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Threshold Series Excellent charts for developing players from Doug Beach Music. |
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Threshold Series Excellent charts for developing players from Doug Beach Music. |
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Blue Note Special - Tomaro Grade: Medium Easy Style: Shuffle-Swing Item: 42438 Price: $48.00 A strong melody and solid rhythmic groove are the cornerstones of this brilliant original from Mike Tomaro. The alternating swing and shuffle styles in this blues-oriented chart command the attention of every member of the band. Trombone and tenor take separate solos midway through, then near the end trade fours, then twos, then solo together; written lines are provided for soloists lacking adequate improvisation experience. |
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Bluesin' With Bradley - Beach  Grade: Medium Easy Style: Swing-Blues Item: 42445 Price: $48.00 The charts that have been commissioned in recent years by noted jazz educator John Bradley have proven to be very popular additions to both the Doug Beach and Kendor Catalog. Bluesin' With Bradley should prove to be no exception. Plenty of ensemble work is contrasted with flowing melodic lines to create this exciting swing blues chart. All solos contain a written solo and rhythm section parts are completely notated. A great opener or closer. |
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Blues Of A Different Color - Beach, Shutack Grade: Medium Easy Style: Swing Item: 42443 Price: $48.00 This medium easy swing original from the Doug Beach Music catalog features a solid groove and wonderful ensemble work essential to the mastery of the jazz language. This minor blues offers an open solo section for anyone in the ensemble. Duration 3:45. |
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Cathy's Song - Lark / Matta Grade: Medium Style: Ballad Features: Flugelhorn Item: 42461 Price: $48.00 The combination of Bob Lark’s beautiful melody and Thomas Matta’s lush orchestration creates this showcase for your flugelhorn (or trumpet) soloist. The fully notated solo part includes chord changes for experienced improvisers. Reasonable ranges make this ballad accessible to medium level groups, and will be the perfect change of pace for any program. Section trumpets (4) all double on flugelhorn. Duration 3:10 |
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Center Line - Beach Grade: Medium Easy Style: Swing or Shuffle Item: 42465 Price: $48.00 Rich in teaching opportunities, this energetic medium easy chart can be played in either the swing or shuffle styles. Suitable for an opener or closer, the solid ensemble writings creates a big sound while observing the moderate brass range requirements of the series. While sample solos are provided, an open solo section allows the chance for additional solo opportunities. Duration 3:30. |
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Check Your Swing - Beach Grade: Medium Style: Swing Item: 42468 Price: $48.00 Here’s one to ensure your swing chops are in order. Everyone gets a chance to shine in this medium level swing chart based on the chord changes to I Got Rhythm. Commissioned by noted jazz educator, Dr.?John Bradley, this chart is a wonderful vehicle for sharpening both ensemble and solo skills. Written solos for all are provided on a supplementary part. Duration 3:42. |
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Fallingwater - Shutack Grade: Medium Easy Style: Rock Ballad Features: Trumpet Item: 42512 Price: $48.00 George Shutack has given us many beautiful ballads over the years, and this medium easy rock ballad is no exception. Showcasing a trumpet or flugelhorn soloist, lush voicings create a perfect setting for the lyrical melody. Duration 3:36. |
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Hard Right - Zvacek Grade: Medium Item: 42575 Price: $48.00 This energetic, medium level swing original gives developing players the opportunity to experience the minor blues form. The strong melody and solid rhythmic groove complement the full ensemble work as the intensity builds. Written or ad lib solos are provided for all instruments. Duration 4:30. |
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Holy Habanero! - Beach, Shutack Grade: Medium Style: Latin Item: 42587 Price: $48.00 The infamous Chili Pepper may have met his match as the notorious Habañero takes center stage. The irresistible Latin feel and catchy melody make this chart fun for the band and a sure-fire hit with the audience. |
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Iberian Coast - Shutack Grade: Medium Easy Style: Swing Features: Alto Saxophone & Trumpet Item: 42604 Price: $48.00 Showcase your alto saxophone and trumpet player in this unique duet feature at the medium easy level. The lyrical melody and solid swing groove combine to create a chart that provides a wonderful change of pace. Solo spots are given to each player and sample solos are provided. The crisp ensemble work is a perfect contrast to the work by the duet. Duration 4:15. |
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I Got Chili Pepper - Beach, Shutack Grade: Medium Easy Style: Latin Item: 42603 Price: $48.00 The famous Chili Pepper saga continues! Based on rhythm changes, this spicy Latin adventure features an open solo section, a unique ensemble response, and a strong finish. Crisp horn articulations and a solid groove are essential. |
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Island Breeze - Tomaro Grade: Medium Easy Style: Cha-Cha Item: 42605 Price: $48.00 This laidback cha-cha will cool off any program with its smooth groove and infectious melody. A written solo for first tenor is provided, but in his score notes Mike gives directors the option of extending the solo section if they wish. |
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Last Lap, The - Zvacek Grade: Medium Easy Style: Jazz Shuffle Item: 42632 Price: $48.00 From the pen of Bret Zvacek comes this solid medium easy jazz shuffle that will serve as a wonderful opener or closer for your next program. Solid ensemble writing and a strong melody make this chart one that will be popular with players and audiences alike. Duration 3:00. |
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Late Night Diner - Beach Grade: Medium Style: Slow Blues Item: 42633 Price: $48.00 Just as you’d expect to find at a late night diner, this medium level chart serves up a slow, greasy blues -- according to Doug Beach, “the greasier, the better!” All is built around a down-home, 12/8 feel with a strong melody and great ensemble work adding just the right spice. The solo section can be opened up for additional soloists; a written solo sheet for trumpet and alto is included for players lacking improvisation experience. Duration 5:13. |
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Living In A Dream - Beach Grade: Medium Easy Style: Ballad Features: Trumpet or (Any Inst.) Item: 42638 Price: $48.00 With a haunting melody and lush ensemble voicings, this will be the perfect showcase for your trumpet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, or trombone soloist. Written solo lines are provided for players lacking improvisation experience. Scored at the medium easy level, this beautiful ballad will be a perfect change of pace at your next festival or concert. Duration 2:30. |
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Lose The Shoes - Tomaro Grade: Medium Style: Moderate Shuffle Item: 42646 Price: $48.00 This medium-level, straight-ahead shuffle will be a big hit with groups at many levels. For more experienced bands, solid ensemble writing and blues-based changes make it a great solo vehicle. For younger players, it’s a great chance to learn some of the most important rhythmic figures in jazz. Sheets with scales and sample solos are provided for all horns. Duration ca. 5:40 |
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Louisiana Hot Sauce - Shutack Grade: Medium Easy Style: New Orleans Street Beat Item: 42647 Price: $48.00 George Shutack really captures the spirit and flavor of New Orleans in his latest medium easy chart for advancing jazz bands. The street beat in the rhythm section and the blues inflected melody combine to create a feel that will put both the band and audience in a Mardi Gras mood. Duration 3:56. |
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Mask Of The Chili Pepper, The - Beach, Shutack Grade: Medium Easy Style: Latin Item: 42665 Price: $48.00 The Chili Pepper has returned for yet another appearance, but this time he is behind a mask. In his new disguise, he appears in a minor key for the first time in memory. All of the other Chili Pepper charts have been fun and exciting and this one is no exception. The strong melody and infectious groove are sure to make this one of the most popular Chili Pepper charts of all time. Duration 3:45. |
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Matter Of Time, A - Zvacek Grade: Medium Easy Style: Relaxed Swing Item: 42666 Price: $48.00 One of the most important styles of music to teach is the relaxed swing style made famous by the great Count Basie Band. This medium easy level chart provides you with all of the necessary ingredients to expose your students to this great musical tradition. Duration 4:24. |
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Nasty Bit Of Blues, A - Beach Grade: Medium Easy Style: Swing Item: 42705 Price: $48.00 Commissioned by the Loveland, Ohio, Music Boosters for their high school jazz band, this blues tune gives directors a great opportunity to teach developing ensembles many of the most basic swing figures. A strong melody, an open solo section (written parts provided for all instruments on a separate solo sheet), and abundant full group work make for winning combination in anyone's book. |
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Next Big Thing, The - Zvacek Grade: Medium Easy Style: Hip-Hop Item: 42713 Price: $48.00 A relentless hip-hop groove drives this original for medium easy groups by Bret Zvacek. Add a catchy melody and an open solo section (written lines provided), and you have a chart that will be a hit with bands and audiences alike. Duration 4:15. |
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Night Of The Living Chili Pepper - Beach, Shutack Grade: Medium Easy Style: Latin Item: 42715 Price: $48.00 |
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Penthouse View - Tomaro Grade: Medium Style: Moderate Swing Item: 42773 Price: $48.00 This medium level composition is based on the chord progression to the Sonny Rollins’ jazz classic “Pent-Up House” and is presented in the medium swing style. Duration ca. 5:00. |
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Red Bank Express, The - Beach Grade: Medium Easy Style: Swing Item: 42795 Price: $48.00 Written in the style of the great Count Basie Orchestra and titled in reference to Basie's birthplace of Red Band, NJ, this swingin' original features plenty of great ensemble work and an open section for improvised solos (written lines provided). Highlights include a sax soli, shout chorus, and a Basie piano signature just before the final chords. |
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Rent Party - Tomaro Grade: Medium Easy Style: Latin (Cha-Cha) Item: 42797 Price: $48.00 An irresistible cha-cha rhythm starts in the opening bar and never lets up in this great Latin tune at the medium easy level. The open written or ad lib solo section utilizes the two-chord vamp popularized by Benny Golson’s Killer Joe. Duration ca. 5:00. |
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Revenge Of The Chili Pepper - Beach, Shutack Grade: Medium Easy Style: Latin Item: 42800 Price: $48.00 |
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Rompe Cabeza - Beach Grade: Medium Easy Style: Latin Item: 42806 Price: $48.00 Commissioned by the Immokalee High School Jazz Ensemble in Naples (FL), Rompe Cabeza’s burning Latin feel will light up any medium advanced level program. With ensemble and melodic lines in all parts, and an open solo section, this chart will be a favorite of all the players in the band. Duration 3:45. |
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Running Of The Bulls (NEW) - Beach, Shutack Grade: Medium Style: Samba Item: 42807 Price: $48.00 The rubato introduction is the calm before the storm before the chart breaks into a burning Latin groove. Crisp ensemble work keeps the excitement level high throughout, and written or ad lib solos for all horns are provided. A drum solo before the final shout is also sure to please. Perfect for festivals or as a closer for any medium level group. Duration 3:40. |
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Salamanca Samba - Beach, Shutack Grade: Medium Easy Style: Samba Item: 42812 Price: $48.00 From the opening notes to the final chord, this burning, medium-easy Latin chart bristles with excitement. The combination of a strong melody and plenty of full ensemble work make it an ideal opener or closer on any program. Duration 4:03. |
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Say What You Mean - Tomaro Grade: Medium Easy Style: Swing Item: 42641 Price: $48.00 The title of this chart is a play on words referring to the Thad Jones classic, Mean What You Say. Written as a tribute to Thad, this is an accessible medium easy original set in a relaxed swing style and uses harmon and cup muted trumpets during the melodic statement for a nice texture with the saxes. Duration ca. 6:00. |
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Scott Free - Tomaro Grade: Medium Easy Style: Samba Item: 42813 Price: $48.00 Kendor is pleased to announce the release of this samba original through its exclusive distribution arrangement with Doug Beach Music. This medium easy level chart is an excellent introduction to the samba style. The composer state that once a basic understanding of the rhythms has been established, the piece poses few problems. |
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Secret Smiles - Tomaro Grade: Medium Easy Style: Metheny Bossa Item: 42815 Price: $48.00 Inspired by the music of Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays, this relaxed bossa casts piano in the primary solo role, with tenor sax taking a solo chorus midway through. Though the chart is relatively quiet, rarely rising above the mp dynamic level, a dramatic climax gives the band a chance to release its full power and energy. Originally recorded by Tomaro on Home Again (Positive Music PMD 78019-2), the scoring requirements are standard. |
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Sioux Falls Fusion - Beach Grade: Medium Style: Latin/Swing Item: 42821 Price: $48.00 Commissioned by the Sioux Falls (SD) Middle School All City Jazz Band and the Sioux Falls Jazz and Blues Society, this medium level chart is the perfect choice for your next concert or festival. As the title implies, it fuses two of the most important styles in the jazz world, Latin and swing. There is solid ensemble work in both styles and the chart features a swinging solo section. Duration 4:34. |
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Six By Six - Beach Grade: Medium Easy Style: Blues Item: 42823 Price: $48.00 All the elements of a great opener or closer are packed into this medium-easy blues-- strong melody, unison band line, open solo section, and a shout chorus that starts soft and builds to a roar. Though improvisation is encouraged, a supplemental sheet provides written solos in all transpositions. |
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Slight Derangement - Zvacek Grade: Medium Style: Swing Item: 42832 Price: $48.00 Written in the style of Slide Hampton’s Slide’s Derangement (recorded by the Maynard Ferguson band on Message From Newport), this medium level release captures the spirit of Slide’s chart in a fresh original that’s accessible to developing bands. Alternating between G minor and Bb major, this medium-uptempo blues provides tonal contrast and variety for the soloists. Duration 4:40. |
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Something's Cookin' - Beach Grade: Medium Style: Swing Item: 42835 Price: $48.00 Commissioned by well known educator Dr. John Bradley for the Augusta State University Jazz Band, this medium level swing chart has something for everyone. Starting out with a two feel on the melody, it builds into a blazing four feel by the end. Duration 4:36. |
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Song For Her, A - Tomaro Grade: Medium Easy Style: Ballad Features: Alto Saxophone Item: 42837 Price: $48.00 Commissioned by Dr. John Bradley at Augusta State University (GA), this beautiful medium easy rock ballad will provide a showcase for your alto saxophone soloist. The rich voicings and unique harmonic structure provide wonderful support for the soloist. This chart will be a terrific change of pace choice for concert or festival. Duration 4:03. |
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South Side Blues - Beach Grade: Medium Easy Style: Swing Item: 42453 Price: $48.00 This medium easy original is a straight-ahead swing chart commissioned by noted jazz educator Dr. John Bradley. A strong melody, sax soli, brass soli, open solo section, and a burning shout chorus make this an ideal choice for opening or closing your concert program. Duration 3:40. |
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Sunset Bay - Beach Grade: Medium Easy Style: Latin Item: 42867 Price: $48.00 Commissioned by the Cathedral High School in Indianapolis, Indiana, this solid Latin composition will be a welcome addition to any medium advanced level library. The lyrical melody and full shout chorus provide everyone with a shot at the action. The strong Latin groove presented here is in the style of Horace Silver and others from the hard bop era. The solo section may be opened up as well. Duration 4:23. |
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Tranquillo - Beach, Shutack Grade: Medium Easy Style: Bossa/Ballad Features: Flugelhorn, or Alto Saxophone Item: 42905 Price: $48.00 This delightful, medium easy bossa nova original provides a wonderful alternative to the standard ballad. The flowing melody and rich voicing create a perfect showcase for either flugelhorn or alto saxophone. Duration 3:15. |
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Tribute To maynard, A - Shutack Grade: Medium Style: Rock/Swing Features: Trumpet Item: 42906 Price: $48.00 This tip of the hat to one of the greatest trumpet players of all time gives younger players the opportunity to pay tribute to a jazz icon. The sensible range of the solo trumpet part brings this chart within reach of medium level groups and will be a crowd favorite on any program. A sample solo sheet is provided for the soloist. Duration 4:08. |
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Tropical Update - Zvacek Grade: Medium Easy Style: Jazz Samba Item: 42908 Price: $48.00 If you're looking for a nice jazz samba at the medium easy level, look no further! Talented trombonist and composer Bret Zvacek has composed a chart for the Doug Beach catalog that, we hope, will be the first of many for the educational market. The strong melody and driving rhythmic groove will make it a hit with bands and audiences. Duration 3:15 |
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Trumpets Out Front - Beach Grade: Medium Easy Style: Swing Features: Trumpet Section Item: 42909 Price: $48.00 The title says it all! This catchy, hard-swinging trumpet section feature at the medium easy level will provide excitement for any concert setting. From the opening bar, through the solos, and into the shout chorus, you won’t find a more exciting way to showcase your trumpets. Duration 3:30. |
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Two Way Street - Beach Grade: Medium Easy Style: Swing Item: 42945 Price: $48.00 A frontline of trumpet, trombone, and tenor saxophone deftly navigates the turns of this medium easy level chart. With a minor melody and very hip harmonies, this arrangement is sure to be a hit with students and audiences alike. If you’re looking for an up-tempo swing tune with attitude, look no further! Duration 2:35. |
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Uptown Blues - Beach Grade: Medium Easy Style: Swing Item: 42948 Price: $48.00 Commissioned by noted educator, Dr. John Bradley, Uptown Blues features a front line of tenor saxophone, trumpet, and trombone set in a straight ahead swing feel at the medium easy level. The minor blues changes and solid ensemble work guarantee that this chart will be a favorite on your next program. Duration 3:21. |
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Vita Bella - Diblasio Grade: Medium Style: Ballad Item: 42953 Price: $48.00 From the final recording by trumpet great Maynard Ferguson comes this beautiful ballad for medium level groups. Featuring flugelhorn and tenor saxophone soloists, this lyrical ballad is a fitting tribute to one of the most amazing performers in the history of jazz. Duration 5:25. |
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Without A Trace - Beach Grade: Medium Easy Style: Ballad Item: 42973 Price: $48.00 Commissioned by the Peoria Jazz All-Stars, this haunting ballad features trumpet, alto sax or trombone soloist. Written solo parts are included for all three instruments; in his score notes Beach specifies which section parts may be omitted if necessary. A double-time passage part way through this chart adds stylistic contrast before a quiet finish. |
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