KENNY DORHAM: jazz legend, master composer, arranger and performer. His unique and compelling voice on trumpet is well documented on recordings. Now K.D.'s music is presented in print, through the eyes, ears and heart of friend and fellow Jazz Messenger, pianist WALTER DAVIS, JR. These piano arrangements give all musicians the opportunity to enjoy and study many of the subtle complexities of Kenny's compositions and to explore the rhythmic and harmonic fabric of his music. All 30 compositions have been recorded by major jazz artists. Complete with recording credits, chord symbols and instructions for expanding the arrangements to include improvised solo choruses. / Piano
SKU: HL.14028029
ISBN 9788759869215.
'Fou r Compositions' is a virtuoso chamber concerto written in 1980 and commissioned by the Danish ensemble Musica Danica. Each of the four movements explores a specific kind of music.
SKU: HL.14002373
ISBN 9788759810637. English.
This book is designed for the intermediate/advanced drummer to improve musical, technical control and reading ability, and presents several rhythmic styles, such as funk, jazz and Latin. I'm not trying to educate you on the 'correct' Cuban or Brazilian grooves, but have used this music as an inspiration for different phrashings and concepts. In the notes you can find book recommendations to explore the styles fully. Please feel free to use the material creatively, like repeating bars when you feel like it. You can also use the pieces for advanced sight reading, but I suggest that you take time to look carefully at the dynamics and stickings. All the stickings are basedon a right handed player (please reverse them if you are left handed). The basic concept is to have rhythmic compositions with basic classical notation and technique, that you can play on a drumset or on a practice pad with your feet stompin' at the floor. The first part is snare and bassdrum with hi-hat foot suggestions. Later in the book hi-hat (with stick) and snarerim are added. The advantage of these concepts is that playing through these etudes is very closely related to what is going on in modern music. Especially important for players in Jazz, Rock and Latin, but also very useful for a classical percussionist who needs solid music training. The last part of this book is a few pages of technique studies and rhythmic concepts that is related to the compositions. The purpose is not to include all basic strokes and principles (there are already many great books for that) but to show you some concepts that I have found useful and special through my years of playing and teaching. Michael Axen.
SKU: HL.48186017
Written by Charles Sourisse, Initiation et perfectionnement a l'improvisation - 10 Compositions sur des grilles standards is a volume in four languages (French, English, German and Spanish) which aims to initiate flautists to improvisation, with 10 compositions. It includes a CD with accompaniment for each piece. This volume first gives some explanatory notes, with chord symbols, basics of tonality and modality in order for the initiation to be complete. It then introduces the ten pieces: Trois Couleurs, Silent Man, Gentle Colossus, La legende d?Eole, Mister Kelly, Bahia la Nuit, The Juggler, Batuque, Your Romance and Final Line. This great book also features a glossary and is a must-have for all flautists willing to learn how to improvise. Charles Sourisse is a contemporary classic in the Jazz world in France. A renowned professor, he taught improvisation class in Lyon Conservatoire..
