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June Update 2011
| June 2011 Update Newsletter: The Release of the Arrangements from The Blues and The Abstract Truth and the Official Introduction of The Blues and The Abstract Truth Celebration Band
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At long last, Jazz Lines Publications is proud to announce the release of the arrangements from Oliver Nelson's timeless 1961 classic The Blues and The Abstract Truth. All six arrangements are available with the scores and parts engraved from the originals used on the session by the inimitable lineup of Oliver Nelson, Eric Dolphy, Freddie Hubbard, Bill Evans, Paul Chambers, Roy Haynes, and George Barrow. All of the songs are available individually or as a complete set. The titles are: Stolen Moments, Hoe-Down, Cascades, Yearnin', Butch and Butch, and Teenie's Blues. We again thank Oliver Nelson Jr., who has bestowed upon us the honor of being the guardians of his father's work. We are thrilled to publish these arrangements and make them available to student and professional bands throughout the world to perform and study.
In association with the Jazz Education Network, we also are proud to announce the band for the very special The Blues and The Abstract Truth Celebration Concert which will take place at the third annual JEN convention in Louisville, Kentucky, on Saturday night January 7, 2012. Oliver Nelson Jr. has put together a multi-generational band of greats to pay homage to his father's masterwork, and they will play these newly-published charts in their entirely in a very special evening of jazz. We will have Benny Golson on tenor sax, Antonio Hart on alto sax, Terell Stafford on trumpet, Gary Smulyan on baritone sax, Roger Kellaway on piano, Ron Carter on bass, and Grady Tate on drums. We once again encourage everyone interested in jazz and its future to check out the Jazz Education Network if you have not already. The organization's website has all of the relevant information on the 2012 convention: www.jazzednet.org.
In a most appropriate coincidence, today is Eric Dolphy's birthday. Mr. Dolphy played alto sax and flute on The Blues and The Abstract Truth, and was one of the most unique, creative, interesting, and original instrumentalists in the history of jazz. He grew up in Los Angeles, played in big bands, and then broke through with the Chico Hamilton Quintet. He moved to New York in 1959, soon joined Charles Mingus' band, and remained at the very forefront of the cutting edge of jazz for the remainder of his tragically short five remaining years. In addition to his time with Mingus and Nelson, Dolphy led classic sessions such as Out There and Out to Lunch, and recorded as a sideman with giants like John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Booker Little, George Russell, and others. He also worked with many future greats in their early years, such as Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock, Bobby Hutcherson and Woody Shaw, and clearly influenced the styles of these men as well. Eric Dolphy left a truly singular legacy in his 36 years. He was a pioneer of forward-looking avant garde jazz, and combined a free jazz style and sound with traditional jazz esthetics. Thankfully, much of his work remains in print, and he is truly one of the figures who help make jazz such a varied, exciting, vibrant art form.
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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With the release of the arrangements from The Blues and the Abstract Truth, Jazz Lines Publications now boasts a catalog of 205 titles. We will have many more available in the coming weeks and months, highlighted by more from Frank Sinatra including Get Me To the Church on Time, All I Need is the Girl, and Swingin' Down the Lane, as well as more from Benny Carter including People Time, Doozy (big band version), and the 6-movement Central City Sketches. We also have many new ones from other leading publishers, including some brand new Michael Buble arrangements in addition to the two below, including big band and orchestral versions of Home and Baby (You've Got What it Takes) and new orchestral charts for Cry Me a River and Try a Little Tenderness. June's earlier Jazz Lines Publications releases included Where or When from Frank Sinatra, Begin the Beguine as done by Sammy Davis Jr., Benny Carter's Souvenir, Gil Evans's version of Royal Garden Blues, and Jimmy Mundy's swinging Air Mail Special. Other June highlights include Ellington classics Harlem Speaks and Prelude to a Kiss, Basie arrangements of Every Day (I Have the Blues), Swingin' the Blues, and Tippin' on the Q. T., and Gordon Goodwin's Rippin' 'n Runnin', Howdiz Songo?, Race to the Bridge, and Work in Progress.
ALL JUNE 2011 NEW ARRANGEMENTS
ALL MAY 2011 NEW ARRANGEMENTS
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THE BLUES AND THE ABSTRACT TRUTH [COMPLETE SET]: OLIVER NELSON
This is the complete set of six arrangements from the Oliver Nelson 1961 album The Blues and the Abstract Truth. The titles are: Butch and Butch, Cascades, Hoe-Down, Stolen Moments, Teenie's Blues, and Yearnin'. Each individual arrangement is also available separately. Thanks to an agreement with Oliver Nelson, Jr., these six classic compositions are now available, edited using Nelson's original manuscripts. Nelson now joins the legendary names whose music is available from Jazz Lines Publications. |
STOLEN MOMENTS: OLIVER NELSON
In February of 1961, the sessions that later constituted the album The Blues and the Abstract Truth were recorded for a new jazz label distributed by ABC-Paramount, Impulse Records. The sessions were produced by Creed Taylor, who would go on to produce classic recordings on the Verve label, and his own CTI label. It was this album that became Nelson's first masterpiece and Stolen Moments has become the most popular and recognizable tune from the record. All six tracks from the record are now available individually or as a boxed set. |
SKYLINER: CHARLIE BARNET/BILLY MOORE, JR.
Here is the definitive arrangement of Skyliner from the original published parts. This is not a transcription. This arrangement, written by Billy Moore and recorded in 1944 by Charlie Barnet, features a tenor saxophone soloist that doubles on soprano (this was Barnet's part). In addition to that tenor/soprano part, there is a standard reed section of 2 altos, 2 tenors, and a baritone. The arrangement featured a written introductory piano solo. We have retained this solo but have included chord changes in the event that your pianist wishes to improvise. The soprano sax part can certainly be played on the clarinet. |
COCONUT CHAMPAGNE: VICTOR LOPEZ
With an upbeat samba groove, everybody gets some action, and the classic Maynard Ferguson trumpet solo is harmonized for the trumpet section---in a playable range. There is a sax soli that can also be a solo for any sax. An optional percussion part will complete this package. |
BIRDLAND: VICTOR LOPEZ
A 1970s jazz staple with solo space (written) for alto 1 and/or trumpet 2, nice chord voicings throughout, and the lead trumpet top note to only a written G on top of the staff. Effortless to assemble and perform! |
CONFIRMATION: VICTOR LOPEZ
This bebop standard offers something for everyone! The melody is stated by alto and trumpet, solo space (written) is for trombone and alto, but the abundance of ensemble work lets everyone shine. |
HEARTACHE TONIGHT: MICHAEL BUBLE
If you are looking for a great hard driving vocal number for a concert or dance gig, then this is it! Cy Payne has carefully transcribed the Michael Buble version from the album Crazy Love. This title was originally a hit recorded by The Eagles. |
LOOK OF LOVE: CY PAYNE
The 1960s hit number, as recorded by Dusty Springfield, in the original steady beat/Latin style. A tenor sax solo is included as an alternate to the vocal. 5/4/4/4 - additional tenor part may be used if played as instrumental (3 tenor saxophones). |
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June's latest releases also include DVDs featuring Dizzy Gillespie live in Redondo Beach, California in 1986, Juan de Marcos and the Afro Cuban All Stars Live, and the return in VERY limited quantities of Swing Guitar: Django Reinhardt, a very rare DVD which contains most if not all of the existing footage of Django along with great video and audio bonus features. We also have Ernie Hawkins' latest teaching DVD The Music of Louis Armstrong Arranged for Fingerstyle Guitar, Bongo Grooves for Beginners from Alan Dworsky, and the newest Guitar Workshop Guitar Artistry releases, featuring Stefan Grossman and Chris Proctor. Early June's best were Frank Sinatra Around the World, Louis Prima In Person, Bill Evans Trio/Charles Mingus Sextet European Nights, Tribute to Miles Davis, and Celia Cruz and the Fania All Stars Live in Zaire 1974.
ALL JUNE 2011 NEW DVDs
ALL MAY 2011 NEW DVDs
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MILES DAVIS: LIVE AT MONTREUX - HIGHLIGHTS 1973-1991
This DVD brings together some of the highlights of Miles' Montreux shows stretching back to his first appearance in 1973 and up to his final concert there in July 1991. From his debut 1973 performance of Ife to his final appearance in 1991 where he looked back unsentimentally at one of his greatest moments, Sketches Of Spain, the 1960 collaboration with producer Gil Evans, each performance is as varied and different as can be. He hit the Montreux stage in '85, '86, '89, '90 and, only months before his death, in 1991. Representative highlights from all those years are included. |
MAX ROACH: LIVE AT BLUES ALLEY
This 1981 live show at Washington DC's Blues Alley features drummer extraordinaire Max Roach and his band. Filmed lovingly by filmmaker Gary Keys, this intimate portrait of Roach is stunning in its simplicity. The music and interplay between the musicians is the main focus, almost like the camera is eavesdropping on a private jam session. The band sounds full and fierce, the film is crisp and personal, and every note is a celebration. |
GERRY MULLIGAN: JAZZ AMERICA
This film from Gary Keys focuses on the amazing saxophonist and arranger, Gerry Mulligan. His warm tone on the baritone and his delightful persona are on full display, capturing a live show from 1981. From his arrangements and playing on Miles Davis' Birth of the Cool to his quartet with Chet Baker, Mulligan will always be associated with Cool Jazz, but the music in this film touches on all aspects of his 30-plus years of playing. This snapshot features a master taking a look at his long and storied career with a crack band supporting his every move. |
DIZZY GILLESPIE: DREAM BAND JAZZ AMERICA
In 1982, the master showman Dizzy Gillespie performed at Lincoln Center with his celebrated Dream Band, which brought together master musicians who had played with Dizzy or been influenced by him. Driven by the stellar drums of Max Roach, the Dream Band is on fire and Dizzy is in fine form. Including amazing turns from Gerry Mulligan, Jon Faddis, Milt Jackson, Paquito D'Rivera, Candido and more, this film shares some of the backstage love and respect the players had for Diz. |
DEFINITIVE LENNIE TRISTANO: COPENHAGEN - NEW YORK - BERLIN
This DVD compiles all of his known filmed appearances for the first time ever on a single release. It begins with Tristano's superb solo performance in Copenhagen at Tivoli Gardens on October 31, 1965. This is followed by an extremely rare TV show, appearing here for the first time ever on DVD. It was filmed at the Half Note Club in New York on June 6, 1964, and captures the atmosphere of Tristano's regular quintet with Lee Konitz and Warne Marsh playing live. Finally, this DVD closes with two tracks featuring Tristano at the celebrated Berlin Jazz Piano Workshop on October 30, 1965. |
BERLIN JAZZ PIANO WORKSHOP 1965
Berlin's 1965 Jazz Piano Workshop reunited some of the instrument's finest exponents from the full stylistic spectrum of jazz piano. The great Teddy Wilson was on hand to represent the swing piano style; the father of jazz piano improvisation Earl Hines was also present; Lennie Tristano served as an exponent of modern exploratory piano playing; two of the idiom's most lyrical modern pianists, Bill Evans and John Lewis, were in attendance; and a nexus between the traditional and the modern, Jaki Byard - who alternated free and stride passages on the same tune - filled out this historic lineup. |
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June's latest additions also include several more from Modern Drummer's Ron Spagnardi: Accent Control, Cross-Sticking Studies, Drumset Control, The Modern Snare Drummer, Paradiddle Power, Snare Drum Duets, and Understanding the Language of Music. We also recently added several more of Tony Bacon's excellent histories of guitars: 50 Years of Gretsch Electrics, Flying V/Explorer/Firebird, and Six Decades of the Fender Telecaster. Our commitment to sacred music is reflected in The Real Worship Book and a Worship Vocal Sing-Along volume. Early June's best included Jamey Aebersold's Jazz Guitar Lines of the Greats, Berklee's Jazz Keyboard Harmony and the new second edition of their Berklee Music Theory Volume 2, Hal Leonard's Contemporary Piano Technique, Faber Music's Behind Bars which is a new definitive guide to music notation, Mel Bay's How to Play Djembe, and Advance Music's Stratosphere: Altissimo Etudes for Saxophone.
ALL JUNE 2011 NEW BOOKS
ALL MAY 2011 NEW BOOKS
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PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENCE: JAZZ
Coordinated independence refers to the ability to execute separate rhythms with each hand and foot in a coordinated manner, yet totally independent of one another. This book will teach you this essential part of jazz drumming. Section One covers snare drum independence, Section Two teaches bass drum independence, Section Three puts them both together, and Section Four features helpful combination exercises. This bestseller by Modern Drummer founder Ron Spagnardi now comes packaged with a disc of 92 examples in MP3 format! |
TOURING MUSICIAN'S HANDBOOK
Containing everything you ever wanted to know about being a musician on a tour with a signed recording group or performer, the Touring Musician's Handbook answers the questions every musician has about moving up to the big-time world of concerts, clubs, and live shows. As a bonus, interviews with veteran touring musicians and techs provide an overview of touring with some of the biggest acts in the world. A DVD that covers tour preparation based on both personal and equipment needs accompanies the book. |
STEVE TROVATO'S BEGINNING BLUES LEAD GUITAR
Whether you are a beginning guitarist or an advanced player just getting into the blues, this book and DVD kit will get you playing authentic blues lead guitar right away. Start with a brief explanation of soloing techniques - such as slides, hammer-ons, pull-offs, bending, vibrato, rakes, and more - then dive right in by playing 18 great blues solos in the styles of legends like Eric Clapton, Albert Collins, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Albert King, and B. B. King. On the DVD, each solo is dissected and clearly explained by your host, Steve Trovato, and MP3 accompaniment tracks are also included. Note: Rhythm Guitar edition also available, catalog number 37065. |
ORIGINAL PIANO BALLADS
These 12 jazz piano solo originals vividly evoke the days when popular songs where built around sophisticated melodies and harmonies. Each piece has been composed to suggest a certain mood or atmosphere which encourages the intermediate level player to perform it with maximum feeling. With chord symbols included, this memorable collection combines an enjoyable celebration of a timeless genre with an invaluable opportunity for the pianist in search of expressive interpretation to master melody and harmony. Piano Level: 5. |
BEGINNER SERIES: 100 ULTIMATE BLUES RIFFS FOR CLARINET
100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Clarinet, the Beginner Series by musician, educator and world renowned author Andrew D. Gordon is an exhaustive guide to introduce beginner students to the various phrases or riffs that make up blues clarinet playing, both from a rhythmic and soloing standpoint. There are five sections to the riffs in the book: section 1 contains basic blues riffs, section 2 contains rhythm & blues influenced riffs, section 3 contains blues/boogie woogie riffs, section 4 contains rock influenced blues riffs and section 5 contains gospel influenced blues riffs. |
FORTY PROGRESSIVE ETUDES FOR TROMBONE
Sigmund Herring's Forty Progressive Etudes is recognized as a standard publication with forty etudes that are perfect for the developing trombone or baritone player. This book by one of the most prolifically published brass pedagogues of the twentieth century is ideal for intermediate students; each etude is written in a progressive manner to challenge students as they improve. This revised edition contains MP3 recordings of every etude performed by John Drew, Professor of Trombone at Florida State University. |
LIPS OF STEEL
Alan Raph has adapted trumpet virtuoso David Baldwin's Lips of Steel method for the trombone, and now trombone players can experience tremendous satisfaction when reaching the end of a piece with strength, resilience, and breath remaining for that last note! In other words, playing with endurance. Baldwin wasn't born with this ability - he learned it, and Raph's edition allows trombone players to learn it, too. Note: Trumpet edition also available, catalog number LOS. |
50 YEARS OF THE GIBSON LES PAUL
This exciting book documents the complete decade-by-decade story of one of the world's most important and influential electric guitars. The Gibson Les Paul turned 50 years old in 2002, and since its invention, its sweet, urgent sound has been used by a host of major rock players - from Eric Clapton in Cream to Steve Jones of The Sex Pistols, from Joe Walsh in The Eagles to Slash of Guns N' Roses. Unique color photographs feature a multitude of luscious Les Paul models and highlight great players in action with their Les Paul guitars. Meticulous listings for the collector document every model produced from 1952 to the present day. |
| As of this newsletter we have added 35 new DVDs for June 2011 and 26 for May 2011; 50 new music books for June 2011 and 76 for May 2011; 58 new big band and combo arrangements for the month of June 2011 and 47 for the month of May 2011.
Our DVD selection, which we are so very proud of, has now grown to 2444 titles! We invite you to browse our easy-to-navigate DVD pages 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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