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November 2010
ejazzlines Newsletter
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November 2010 Newsletter: Bird With Strings, Phil Woods, and the Approach of the Holidays.
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Hello again from ejazzlines! As the temperature continues to fall here in upstate NY, we are reminded of the rapid approach of the holiday season.
We thank those of you who have already purchased so many holiday-themed arrangements, and, as always, we have a wonderful catalog of holiday
charts for many styles and levels; vocals and instrumentals; from our own Jazz Lines Publications and all of the other publishers we work with.
Please check out our selection, which is constantly growing and is truly second to none:
Holiday Arrangements.
Jazz Lines Publications now proudly has 143 charts in print,
with many more in the works. As promised, we have several more classics from the legendary Charlie Parker With Strings
sessions now available. Laura,
Summertime,
Repetition,
and What is This Thins Called Love
have all been edited from the original scores and parts by Jeffrey Sultanof and are ready for your band's library.
Today marks the 79th birthday of one of jazz's all-time great alto sax players, the legendary Phil Woods. Phil has been actively playing since the late 1940s, and his career is largely a history of the last 60+ years of American music.
He has played with small groups and big bands, led and been a sideman, played everything from bop to rock, from movie themes to a recent tribute to Winnie the Pooh, has lived in Europe, recorded on many labels large and small,
been an educator deeply concerned with the teaching of jazz, and has toured the world for decades. For those of us who started with rock and later moved on up to jazz,
we still remember Phil's beautiful solo on Billy Joel's 'Just The Way You Are.' But his solo on Steely Dan's 'Doctor Wu' gives aspiring pop music saxophonists one of the very
best examples of how to play in a rock context. The way he finishes his solo and sets up Donald Fagen to come in for the next verse is absolutely classic.
Today we salute Mr. Woods, a true giant of jazz, and a living repository of the beauty that this music gives so many of us every day.
We once again thank everyone for your support - it is sincerely appreciated every day of the year!
Rob and Doug at ejazzlines
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We're happy to announce below the release of 4 more Charlie Parker with Strings arrangements. In addition to the below we'll also be releasing They Can't Take That Away from Me and
Gold Rush shortly. Gold Rush was arranged by Gerry Mulligan but only performed live by Charlie Parker on one occasion (1952 at the Rockland Palace). We are
beginning to work on Mary Lou Williams's historic multi-movement chamber work 'Zodiac Suite,' written in 1944 and performed in 1945 at Town Hall in New York. We're
very excited to be working on this music.
ALL NOVEMBER 2010 NEW BIG BAND ARRANGEMENTS
ALL OCTOBER 2010 NEW BIG BAND ARRANGEMENTS
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CAMEL HOP: MARY LOU WILLIAMS/BENNY GOODMAN
It was John Hammond who suggested to Mary Lou Williams that she compose some music for Benny Goodman. In 1937 Benny Goodman had a radio show that was sponsored by Camel Cigarettes so Mary Lou wrote this arrangement of 'Camel Hop' for him to use as a theme song. The arrangement was recorded several times on the radio and in live performances in 1937. At present, most of the original parts are assumed lost - they are not to be found in the libraries of Mary Lou Williams or Benny Goodman. So, this arrangement has been reconstructed from the original parts we had along with a transcribed score.
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LAURA: JOE LIPPMAN/CHARLIE PARKER WITH STRINGS
This arrangement was done by Joe Lippman for the second studio session that Charlie Parker did featuring strings (1950). The instrumentation on this one includes 4 violin parts and 2 viola parts as well as French horn. This has been completely edited and engraved from the original score and parts.
Harp pedaling has been included.
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SUMMERTIME: JIMMY CARROLL/CHARLIE PARKER WITH STRINGS
This arrangement was of Summertime was recorded in 1949 for the first 'Charlie Parker with Strings' recording session. This chart, arranged by Jimmy Carroll, features solo alto saxophone along with 3 violins, viola, cello, harp, guitar, piano/celeste, bass, and drums.
There is no oboe part in this arrangement. String bowings and harp pedaling has been indicated.
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REPETITION: NEAL HEFTI/CHARLIE PARKER WITH STRINGS
This chart was arranged by Neal Hefti and recorded live at the famous Carnegie Hall concert on September 16, 1950.
It had been previously recorded live at the Apollo Theather in August of the same year. The arrangement features solo alto saxophone with oboe,
3 violins, viola, cello, harp, piano, bass, and drums. An optional guitar part has been added.
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WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE: JOE LIPPMAN/CHARLIE PARKER WITH STRINGS
This arrangement was done by Jimmy Carroll for the first studio session that Charlie Parker did featuring strings (1949). It was not recorded in the studio; however, Parker performed it several times over the following years
including at his famous Carnegie Hall concert in 1950. The instrumentation on this one is for oboe, 3 violins, 1 viola, cello, harp, guitar, piano, bass, and drums.
This has been completely edited and engraved from the original score and parts. Harp pedaling has been included.
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NUTCRACKER SUITE: BILLY STRAYHORN/DUKE ELLINGTON
In stock and ready to ship! This new, authentic edition of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite as arranged in 1960 by Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington, was assembled from the original manuscripts held in the Strayhorn Repository and the Ellington Collection of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History.
For purposes of accuracy, the manuscripts were cross-checked carefully with the original Duke Ellington Orchestra recording. Edited by Jeff Lindberg, this nine movement suite is part of the "Jazz Legends Series." The performance time for the entire piece is approximately 30 minutes.
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In addition to the below section of fabulous live DVDs we have recently discovered, we also have several new instructional DVDs, including
Double Bass Drumming and
Drum Discipline, as well as
Essential Contemporary Lines for Electric Guitar, and the newest in Scott Houston's
One on One Series, a close look at the classic Georgia on My Mind. There is a also a brand new one from the
Brian Setzer Orchestra filmed at this year's Montreal Jazz Festival. We again suggest another look at October's best, which included live DVDs from
Cannonball Adderley,
Jimmy Smith, and
Oscar Peterson, as well as documentary/retrospectives on
Andre Previn and
Bing Crosby.
ALL NOVEMBER 2010 DVDs
ALL OCTOBER 2010 NEW DVDs
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FRANK SINATRA CONCERT COLLECTION
Celebrate one of the most important and beloved entertainers of our time with the 7-DVD box set Frank Sinatra: Concert Collection, which contains over 14 hours of television and concert performances from the '50s to the '80s, including 4 previously unreleased specials, an exclusive compilation of vintage performances, and a 44-page book featuring rare photographs and notes by Sinatra scholar Bill Zehme. This is the definitive collection of Frank Sinatra's musical legacy as captured on film.
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CHET BAKER IN ITALY: SANREMO 1961 AND ROME 1976/1988
The first document here inludes three songs from the Festivale Internazionale de Jazz in Sanremo in 1961. This group included well-known pianist Francy Boland. The second portion was filmed in Rome at the Music Inn Club on January 19, 1976. Chet is backed by a group of well-known European musicians.The final set here is from a Rome TV broadcast on January 25, 1988, and was filmed less than four months before Chet Baker's death. Chet is backed by a trio of Italian musicians here, and also is interviewed between tunes, some of which is in Italian.
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THELONIOUS MONK PLAYS ELLINGTON: SOLO PIANO IN BERLIN 1969
The legendary jazz pianist and composer captured performing a live tribute to Duke Ellington at the Berliner Jazztage Festival at the Berliner Philharmonie on November 6, 1969. On this release, Monk performs the music of Duke Ellington for the first time since 1955. Bonus feature includes a complete quartet performance from Tokyo, Japan, on May 23, 1963.
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THELONIOUS MONK AND DIZZY GILLESPIE: GIANTS OF JAZZ - COPENHAGEN 1971
This was one of the nearly 50 concerts performed by the so-called Giants of Jazz, a true all-star group that toured Europe during the last few months of 1971 and the first few months of 1972. This band put an almost retired Thelonious Monk back on the road, and reunited him with Art Blakey, who had participated on some of Monk's early studio sessions.
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LIONEL HAMPTON INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL 1997
The Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival, held at the University of Idaho since 1967, brings together some of the greatest names in jazz. This collection from the 1997 festival includes performances by Lionel Hampton and his big band, along with star turns by vocalists Diana Krall, Lou Rawls, and Dianne Reeves, plus legendary players Pete and Conte Candoli, Randy Brecker, Bill Watrous and more, backed by a swinging house band featuring Hank Jones and Herb Ellis.
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JOHN LEWIS AND THE MODERN JAZZ QUARTET: DJANGO
Several variations of John Lewis and The Modern Jazz Quartet headline this DVD - a compilation with footage pulled from four separate gigs.The ensembles are headlined, in each case, by John Lewis, but feature a veritable all-star lineup of guests including pianists Marian McPartland and Bill Evans and bassist Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen. The first four songs are from San Francisco on May 16, 1962, the next two are from Monterey, California on September 21, 1975, and the final track is from Berlin, Germany on October 30, 1965.
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We also have many other new books this month, including Advance Music's
Advanced Techniques for Bass in Brazilian Music, Hal Leonard's
Cool Open String Licks and
Fingerpicking Latin Standards, Mel Bay's
Jazz Flute and
Just Between Frets from Tommy Emmanuel and Frank Vignola, and Alfred's
Looney Tunes Songbook and two new titles in their
Popular Performer series, one featuring
Holiday Hits and the other the music of
Henry Mancini. In addition, we have
Ervin Somogyi's two wonderful books on guitar building,
The Responsive Guitar and Making the Responsive Guitar;
Dad's Jazz, a great book of jazz cartoons; and two very interesting historical volumes, one on the history of the
Fender Stratocaster guitar and one on the legendary
Ithaca High School Band. We also suggest a look at October's best, which included the
Django Reinhardt Play-Along and
Andrew Hill: 21 Piano Compositions.
ALL NOVEMBER 2010 BOOKS
ALL OCTOBER 2010 BOOKS
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BEBOP JAZZ GUITAR
locate the best fingerings for guitar? This book/CD pack will help you play 12 terrific bebop standards in their definitive keys, with tablature and play-along tracks! Major scale patterns and chord diagrams are also included for reference and study.
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FRANCIS ALBERT SINATRA AND ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM: THE COMPLETE REPRISE RECORDINGS
Deemed a masterpiece, The Sinatra-Jobim Sessions is a 1979 double-LP that was released only in Brazil. Concord Records just issued a new, comprehensive compilation, and here is the matching folio! Features 20 lovely Latin standards for piano/vocal/guitar, including the duo's hard-to-find tracks 'Bonita,' 'Sabiá' and 'Off Key (Desafinado),' plus many more.
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JAZZ DRUMMING ESSENTIALS AND MORE
This book is designed for the drummer who has had some experience playing other styles of music but has a desire to learn some techniques and styles of jazz. It is assumed the reader has a knowledge of notes, measures or bars, time signatures, musical notation, and drum notation. A knowledge of the drum rudiments is also desirable. Though the book is meant as an overview to teach basic and essential jazz techniques, it will take someone who is willing to put in the time and practice from being a total jazz novice to the level of being a competent drummer in the jazz idiom.
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FINGERSTYLE JAZZ GUITAR CHORD SOLOING
This book is designed to teach the guitarist the technique of "chord soloing." This technique is extremely valuable to all guitarists because chords and melodies are played together; there is no need for an accompanying instrument. Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of chord soloing. By the end of this book, you will be able to take any lead sheet and turn it into a guitar arrangement. Enjoy the journey into the fascinating world of chord soloing.
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BOB CRANSHAW BLUES BASS LINES
For use with Aebersold Play-Along 42, Blues in All Keys - also available, catalog number V42DS. For all musicians wishing to learn fantastic bass lines. While reading from the book, play along with the bassist on the recording (CD included) until you feel you've mastered his feel and nuances. Then, using the special stereo separation on all of the Aebersold Play-A-Long recordings, switch the bassist off and play along by yourself with just the piano and drums! This book (like all the Aebersold bass line transcription books) is a great study in professional bass line construction, and is a natural companion to the Aebersold Play-A-Longs. Combo instructors can use this book to give their bass students instant, professional bass lines.
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BASS PLAYER PRESENTS THE FUNKY BASS BOOK
With interviews and analyses from both groundbreaking old-school innovators and ongoing revolutionaries players like Larry Graham, Anthony Jackson, Chuck Rainey, Bootsy Collins, Stanley Clarke, Victor Wooten, Meshell Ndegeocello, and Andrew Gouche here are the secrets of how the masters take a groove and make it funky. From the early days of James Brown and Motown through the session players of Stax, Muscle Shoals, and Philly soul, The Funky Bass Book digs deep into the grooves that have moved generations, illuminating what lies at the heart of funk.
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As of this newsletter we have added 12 new DVDs for November 2010
and 24 for October 2010;
30 new music books for November 2010
and 67 for October 2010;
6 new big band and combo arrangements for the month of November 2010
and 37 for the month of October 2010.
The most recent additions have helped our ever-growing DVD selection continue its growth, now totaling over 2270 titles and growing on almost a daily basis! Please check it out today-we have jazz, blues, funk, and soul; live and documentary; method and master class; and much more - we are proud to offer a selection of jazz and jazz-related DVDs that is truly second to none.
As always, please keep in mind that many of our new releases are available in limited quantities. We do our best to predict demand and fill orders as quickly as possible, but we do run out of new releases. Even if we run out of stock, everything featured in this newsletter should be available to ship within 1 to 2 weeks.
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