We have been adding a lot more new choices for the developing school year to our catalog: new Dave Wolpe charts, more from Florian Ross, more from Whitewater Music in Canada, more new PDF charts from Hal Leonard and Alfred (including some really appealing ones-please see the PDF updates section below) as well as a bunch of other new Hal Leonard releases, our first from Delfeayo Marsalis/Rich DeRosa, our newest Jazz Lines Publications historic charts from Peggy Lee -Nelson Riddle and Dave Pell - Marty Paich, and lots more. Let's start with Mr. Wolpe.
Dave had a long, distinguished career, and his charts are played all over the world. His series of charts on standards as well as his work with the Glenn Miller Orchestra are areas of serious interest for many, and we are very glad to be working with his estate to begin bringing even more of this fabulous music to all of you. The introduction of Dave Wolpe Archive Editions presents more standards from Dave, some of which had never been previously available, as well as patriotic music he wrote for the Miller band.
We also just added more of Florian Ross's highly creative and interesting charts to our listings. Merry Christmas Everywhere is a great new holiday option.
Another new chart this month is Inner Urge from Rich DeRosa. This arrangement was commissioned by Delfeayo Marsalis for his Uptown Jazz Orchestra. It was recorded in 2024 for the band's CD, Crescent City Jewels. Branford Marsalis is the featured tenor saxophone soloist.
THIS JUST IN! We have just today added four new arrangements from composer/arranger/trombonist Alan Ferber; please scroll through October New Releases to view them.
We continue to expand our relationship with Whitewater Music Publications. Run by composer/arranger Taylor Donaldson, they are an independent Canadian publisher, founded in 2017 to supply top-level professional charts for jazz ensembles, as well as a range of educational charts. We proudly partner with them to preserve and promote the rich yet sometimes unsung tradition of jazz composition and arranging in Canada, by making their writers' fantastic music available to larger audiences.
Featuring international star Christine Jensen and her brilliant and unmistakably modern sound, Whitewater also features owner Taylor Donaldson, Joe Sullivan, Greg Runions, and others. We highly recommend browsing their catalog; we do have sound and/or score samples for most of these.
There are quite a few from Hal Leonard as well. For little big band, we have John Wasson's new take on Blue Train, and we have a new combo chart on Red Clay from Mark Taylor. There several from the highly popular Michele Fernández, new original big band charts Illuminada, Rumba En Fuego, Tico's South Side Rumba, and a new look at Summertime. Also new and noteworthy are John La Barbera's Brincando Na Bossa, Horace Silver's Gregory is Here as written by Michael Philip Mossman, and the vocal (or tenor sax) feature I Will Wait for You, also from Mark Taylor.
Yes, the Holidays are Roaring Down the Road Once Again!
Yes, we are ready once again with all of your holiday concert needs. Still a bit early perhaps, but we know a lot of you are planning and rehearsing already, so here's some helpful links to get started! We will be back with our annual Holiday Newsletter in the coming weeks.
