Kendor Music

Featuring complete lead parts for 8 classics recorded by the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra on their Consummation album, this music covers a wide range of styles -- ballad, bossa nova, funky rock, fun...

Requiring no improvisation, these creative originals in a variety of jazz styles encourage players to focus on good ensemble blend, balance and phrasing. Paying careful attention to articulations and...

Written to give developing jazz musicians the chance to sharpen their interpretative skills in a trio setting for like instruments, this outstanding set features ten concise tunes in swing (5), Latin...

Requiring no improvisation, these creative originals in a variety of jazz styles encourage players to focus on good ensemble blend, balance and phrasing. Paying careful attention to articulations and...

La musique de ces collections a été soigneusement choisie et éditée afin de s'assurer qu'elle est idiomatique pour chaque paire d'instruments. Cela signifie qu'un livre ne sera pas compatible avec un...

A grade 4 arrangement of one of the world's most beloved folksongs. It offers the perfect opportunity to work on tone, intonation, and phrasing while providing your audience with a performance that wi...

Featuring an array of 15 classics for grade 3-4 players, the music in these collections have been carefully chosen and edited to ensure that it is idiomatic for each pair of instruments. Therefore, on...

Scored in swingin' 12/8 time, this version of the ever-popular Mancini movie theme features some great special effects -- finger snapping, playing a hi-hat cymbal pattern through a mouthpiece only, ja...

Marked groovy misterioso, this clever arrangement opens with finger snaps before the famous Mancini movie theme begins. An optional 8-bar improvisation section is included (written notes also provided...

Marked groovy misterioso, this clever arrangement opens with finger snaps before the famous Mancini movie theme begins. An optional 8-bar improvisation section is included (written notes also provided...

In this setting of the Beatles hit, the familiar song moves through a series of appealing styles -- Dixieland, subito half-time, presto 2-feel -- for added depth and dimension. While all parts are imp...

Duets are a great way to learn many of the skills necessary to become a successful musician. In jazz, duets are especially effective when performed with a rhythm section. These 12 easy-medium level ja...

This set of 8 original solos for contests, recitals, juries and auditions features music in a variety of popular styles -- jazz, rock, funk, bebop, Latin, rudimental.

Recorded in 1967 by Count Basie & His Orchestra on the album Basie Straight Ahead, this beautiful tune featuring alto sax includes written solo lines for players lacking improvisation confidence or ex...

Recorded by Count Basie & His Orchestra in the late 1960's, this classic blues for developing ensembles features written or ad lib solos for trombone and drums. Midway through, shortly after the tromb...

This dynamic blues shuffle offers optional written solos for alto, tenor, trumpet and/or trombone; the piano player has written solos at the beginning and end as well. For this chart to sound its best...

Listed in Teaching Music through Performance in Jazz (GIA Publications) and recorded by the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra on their Central Park North album, this great collaboration between band...

Featuring an array of 15 classics for grade 3-4 players, the music in these collections have been carefully chosen and edited to ensure that it is idiomatic for each pair of instruments. Therefore, on...

Six Irish classics are featured in this rewarding medley. Starting with the slow Riddle Song, uptempo excerpts of Irish Washerwoman and O'Keefe's Slide follow. Next comes the familiar lullaby Too-Ral-...

This tune will energize any big band program. Abundant articulations for horns, striking dynamic contrasts, and an expandable solo section are highlights. A chord chart for guitar is also included, an...

Featuring piano in a familiar gospel-flavored role, this original for developing groups has been skillfully orchestrated so as to support, but never eclipse, the sound of the soloist. The majority of...

This collection of 18 audition/performance etudes based on the chord progressions to popular jazz standards, blues, and rhythm changes. The collection was designed for honors jazz band auditions, solo...

Designed to give young instrumentalists a chance to play music in a variety of jazz and popular styles -- calypso, gospel rock, swing, ballad, funk, bossa -- each piece includes chord symbols and spec...

Requiring no improvisation, these creative originals in a variety of jazz styles encourage players to focus on good ensemble blend, balance and phrasing. Paying careful attention to articulations and...

Requiring no improvisation, these creative originals in a variety of jazz styles encourage players to focus on good ensemble blend, balance and phrasing. Paying careful attention to articulations and...