Molenaar Edition

Glenn Miller's influence can hardly be denied in this Dick Ravenal composition. Mind the drum break in the middle of this most popular work.

A masterpiece of our own soil: the perfect synthesis of jazz combo and wind band. A composition with an international air.

Der große Erfolg der Glenn Miller Musik bei den Blasorchestern ist bestimmt auf die Tatsache dass Glenn Miller selbst eine Kapelle der U.S. Air Force dirigiert hat zurückzuführen. Jef Penders machte d...

Up to the disco! There you'll find a fascinating rhythm, a thrilling atmosphere, pretty girls and nice guys, in short ... today's youth. Hastreiter knows how to write music that appeals to all youngst...

To Jef Penders the influence of Glenn Miller on light music in the second half of the twentieth century is still alive. After Glenn meets Wolfgang, Glenn beats the Battle of Jericho and Glenn plays af...

Le compositeur américain Milton Ager (Chicago 1893 - Los Angeles 1979) a écrit plusieurs chansons qui sont devenues des classiques, comme "Ain't she sweet" et "Happy Days are here again". Cette derniè...

The German composer and arranger Manfred Schneider has been playing for many years with the military band Heeresmusikkorps 300 at Cologne. In the meantime he got a reputation as composer of light symp...

Richard Rodgers collaborated for 25 years exclusively with lyricist Lorentz Hart and they created 27 famous musicals such as 'Babes in Arms' in 1937. This show boasts several songs that became extreme...

Here is another fine original piece by Rob Pronk, adding guitar, piano and bass guitar to the usual wind band scoring. These rather unusual instruments start this composition called The Introduction,...

Charles Zimmerman (1862-1916) was 'bandmaster' at the U.S. Naval Academy during thirty years. He wrote his famous march Anchors aweigh at the request of the Academy's Senior Class in 1907. They asked...

No doubt, Jef Penders has a slight preference for Glenn Miller's music. After compositions such as Glenn meets Wolfgang, Glenn beats the Battle of Jericho, Glenn mocks about with the Clarinet and Glen...

Here is another fine arrangement by Peter Kleine Schaars (Deventer, 1962) in true big band style of the famous tune composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim. A dialogue between the expressive, classical flute...

The Spanish bandleader Xavier Cugat (Gerona, 1900 - Barcelona, 1990) spent his youth in Cuba before starting a successful career as bandleader in the USA. He created his first dance band in 1928 and f...

This is a very good combination of jazzy melodies and rhythms. Starting with some quartet solo work, the first movement introduces the theme that gradually gets more powerful. Presented by the woodwin...

Voici une combinaison idéale de mélodies et de rythmes jazzy. La première partie, avec des solos pour quatuor, introduit le thème qui prend de plus en plus d'ampleur. La deuxième partie est dominée pa...

Light piece in three parts, each one picking up distinct parts of north-american music appreciated by Afonso Alves. The swing, the 60's with Elvis Presley and the disco hype are all remembered in this...

Several artists such as Incognito, John Legend and Trijntje Oosterhuis have made a cover of this great classic by the inimitable Stevie Wonder. The film 'Hitch' starring Will Smith used this music as...