A Jazzy Christmas + Cd - Clarinet

Anyone can take the stage and stand in the spotlight with this fun and festive Christmas repertoire book. A selection of popular carols and songs to complement the best-selling Abracadabra tutorial books with a CD of specially-arranged backing tracks in a jazzy big-band style. Abracadabra Christmas: Clarinet Showstoppers provides fantastic material for lessons in the lead up to Christmas and will add glitter and sparkle to any Christmas concert performance!

The finest Christmas carols in special easy jazzy arrangements - making these pieces sound fresh and interesting again. With improvisations written out in full and chord symbols for individual improvisation. All the music for piano accompaniment is included on the CD as PDF files that can be printed out with professional quality. Playbacks on the CD recorded by a live band guarantee just the right mood: it's like playing with a real band!

Fun and jazzy versions of well-known Christmas tunes-Fun and jazzy versions of well-known Christmas tunes

Bb Clarinet-12 outstanding arrangements for the beginning jazz ensemble written by experienced educational arrangers and composers. A variety of styles and tempos are included: swing ballads rock pop holiday Latin and a great warm-up chart titled 'Loosen Up.' This collection of charts is written for full instrumentation of 5 saxophones 3 trumpets 3 trombones and 4 rhythm but designed to sound full and complete with reduced instrumentation of just nine players - 2 Alto Saxes Tenor Sax 2 Trumpets Trombone Piano Bass and Drums. Optional parts are available for C Flute Tuba (doubles Bass part) Horn in F (doubles 1st Trombone) and Baritone Horn T.C. (doubles 1st Trombone).Rhythm section parts offer suggestions for voicings and rhythms and guitar chord frames are included to assist young guitarists. Solos are written out for improvised sections and there is plenty of full sounding ensemble. Conductor's book includes a full length CD recording. Titles are: Chattanooga Choo Choo * El Gato Gordo * James Bond Theme * A Jazzy Merry Christmas * The Judge * Li'l Darlin' * Loosen Up * One O'Clock Jump * Over the Rainbow * Peter Gunn Theme * The Pink Panther * Rock This Town.