Features easy solo arrangements of 16 classics from the legendary Thelonious Monk: Blue Monk • I Mean You • Jackie-ing • Light Blue • Misterioso • Straight No Chaser • Think of One • Two Timer • Ugly Beauty • and more.
SKU: HL.232768
ISBN 9781495093005. UPC: 888680678722. 9.0x12.0x0.231 inches.
Today's best way to practice jazz! Accurate, easy-to-read lead sheets and professional, customizable audio tracks accessed online for 10 songs. The interactive, online audio interface includes: tempo control; looping; buttons to turn each instrument on or off; lead sheet with follow-along marker; and melody performed by a saxophone or trumpet on the head in and head out. The full stereo tracks can also be downloaded and played off-line. Separate lead sheets are included for C, B-flat, E-flat and Bass Clef instruments. This volume includes 10 songs: Bemsha Swing * Blue Monk * Bright Mississippi * Green Chimneys * Monk's Dream * Reflections * Rhythm-a-ning * 'Round Midnight * Straight No Chaser * Ugly Beauty.
SKU: HL.50600222
ISBN 9781495019944. UPC: 888680066260. 10.5x14 inches.
Composer John Harbison writes: “Rubies is a version of Thelonious Monk's Ruby, My Dear, which he composed while still in his teens. When I was invited by the Seattle Symphony to make a short piece reflecting my first musical passions, my thoughts were of Bach and Monk. Since I had recently made some Bach-like chorale preludes, I chose to make a version of Monk's tune, first in a chamber-musical, contrapuntal manner, then in the grand orchestral style I had always heard lurking there.” Duration: 5:30(Recorded live by the Rutgers Symphony Band – Peter Stanley Martin, guest conductor).