Download or read book Jazz Arranging Techniques written by Gary Lindsay and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Arranged by Nelson Riddle written by Nelson Riddle and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive study of arranging by America's premiere composer, arranger and conductor. A "must" for every musician interested in a greater understanding of arranging. Includes chapters on instrumentation, orchestration and Nelson Riddle's work with Sinatra, Cole and Garland.
Download or read book Instrumental Jazz Arranging written by Mike Tomaro and published by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. This book was released on 2009 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Instructional). Instrumental Jazz Arranging consists of a systematic presentation of the essential techniques and materials of jazz arranging. Authors Mike Tomaro and John Wilson draw upon 50+ years of combined teaching experience to bring you a book that addresses all of the basic needs for beginning arrangers. Topics include counterpoint/linear writing, jazz harmony, compositional techniques, and orchestration. All topics serve to address issues concerned with true arranging in great detail. The book may be used in both individual and classroom instructional situations. The accompanying CDs 170 tracks in all! include many of the examples in the book, plus templates for assignments formatted for Finale .
Download or read book A Big Band Christmas written by and published by Jazz Band. This book was released on 1998-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is really hard to find quality Christmas material for jazz ensemble that doesn't require a long time to prepare. Well, here it is! Carl Strommen has arranged a solid medley of all-time favorite Christmas carols in a variety of jazz styles and tempos. You will hear THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS, JINGLE BELLS, O COME, ALL YE FAITHFUL, and WE THREE KINGS. This is the only Christmas arrangement you will need this year! (5: 47)
Download or read book The Uncrowned King of Swing written by Jeffrey Magee and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005-01-13 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If Benny Goodman was the "King of Swing," then Fletcher Henderson was the power behind the throne. Now Jeffrey Magee offers a fascinating account of Henderson's musical career, throwing new light on the emergence of modern jazz and the world that created it. Drawing on an unprecedented combination of sources, including sound recordings and hundreds of scores that have been available only since Goodman's death, Magee illuminates Henderson's musical output, from his early work as a New York bandleader, to his pivotal role in building the Kingdom of Swing. He shows how Henderson, standing at the forefront of the New York jazz scene during the 1920s and '30s, assembled the era's best musicians, simultaneously preserving jazz's distinctiveness and performing popular dance music that reached a wide audience. Magee reveals how, in Henderson's largely segregated musical world, black and white musicians worked together to establish jazz, how Henderson's style rose out of collaborations with many key players, how these players deftly combined improvised and written music, and how their work negotiated artistic and commercial impulses. Whether placing Henderson's life in the context of the Harlem Renaissance or describing how the savvy use of network radio made the Henderson-Goodman style a national standard, Jeffrey Magee brings to life a monumental musician who helped to shape an era. "An invaluable survey of Henderson's life and music." --Don Heckman, Los Angeles Times "Magee has written an important book, illuminating an era too often reduced to its most familiar names. Goodman might have been the King of Swing, but Henderson here emerges as that kingdom's chief architect." --Boston Globe "Excellent.... Jazz fans have waited 30 years for a trained musicologist...to evaluate Henderson's strengths and weaknesses and attempt to place him in the history of American music." --Will Friedwald, New York Sun
Download or read book Inside the Big Band Drum Chart written by Steve Fidyk and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inside the Big Band Drum Chart is a first of its kind drum method that usestraditional and contemporary arrangements performed by a 17 piece jazzensemble as the vehicle to study beats, musical form, ensemble phrasing, articulation, and interpretation. For each arrangement, there is 'talk through' information explaining how the composition is played as well as transcriptions of key beats and melodic information that connects the 'written drum part' to the music. The 248 page book includes a 2.5 hour audio available online and an hour long video demonstrating every exercise in the text. Also included areanecdotes and interviews with legendary big band drummers and arrangers such as Louie Bellson, Jake Hanna, Phil Wilson, Mark Taylor and Bob Curnow.Includes access to online audio/video
Download or read book Composing for the Jazz Orchestra written by William Russo and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1961 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical guide to jazz composition, illustrating technical and instrumental variations on themes.
Download or read book The Big Bands Songbook written by George T. Simon and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1981 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The marvelous words and music of the swing era with the bands and vocalists that made them famous.
Download or read book Arranging for Large Jazz Ensemble written by Dick Lowell and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Jazz Composition and Orchestration written by William Russo and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 866 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Big Band Jazz in Black West Virginia 1930 1942 written by Christopher Wilkinson and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Association of Recorded Sound Collections Awards for Excellence Best Research in Recorded Jazz Music–Certificate of Merit (2013) The coal fields of West Virginia would seem an unlikely market for big band jazz during the Great Depression. That a prosperous African American audience dominated by those involved with the coal industry was there for jazz tours would seem equally improbable. Big Band Jazz in Black West Virginia, 1930-1942 shows that, contrary to expectations, black Mountaineers flocked to dances by the hundreds, in many instances traveling considerable distances to hear bands led by Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Andy Kirk, Jimmie Lunceford, and Chick Webb, among numerous others. Indeed, as one musician who toured the state would recall, "All the bands were goin' to West Virginia." The comparative prosperity of the coal miners, thanks to New Deal industrial policies, was what attracted the bands to the state. This study discusses that prosperity as well as the larger political environment that provided black Mountaineers with a degree of autonomy not experienced further south. Author Christopher Wilkinson demonstrates the importance of radio and the black press both in introducing this music and in keeping black West Virginians up to date with its latest developments. The book explores connections between local entrepreneurs who staged the dances and the national management of the bands that played those engagements. In analyzing black audiences' aesthetic preferences, the author reveals that many black West Virginians preferred dancing to a variety of music, not just jazz. Finally, the book shows bands now associated almost exclusively with jazz were more than willing to satisfy those audience preferences with arrangements in other styles of dance music.
Download or read book Modern Jazz Voicings written by Ted Pease and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2001-04-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Berklee Guide). The definitive text used for the time-honored Chord Scales course at Berklee College of Music, this book concentrates on scoring for every possible ensemble combination and teaches performers and arrangers how to add color, character and sophistication to chord voicings. Topics covered include: selecting appropriate harmonic tensions, understanding jazz harmony, overcoming harmonic ambiguity, experimenting with unusual combinations and non-traditional alignments, and many more. The accompanying audio includes performance examples of several different arranging techniques.
Download or read book Rock Jazz and Pop Arranging written by Daryl Runswick and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 1992 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical guide is designed for aspiring amateur and professional musicians. The book covers every aspect of jazz, rock and pop arranging, from a basic lead sheet to scoring for full ensemble with voices. The book includes tips and hints, presented in an easy-to-use format.
Download or read book 10 for 10 Sheet Music Big Band Classics written by and published by 10 for 10 Sheet Music. This book was released on 2012-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 10 for 10 Sheet Music editions are the smartest, most economical choices for building your music library. Grow your repertoire and have lots of fun learning ten of the most popular songs of the 1930s and '40s. This collection offers pianists an introduction to the music of the legendary Big Band Era at a price that can't be beat. Complete lyrics are included, and the arrangements are expertly crafted by Bernadine Johnson to be easily played, yet impressively full-sounding. Titles: Chattanooga Choo Choo * Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (with Anyone Else but Me) * It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) * Moonglow * Moonlight Serenade * My Funny Valentine * Star Dust * A String of Pearls * Take the "A" Train * They Can't Take That Away from Me.
Download or read book Afro Cuban Big Band Play Along for Drumset Percussion Book CD written by Joe McCarthy and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 2008-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Afro-Cuban Big Band Play-Along book and CD gives the drummer/percussionist an opportunity to play contemporary Afro-Cuban music in a big band setting. The book and CD includes six charts from the Grammy(R) Award-winning Caribbean Jazz Project album, Afro-Bop Alliance (featuring Dave Samuels). The tracks, minus the drum/percussion parts, will give the player an opportunity to solo and experiment with a variety of groove and/or style variations.
Download or read book Simply Big Band written by Bernadine Johnson and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 2008-09-29 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simply Big Band is a collection of the greatest hits from the big band era. These selections have been carefully arranged by Bernadine Johnson for Easy Piano, making them accessible to pianists of all ages. Phrase markings, articulations, fingering, pedaling and dynamics have been included to aid with interpretation, and a large print size makes the notation easy to read. Titles: * As Time Goes By * Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered * Blue Moon * Bye Bye Blackbird * Chattanooga Choo Choo * Don't Get Around Much Anymore * Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (with Anyone Else but Me) * Embraceable You * Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue * I'll Be Seeing You * I'm Getting Sentimental over You * In the Still of the Night * It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) * Moonglow * Moonlight Serenade * My Funny Valentine * Opus One * Satin Doll * Star Dust * Stompin' at the Savoy * A String of Pearls * Sunrise Serenade * Take the "A" Train * They Can't Take That Away from Me. 80 pages.
Download or read book Selected Works for Big Band written by Mary Lou Williams and published by A-R Editions, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
