Here's a great way to put together a full jazz or big band ensemble - without a big band budget! You'll absolutely love Gary Garritan's Jazz & Big Band 3 Collection, thanks to its 50-plus instruments, its amazing ARIA instrument engine, and its ease of use. You get multiple saxophones, trumpets, trombones, keyboards, wind instruments, guitars, basses, and even drum kits and percussion instruments. The Jazz & Big Band 3 Collection even includes ensemble presets that let you easily assemble great-sounding groups! Add onboard reverb and stereo effects for an even bigger-sounding experience. Best of all, this astounding collection is surprisingly affordable.Gary Garritan Jazz & Big Band 3 Collection Software Instrument Features at a Glance:More than 50 individual instrumentsAmazingly realistic soundsARIA instrument engineEnsemble presetsHigh-quality reverb and Stereo Stage effectsMIDI playback and recording featuresMac/PCInstruments:16 saxophones:Sopranino saxophone, mezzo-soprano saxophone, 3 soprano saxophones, (2 straight, 1 curved), 3 alto saxophones, C-melody saxophone, 3 tenor saxophones, baritone saxophone, bass saxophone, contrabass saxophone, subcontrabass saxophone, plus derivative ensemble instruments6 trumpets (with mutes):5 Bb trumpets (all with extended range, one with extreme range), open, straight mute, cup mute, harmon mute, bucket mute, flugelhorn, plus derivative ensemble instruments5 trombones (with mutes):4 tenor trombones, bass trombone, open, straight mute, cup mute, harmon mute, bucket mute, plus derivative ensemble instruments6 additional winds:Piccolo, alto flute, C flute, Bb clarinet, bass clarinet, tuba, plus derivative ensemble instruments3 keyboards:Steinway B grand piano, vintage electric piano, jazz accordion, rock organ3 guitars:2 electric guitars, acoustic guitar6 basses:2 upright acoustic basses, 2 fretless electric basses, 2 fretted electric basses3 drum kits:Classic stick kits, fusion stick kit, plus separate instruments (kick, snare, toms, hi-hat, cymbals), brush kit (with controllable stirs) plus separate instrumentsPercussion:Vibraphone (hard and soft mallets), Latin percussion, bongos, congas, timbales, wood blocks, bells, whistles, and moreGary Garritan's Jazz & Big Band 3 Collection puts more than 50 amazing instruments at your command!System Requirements:2GB of free hard disk spaceDVD driveWindows XP, Core 2 Duo or better recommendedMac OS 10.4 or higher, Mac Intel recommendedARIA Player requires sound card for playing the sounds of Jazz & Big Band. Standard DirectSound, MME, or ASIO drivers required. Windows-compatible MIDI hardware required

It must schwing! was the motto of Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff, two German Jewish immigrants who in 1939 set up Blue Note Records, the jazz label that was home to such greats as Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey, Dexter Gordon and Sonny Rollins. Blue Note, the most successful movie ever made about jazz, is a testimony to the passion and vision of these two men and certainly swings like the propulsive sounds that made their label so famous.

Features: SOE First Jazz Performance is modeled after the First Performance series by Bruce Pearson and Barrie Gott. It is a collection of ten grade ‚½ jazz charts, but with the addition of optional concert band instrumentation. This highly versatile and flexible book will encourage and support students in their first explorations of jazz style and performance, whether in a jazz ensemble or a concert band setting. Highlights include: TEN full charts in Rock, Latin, and Swing styles; RHYTHM STUDIES help players learn the rhythms used in each piece through clapping; UNISON SOLOS introduce young students to jazz soloing without requiring them to improvise; IMPROVISATION STARTERS included in the Director Score can be photocopied for students ready to improvise; TWO Drum set parts (traditional and simplified;) and TWO Guitar parts (melody and chorus.) The DIRECTOR SCORE includes a CD with

(A practical guide for instrumentalists and pianists (Pre-Reading - Early Intermediate level)). By Ned Bennett. Book; Enhanced CD; Reference Textbooks; Textbook - Jazz. Faber Edition: Getting Started. A practical and imaginative guide to jazz for instrumentalists and pianists of any age, from beginners to approximately grade 4 level. Through listening and improvising, it explores swing, the blues scale, jazz harmony and structure and is ideal for playe. Jazz. Book and CD-Rom. Published by Faber Music

Your guests will paint the town at your new year's party this year with our All That Jazz New Year's Party Kit! Each kit for 50 includes: an assortment of 25 full-size black and white velour top hats with wide Happy New Year silver-accented bands; 25 black or white plumed Happy New Year glitter tiaras; and 25 silver metallic beads. Each guest will will make some noise at your New Year's party at midnight with 50 black-and-silver foil horns. Don't forget to order your black-and-white new year's party decorations! Our new year's party kits are sold only by the kit, so please order in per kit increments.

Leave it to Roach-and his brilliant bandmates including Sonny Rollins and Kenny Dorham-to create the first-ever jazz album devoted entirely to 3/4 time. These 1956-57 recording prove conclusively that waltzes CAN swing: Blues Waltz; Valse Hot; I'll Take Romance; Little Folks; Lover , and The Most Beautiful Girl in the World . Great concept, great album!

Jazz 101 is a fascinating entry into the world of jazz, for the beginner, novice, or jazz enthusiast....

A beautiful design for any project.

Jazz Times Magazine offers comprehensive and in-depth coverage of the international jazz scene. Includes profiles of emerging and established stars -- reviews of the latest CDs, books, videos and performances -- and more.

NY380-50 All That Jazz Party Kit contains. - 25 Full Size Black & White Velour Top Hats w/ HNY Band - 25 Happy New Year Plume Tiaras - 50 Black & Silver Foil Horns - 25 Silver Metallic Beads