Fritz Kröpsch

Oliver Nelson wrote this one for the Maynard Ferguson Band Library. Recorded on the Come Blow Your Horn LP. Features a great tune and trumpet throughout. Printed as originally scored (4-4-2-3), but in...

Sierra continues to find the lost treasures from Maynard Ferguson's Birdland Dream Band Library. A Country Boy starts out with a lazy trombone solo on the written melody and swings along from there. R...

Can you imagine a chart which is this easy to play being played and recorded by Maynard Ferguson? Well, that just demonstrates how catchy and wonderful this chart is. It doesn't need higher-louder-fas...

This is exactly as recorded on the new Les Hooper Big Band CD 'Out of the Woods.' It is a wonderful piece, written in an easy swing tempo, with a great feel, fresh harmonic content, lots of clever lin...

This is about an 8-minute, multi-sectional composition. It is beautifully melodic and interesting, while moving from mood to mood and using various tempi and styles. It is a terrific piece to program...

Mit zwei Flöten besetzt! A monumental piece of big band jazz. This was written for Les' fantastic Chicago band. It is an extensive work (about 12 minutes) which features trumpet (or flugelhorn) throug...

If you've ever heard Maynard's recording of this world famous melody (Londonderry Air), you probably never forgot it! Sebesky's chart is superb, and this publication includes practical alternate choic...

This chart is a blast! It is one of the more popular charts from Maynard's Birdland Dream Band. It is a high-energy chart which features baritone sax, as well as trumpet. You need a lot of 'horses' in...

As recorded on 'Maynard Ferguson Plays Jazz For Dancing' (Roulette), this may be the prettiest chart that Willie did for Maynard's band. It is a great standard tune, and the chart features trumpet thr...

Once used in the 'Blackboard Jungle' movie, this piece is one of Holman's earliest compositions to be recorded by Kenton. It was written for Maynard Ferguson and Sal Salvador and recorded in 1952. Rec...

Grades 4-5

Mexican composer Juventino Rosas composed one of the most famous 'Viennese' waltzes, 'Sobre Las Olas' (also known as 'Over The Waves.') This arrangement, abridged from the original score, places this...

Morton Gould's Skier's Waltz from 'Cinerama Holiday' for Concert Band. Playing time: approx 22 minutes.

Juventino Rosas komponierte Sobre las Olas oder Over the Waves ('Auf den Wellen'). Er war einer der bekanntesten mexikanischen Komponisten im Bereich der Salonmusik. Das Stück ist so beliebt wie ein k...

Frantisek Kmoch, 1848 in Zásmuky bei Kolín geboren, erhielt seine musikalische Ausbildung in Prag. 1884 wurde er Kapellmeister in Krakau, ein Jahr später in Budapest und 1899 in Wien. Große Bedeutung...

Frantisek Kmoch hat mit 'Jugendträume' eine musikalische Widmung an die Träume der Jugend geschaffen. Junge Liebe, Zukunftshoffnung und eine unstillbare Neugier auf die Welt - all das drückt diese Maz...

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Diese unbegleiteten Solos wurden geschrieben, um die melodischen Spielfähigkeiten geübter Spieler zu entwickeln, und reichen in Stimmung und Stil von dramatisch bis romantisch.

Written to develop the melodic playing skills of capable players, these unaccompanied solos range from the dramatic to the romantic in mood and style.

Written to develop the melodic playing skills of capable players, these unaccompanied solos range from the dramatic to the romantic in mood and style.

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