Noten von Kendor

These selections from Carmen Suite No. 2 provide a wonderful contrast for teaching and performance for grade 4 groups. The Chanson du Toreador (Toreador Song) is taken from Act II and provides the les...

Proficient trumpet players will really enjoy performing this edition of the iconic theme from Gioacchino Rossini's final opera of the same name. Capturing all of the energetic vitality of the original...

Featuring an array of 15 classics for grade 3-4 players, the musical selections have been carefully chosen and edited to ensure that it is idiomatic for each pair of instruments. Therefore, one book w...

This grade 4 original is an ideal selection for contest or recital performances. Its expressive, lyrical and faster moving sections explore fluid legato and extended chord arpeggios. The brief cadenza...

Soloists will love this setting of Georges Bizet's fiery prelude from Carmen. Perfect as an encore, it's guaranteed to thrill audiences of all ages everywhere! Duration 2:00.

These grade 3-4 arrangements display the flexibility, agility, range and dynamic levels characteristic of the alto saxophone. They focus on the lyrical and technical qualities in all ranges and help d...

Arranged by tubist Michael Salzman, all eight pieces in this collection have been carefully edited by pianist Carl Strommento ensure a great musical experience for grade 4 players. Destined to become...

This grade 6 original was written to showcase a player's virtuosity and agility on an instrument that's too seldom given the artistic credit it deserves. The 3-part work features a heroic main theme,...

As recorded by the Bob Mintzer Big Band on their album of the same name, this bright samba for better bands assigns the main solos to tenor and bari sax, with the option of adding trumpet to the solo...

This contemporary Latin original for developing groups will showcase your band's ability to generate excitement, while also including some subtle musical effects. The rhythm section's driving groove w...

Commissioned by the Gates Chili High School Jazz Ensemble in Rochester, New York, this original for proficient groups alternates between a Latin and straight 8th-note feel, and draws on the ascending...

Based on the chord changes to Flamingo, this medium tempo samba features easy-to-play rhythms, an open solo section, and plenty of unison melodies. Written for beginning groups, the open solo section...

Featuring a bright salsa groove, this zesty original for proficient groups provides suggested montuno (piano), tumbao (bass) and cascaras (drum) lines to ensure stylistic authenticity. Solo highlights...

This classic Latin song by Sebastian Yradier is presented here for grade 3 groups and stresses rhythmic vitality, dynamic control and proper articulation.

These tangos by Ernesto Nazareth are in the 1920's Brazilian light music style. Played in a swaying, lilting manner, careful attention to the articulation markings is essential. Scored for SATB saxoph...

Great for teaching rhythmic precision and ensemble balance, this popular Latin number issued by Kendor over 35 years ago features knee slapping, finger snapping and hand clapping sounds for four music...

Aus dem Album Basie-Straight Ahead. Solo für Klavier. Die Stimmen der Rhythmusgruppe sind nicht vollständig notiert (z.T. nur Akkorde).

Die Hommage an den legendären Bandleader und Jazzpianisten Count Basie besticht durch seine typischen Stilmittel wie riffartige Melodien, Bluesharmonien oder die führende Klavierstimme bei der Themenv...

This moderate swing original for developing groups features exciting bebop lines, an open solo chorus for all horns (written or ad lib), sax and brass solis, a rousing shout, and a guitar chord chart...

Written in a hard driving shuffle style, it features all sections of the band with written or ad lib solo space for tenor saxophone. There is also an acappella feature for the winds that will keep eve...

This new advanced level edition is taken directly from the original ink parts that were on the stands at the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra (now the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra) debut performance in...

This is the sound and groove that helped define the Count Basie Orchestra for a decade. Medium swing, brass in bucket mutes and smooth as silk chord changes are at the heart of this chart. It flows al...

Sammy Nestico loved horses and many of the titles he chose for his music reflect that love...Hay Burner is a perfect example. Aside from being a great straight ahead swing chart, there is also a tip o...

The quintessential recording of this chart was captured on the 1968 album called Basie Straight Ahead. Unlike many of Sammy's charts for Basie, this one starts with the Saxes and rhythm section instea...

This snappy 2/4 march for grade 2 musicians employs thigh and tummy pats, foot taps, and whispered vocal syllables emulating cymbal crashes. A wonderful vehicle for teaching interdependent quarter, ei...