Jazz Alto Sax Level/Grade 1 Tunes/Part & Score & CD
ABRSM
• 15 tunes that reflect the breadth and diversity of jazz, from the great African-American tradition to the vibrant and multicultural sounds of jazz today
• arrangements by jazz arrangers, carefully researched and designed to accommodate teacher and pupil alike
• an approach that encourages playing by ear
• ‘minus-one’ rhythm-section tracks and full performances recorded by top jazz musicians
• written-out piano score
• sections for improvised solos, with notated guideline pitches to get you started
• background information including suggestions for further listening
Contents
SHEET MUSIC
Las Vegas Tango [Gil Evans]
Sonnymoon for Two [Sonny Rollins]
Nobody knows the Trouble I’ve seen [Trad.]
Short Stop [Shorty Rogers]
Freddie Freeloader [Miles Davis]
Solitude [Duke Ellington / Eddie DeLange / Irving Mills]
Sombrero Sam [Charles Harford Lloyd]
Idaho [Jesse Stone]
Is you is, or Is you ain’t (ma’ Baby)? [Billy Austin / Louis Jordan]
Mack the Knife [Kurt Weill / Bertolt Brecht]
Jean Pierre [Miles Davis]
Mo’ Better Blues [Bill Lee]
Mannenberg [Abdullah Ibrahim]
Everything that Lives Laments [Keith Jarrett]
Oye como va [Tito Puente]
RECORDINGS
Las Vegas Tango [Gil Evans]
Sonnymoon for Two [Sonny Rollins]
Nobody knows the Trouble I’ve seen [Trad.]
Short Stop [Shorty Rogers]
Freddie Freeloader [Miles Davis]
Solitude [Duke Ellington / Eddie DeLange / Irving Mills]
Sombrero Sam [Charles Harford Lloyd]
Idaho [Jesse Stone]
Is you is, or Is you ain’t (ma’ Baby)? [Billy Austin / Louis Jordan]
Mack the Knife [Kurt Weill / Bertolt Brecht]
Jean Pierre [Miles Davis]
Mo’ Better Blues [Bill Lee]
Mannenberg [Abdullah Ibrahim]
Everything that Lives Laments [Keith Jarrett]
Oye como va [Tito Puente]
Las Vegas Tango [Gil Evans] – accompaniment only
Sonnymoon for Two [Sonny Rollins] – accompaniment only
Nobody knows the Trouble I’ve seen [Trad.] – accompaniment only
Short Stop [Shorty Rogers] – accompaniment only
Freddie Freeloader [Miles Davis] – accompaniment only
Solitude [Duke Ellington / Eddie DeLange / Irving Mills] – accompaniment only
Sombrero Sam [Charles Harford Lloyd] – accompaniment only
Idaho [Jesse Stone] – accompaniment only
Is you is, or Is you ain’t (ma’ Baby)? [Billy Austin / Louis Jordan] – accompaniment only
Mack the Knife [Kurt Weill / Bertolt Brecht] – accompaniment only
Jean Pierre [Miles Davis] – accompaniment only
Mo’ Better Blues [Bill Lee] – accompaniment only
Mannenberg [Abdullah Ibrahim] – accompaniment only
Everything that Lives Laments [Keith Jarrett] – accompaniment only
Oye como va [Tito Puente] – accompaniment only
