Advance Music

This medium tempo straight-eighth feel piece is moody, obtuse, even spooky, and offers an interesting programmatic change. Medium advanced These arrangements for saxophones and rhythm section, written...

This medium tempo Samba makes creative use of counterpoint throughout and all instruments have interesting parts to play.Medium advancedThese arrangements for saxophones and rhythm section, written fo...

Bolero with a beautifully flowing melody. MediumThese arrangements for saxophones and rhythm section, written for the Eastman School of Music's award winning jazz ensemble, Saxology, showcase the saxo...

Medium tempo straight eighth-note feel with a today jazz sound. The tune features the tenor and piano and was inspired by Elvin Jones and its chord progression is a sophisticated re-harmonization of H...

The main soli section features the two altos in a duet against the accompanying three other saxophones. These arrangements for saxophones and rhythm section, written for the Eastman School of Music's...

Uptempo, straight eighth, ECM style soprano feature. These arrangements for saxophones and rhythm section, written for the Eastman School of Music's award winning jazz ensemble, Saxology, showcase the...

Slow waltz that features the piano and alto saxophone. The alto solo begins at medium intensity and proceeds to a roaring level in a bluesy section that ends abruptly with a return to the sedate piano...

This contemporary Latin 6/4 is fun for the players as well as the audience - grooves hard! These arrangements for saxophones and rhythm section, written for the Eastman School of Music's award winning...

One of the most beautiful and unique ballads in the history of jazz. Bob Mintzer's simple setting lets the melody speak for itself and provides a perfect showcase for your tenor soloist. These arrange...

This 6/4 classic blues chart is a winner from start to finish! These arrangements for saxophones and rhythm section, written for the Eastman School of Music's award winning jazz ensemble, Saxology, sh...

'Confidence', a composition in ABAC form, uses different stylistic elements taken from jazz, rock and classical music. Starting from the intro, with its bluesy character, the melody of the first secti...

Quick 2-Beat. Ferdinand LaMenthe Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers recorded Black Bottom Stomp in 1926 with an instrumentation of trumpet, clarinet, trombone, piano, banjo, bass, and drums. Re...

A tone series, heard at the beginning in unison, is the basic material to be formed in the first movement. The intervals of a minor third and a fourth or fifth play a special role, whether in the melo...

The three-movement suite starts with an easy swing; the more quiet second part is a relaxed blues, whereas the final part is a lively Latin movement.

Inspired by John Williams' film score for Catch Me if You Can, this creative original features three contrasting movements that can be performed as a complete work or programmed separately. Each movem...

Saxophone Quartet (SATB) + opt. piano, bass, drums (compatible w/woodwind edition) 4-movement work, composed for the New York Saxophone Quartet. Three movements are through-composed and very playable...

Composer-revised and newly typeset 2001 edition, originally published by Kendor Music. Phil Woods: Born in Springfield, Massachusetts - November 2, 1931. Phil began saxophone lessons at age 12 with Ha...

Comme la peinture de 1939 de Paul Klee qui l'a inspiré, ce morceau intitule Blue-Bird-Pumpkin est primesautier et ne se prend pas trop au serieux. Les solos sont 'ouverts', 'libres', (le nombre de mes...

Dedicated to Jim and Nancy Schoepflin on the occasion of their retirement from Washington State University, this expressive original begins and ends in quiet simplicity, with increasingly complex and...

Brazilian and Afro-Cuban Jazz Conception is the new exciting series of play-along books by award-winning Brazilian flutist and composer Fernando Brandão and features fifteen original tunes in various...

This arrangement is a more contemporary version of the original version while at the same time maintaining its perfection. A set of performance notes which offer conceptual and technical insights is i...

New 'cross over' arrangement, as recorded on 'Cafe Paradiso'. Transposed to A minor, a more 'guitar friendly' key. Aside from the introduction, the coda, and some slight rhythmic and phrasing variatio...

The main body of the piece stays true to the original composition, as true as possible that is, considering that is has been adapted for the guitar. With this arrangement comes a set of performance no...

The piece stays true to the original except for a few slight harmonic variations, and the repetitive ending. This arrangement is a more contemporary version of the original version while at the same t...

While in college, Ludmila Ulehla, already an accomplished pianist, chose to learn to play the flute as her minor subject. She composed Capriccio shortly after graduation. It is a happy, brilliant piec...