Format : Score and Parts
SKU: HL.282478
ISBN 9781540034359. UPC: 888680789220. 9.0x12.0x0.979 inches.
Music was changing and evolving during the 1960s, and these 100 songs show the musical diversity of the decade. This collection is arranged for easy piano with lyrics. Songs include: Aquarius • Blowin' in the Wind • Breaking up Is Hard to Do • Do Wah Diddy Diddy • Downtown • For Once in My Life • Gentle on My Mind • God Only Knows • Good Vibrations • Happy Together • A Hard Day's Night • I Saw Her Standing There • I'm a Believer • King of the Road • Leaving on a Jet Plane • The Letter • The Loco-Motion • Louie, Louie • Mr. Tambourine Man • Monday, Monday • Oh, Pretty Woman • Proud Mary • (Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay • The Sound of Silence • Spanish Flea • Spinning Wheel • The Twist • Up, up and Away • Wichita Lineman • Wild Thing • and more.
SKU: HL.124232
ISBN 9781480367739. UPC: 884088965358. 8.5x11 inches.
Your students will “riff” from the rafters with this collection written specifically for classroom instruments. Styles that groove like dixie, swing, bebop and hard bop are introduced in a sequence that reflects the overall history of jazz as well as levels of difficulty. Scat singing is optional but can add a boppin' alternative to playing instruments so all students can participate. Basic drumming feels are included for even more play-along opportunities. Stand back and let the music-making begin. Swing, stomp and riff until everyone is in the groove! Full scores and helpful teacher tips with optional unpitched percussion ostinatos are provided, along with digital access to play-along audio recordings and separate PDFs of the Orff instrument and recorder parts. Songs include: Saints' Stomp, Riff Raff, Swing's the Thing, Boppin' Robin, A la Mode, Hard Bop Candy. Suggested for grades 4-8.
SKU: KN.62390S
UPC: 822795623901.
In this terrific tip-of-the-hat tribute to Don Menza's famous Groovin' Hard chart, saxes get the major workout, supported by cleverly written brass parts, all in a shuffle swing style. Solos are given to alto, tenor, trumpet and trombone, with an 8-bar drums-only solo leading into the shout section. An unforgettable finish makes this the perfect program closer for proficient groups. Duration 7:45.
SKU: KN.61585S
UPC: 822795615852.
Shifting between shuffle and hip-hop feels and groovin' hard from start to finish, this exciting closer for advancing groups is recorded on the Tom Kubis album Live And Unleashed. Dense ensemble passages, well articulated swing figures, sax and brass solis, an open ad lib solo section for alto saxophone, trumpet and/or trombone, and a really big finish are highlights. A guitar chord chart by Jim Greeson is included in each set. Duration 4:35.
