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Phrasing in Brazilian Music: Book & CD -
Baião & Northeastern Brazilian Rhythms: Book & CD -
Playing Through the Blues: Tenor Sax Edition (B-flat): Saxophone Book & CD -
Cubajazz: Book & CD -
Melodic Interpretation for the Drumset: Drumset Book & CD -
Night Fright!: Conductor Score & Parts -
Reading Key Jazz Rhythms: Trombone: Trombone Book & CD -
Brazilian and Afro-Cuban Jazz Conception: Trombone: Trombone Book & CD -
Modern Guitar Styles: Guitar Book & CD -
David Liebman: Anthology: Melody Instruments in C (Flute/Guitar/Piano) Book -
Ulla in Africa: 4 Saxophones SATBar/AATBar Conductor Score & Parts -
Ten Klezmer Duos, Vol. 2 (Sephardic): 2 Saxophones Conductor Score -
Spirituals for Saxophone: Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child: Alto Saxophone & Organ Score & Part -
Easy Funk Play-Along: Trumpet Book & Online Audio -
Easy Funk Play-Along: Trombone Book & Online Audio -
Global Tour: 4 Clarinets (3 Clarinets in B-flat & Bass Clarinet in B-flat) Conductor Score & Parts -
Improvisation 101: Major, Minor, and Blues: Guitar Book & CD -
Tango: Clarinet (Trumpet/Flugelhorn) & Piano Parts -
Meet Me at Dreamland: 3 Oboes or 3 Saxophones (SSS/AAA/TTT) Conductor Score & Parts -
Dark Ice and Flames of Tango: 4 Saxophones SATBar Conductor Score & Parts -
Saxophone Duets: 2 Saxophones Book & CD -
Morning: Jazz Ensemble Conductor Score -
Here Comes Julian: Jazz Ensemble Conductor Score & Parts -
Concert for Trombone and Wind Ensemble: Conductor Score
About This Collection
Description
Advance Music publishes over 1000 titles focused on jazz, Latin, and classical arrangements for small ensembles and soloists. Teachers turn to this catalog for jazz pedagogy and improvisation instruction, particularly Jim Snidero's Jazz Conception series, which covers trumpet, saxophone, and other winds at multiple levels. You'll also find Hal Crook's How To Improvise: Book & Online Audio, a best seller for students ready to develop real improvisational skill, alongside classical transcriptions like Bach's Six Suites for Violoncello Solo arranged for saxophone.
Highlights
Teachers keep coming back to Jim Snidero's Jazz Conception series across multiple instruments and levels: Jazz Conception Alto & Baritone Saxophone, Easy Jazz Conception Trumpet, and Easy Jazz Conception Alto Saxophone are steady favorites. Hal Crook's How To Improvise: Book & Online Audio remains the most popular single title in the collection, valued for its practical approach to building improvisation from the ground up.
Recently added
Recent additions include Bill Mays' Play Song for saxophones, Matthew Schoendorff's In Search of... The Wild Saxamuhphones, Armen Donelian's Metropolitan Madness for woodwind quintet, and Jim Snidero's River Suite for jazz ensemble, all released in the last six months.
Composer & Author Spotlight
Jim Snidero is a saxophonist, composer, and educator who has spent thirty-five years building a reputation as one of the finest jazz musicians of his generation. Downbeat Magazine has called him both a "master musician" and "alto saxophone virtuoso," and his Jazz Conception series for saxophone and trumpet spans easy through advanced levels, making him essential for any jazz program. His work dominates this collection with 77 titles and consistently strong teacher adoption.
Bill Dobbins contributes 66 titles to Advance Music and brings deep expertise in jazz arranging and composition. His Jazz Arranging & Composing: Book & Online Audio serves teachers who want to help students understand the principles behind the music they're learning to play.
Hal Crook's How To Improvise stands apart as the single best-selling title across the entire collection. His method addresses what many jazz students struggle with most: how to actually begin improvising rather than simply learning patterns.