition squares designed to give, in only a few minutes, concentrated practice on the more usual leaps to and from each new note and instant recognition of random notes. Quickly emulating the outstanding success of the descant tutors, these books are very popular even with those who normally use tutors other than the Enjoy the Recorder series.

This piece needs no introduction. It has been arranged here for 2 alto saxophones and piano and this new sound adds even more excitement to the original. The piano part remains in the original key and saxes play the famous melodic lines above the steady bass. The saxes and piano alternate melodic sections with the piano adding newly composed, stylistically accurate counter melodies.

Gordon Lewin's collection of pieces for saxophone combines a popular mix of original pieces, arrangements and traditional songs. From Bach, Paganini and Rossini to folksongs from Andalucia and Israel, this volume provides a contrasted selection of well-arranged pieces and will be an invaluable teaching aid for all teachers looking for interesting and varied repertoire for their students.