Jazz Alto Sax Tunes Level/Grade 1 (Book/CD)

Product Description

Fifteen tunes that reflect the breadth and diversity of jazz, from the great African-American tradition to the vibrant and multicultural sounds of jazz today. Contains sections for improvised solos, with notated guideline pitches to get you started and a CD featuring playalong rhythm-section tracks and full performances recorded by top musicians.

Series: ABRSM Jazz Alto Sax
Genre: Exam Material
Language: English
Pages: 68
Publisher: ABRSM
First published: 2003

1) Las Vegas Tango [Gil Evans]

2) Sonnymoon for Two [Sonny Rollins]

3) Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen [Trad.]

4) Short Stop [Shorty Rogers]

5) Freddie Freeloader [Miles Davis]

6) Solitude [Duke Ellington / Eddie DeLange / Irving Mills]

7) Sombrero Sam [Charles Lloyd]

8) Idaho [Jesse Stone]

9) Is you is, or Is you ain’t (ma’ Baby)? [Billy Austin / Louis Jordan]

10) Mack the Knife [Kurt Weill / Bertolt Brecht]

11) Jean Pierre [Miles Davis]

12) Mo’ Better Blues [Bill Lee]

13) Mannenberg [Abdullah Ibrahim]

14) Everything that Lives Laments [Keith Jarrett]

15) Oye como va [Tito Puente]