Saxophone Play Along CDs
Music Minus One
(Updated 31 August 2010)

The Music Minus One collection provides the saxophonist the opportunity to play popular classical and jazz pieces with accompaniment. All of the albums include printed music and a CD. Most also include a full recording of all the pieces on the CD played by a well known performer. We are also introducing play along CDs from other companies.


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Classical    Holiday   Jazz      Student


Classical
M4132: Glazunov Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra in E-flat major, Op. 109; von Koch Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra in E-flat major. Lawrence Gwozdz, alto saxophone with the Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Nayden Todorov. On this CD, the well known concerto by Russian composer Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936) is paired with the 1958 concerto by Swedish composer Erland von Koch (1910-). Includes a printed music score on high quality ivory paper; informative liner notes; and a compact disc featuring the concerti performed twice: first with soloist, then again with orchestral accompaniment only
34.95
 C762: Rivages I, II, III for clarinet or soprano saxophone and piano by François Grosborne. International Music Diffusion, 2000, SS, 15 + 4 pages (includes CD). Three relatively short related works at the college level. The first is mostly in 5/8 and the last mostly in 7/8 but they are quite accessible and rhythmic. The included CD has versions with clarinet and piano and with piano alone (played by the composer).
24.95


Holiday
Christmas Memories MMO CDG MG1203: Christmas Memories. A collection of seasonal favorites arranged for all vocal or instrumental ranges with sumptuous accompaniments. Step in and take center stage with such all-time classics as Joy to the World; It Came Upon a Midnight Clear; O Come, O Come, Emmanuel; Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; O Holy Night; O Come, All Ye Faithful; O Little Town of Bethlehem; Silent Night; The Twelve Days of Christmas; Jingle Bells; and Auld Lang.  Includes a music book containing  solo parts for vocals/C instruments in both treble and bass-clef versions; B-flat instruments; E-flat instruments; and F instruments; plus a compact disc containing complete versions of each tune with full vocals; followed by accompaniment versions minus soloist. Limited supply.
24.95


Jazz

M4106: Jobim Brazilian Bossa Novas with Strings Alto Sax John Sergenian, saxophone. Join a string orchestra in these lush backgrounds to the most famous selections in the Antonio Carlos Jobim bossa nova library. Hear John Sergenian perform them, then try them yourself with the orchestra. Includes: The Girl from Ipanema, So Danco Samba, Once I Loved, Dindi, One Note Samba, Meditation, How Insensitive, Triste, Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars, and Wave. Includes printed musical score; and a compact disc featuring complete recordings, and a second performance of the accompaniments only.
29.95

M4206: Jobim Brazilian Bossa Novas with Strings Tenor or Soprano Sax John Sergenian, saxophone. Join a string orchestra in these lush backgrounds to the most famous selections in the Antonio Carlos Jobim bossa nova library. Hear John Sergenian perform them, then try them yourself with the orchestra. Includes: The Girl from Ipanema, So Danco Samba, Once I Loved, Dindi, One Note Samba, Meditation, How Insensitive, Triste, Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars, and Wave. Includes printed musical score; and a compact disc featuring complete recordings, and a second performance of the accompaniments only.
29.95
M3234: From Dixie to Swing Kenny Davern, soprano saxophone and clarinet with the Dick Wellstood All-Stars. Such jazz legends as Dick Wellstood, Alphonse 'Doc' Cheatham and George Duvivier and more back you up in this amazing collection of New York-style Dixieland standards. Includes: Way Down Yonder in New Orleans, Red Sails in the Sunset, Second Hand Rose, Royal Garden Blues, Rose of Washington Square, The Sunny Side of the Street, and I Want a Little Girl, and Exactly Like You. Includes a high quality printed music score and compact disc featuring stereo accompaniments to each piece.
24.95
PA017: Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band Play-Along Series Alto Saxophone Eric Marienthal alto and soprano saxophone. Belwin Jazz, 2006, SS, 76 pages. This is an impressive set. It includes the actual lead alto (and some for soprano) parts for 10 Big Phat Band charts, transcriptions of Eric Marienthal's solos, notes on each piece by Goodwin and Marienthal, and a CD with demo and play-along tracks. Titles are: Swingin' for the Fences, La Almeja Pequena , Hunting Wabbits, Whodunnit?, Count Bubbas Revenge, Get in Line, Horn of Puente, The Jazz Polic, High Maintenance, and Cut 'n Run.
24.95
PA018: Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band Play-Along Series Tenor Saxophone. Belwin Jazz, 2006, SS, 68 pages.  This is not a rehash of the alto sax edition but  the tenor parts for 10 Big Phat Band charts, transcriptions of by Brian Scanlon and Gordon Goodwin, notes on each piece by Goodwin and Eric Marienthal, and a CD with demo and play-along tracks. Titles are: Swingin' for the Fences, La Almeja Pequena , Hunting Wabbits, Whodunnit?, Count Bubbas Revenge, Get in Line, Horn of Puente, The Jazz Polic, High Maintenance, and Cut 'n Run.
24.95
S545: Jazz Conception for Saxophone Duets by Lennie Niehaus. Brian Scanlon saxophones. Try Publishing Co., 1967, SS. 24 pages + CD. Twelve intermediate level jazz duets for two like saxophones. The CD has all of the duets played by both alto and tenor saxophones with rhythm section and the rhythm section alone for both E-flat and B-flat instruments. Fun to play and great training in phrasing and articulation.
19.95

S537: Easy Jazz Conception Alto Saxophone by Jim Snidero. Jim Snidero alto saxophone with rhythm section. Advance Music, 1999, SS, 38 pages + CD. This is the entry level book (although the difficulty level isn't much different from the next book). It has 15 solo etudes for jazz phrasing, interpretation and improvisation. The CD includes performances of each piece with the soloist and rhythm section and of the rhythm section alone. Includes a brief introduction that discusses phrasing and ways this book can be used.
17.95

S539: Easy Jazz Conception Baritone Saxophone by Jim Snidero. Scott Robinson baritone saxophone with rhythm section. Advance Music, 2002, SS, 38 pages + CD. This is the entry level book. It has 15 solo etudes for jazz phrasing, interpretation and improvisation. The CD includes performances of each piece with the soloist and rhythm section and of the rhythm section alone. Includes a brief introduction that discusses phrasing and ways this book can be used.
17.95

S538: Easy Jazz Conception Tenor Saxophone by Jim Snidero. Eric Alexander tenor saxophone with rhythm section. Advance Music, 1999, SS, 38 pages + CD. This is the entry level book. It has 15 solo etudes for jazz phrasing, interpretation and improvisation. The CD includes performances of each piece with the soloist and rhythm section and of the rhythm section alone. Includes a brief introduction that discusses phrasing and ways this book can be used.
19.95

/ S540: Jazz Conception, 21 Solo Etudes Alto Saxophone by Jim Snidero. Jim Snidero alto saxophone with rhythm section. Advance Music, 1996, SS, 40 pages + CD. This is the original book in this series which has 21 original jazz etudes with chords. The CD includes performances of each piece with the soloist and rhythm section on on separate stereo channels. Can also be used for baritone saxophone.
19.95

S541: Jazz Conception, 21 Solo Etudes Tenor Saxophone by Jim Snidero. Walt Weiskopf tenor saxophone with rhythm section. Advance Music, 1996, SS, 48 pages + CD. This is the original book in this series which has 21 original jazz etudes with chords. The CD includes performances of each piece with the soloist and rhythm section on on separate stereo channels. Can also be used for baritone saxophone.
19.95

S542: Intermediate Jazz Conception Alto Sax by Jim Snidero. Jim Snidero alto saxophone with rhythm section. Advance Music, 2005, SS, 48 pages + CD. 15 original jazz etudes with chords. The CD includes performances of each piece with the soloist and rhythm section and of the rhythm section alone. This book has some additional instructional material on jazz playing.
19.95

S543: Intermediate Jazz Conception Tenor Sax by Jim Snidero. Ted Nash tenor saxophone with rhythm section. Advance Music, 2005, SS, 48 pages + CD. 15 original jazz etudes with chords. The CD includes performances of each piece with the soloist and rhythm section and of the rhythm section alone. This book has some additional instructional material on jazz playing.
19.95

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S535: Reading Key Jazz Rhythms Alto or Baritone Saxophone by Fred Lipsius. Advance Music, 1996, SS, 68 pages + CD. This is a collection of 24 easy to medium level jazz etudes, and 24 simplified guide tone versions of the etudes. They are ideal for learning the basic language of jazz, swing phrasing, and articulation. The guide tone etudes (guide tones are the essential or defining notes for each given chord type) are followed by a melodious version as the chord changes might actually be performed (the rhythms are the same in both versions). On the accompanying CD the soloist (Fred Lipsius) demonstrates the 24 melodious etudes together with a professional rhythm section. You can also improvise along with the play-along tracks using the chord symbols. So if improvising is new to you and you find yourself getting lost, you can always return to a guide tone and play rhythmically around it. Any etude and its corresponding simplified guide tone version can be played together as a duet (with or without the CD accompaniment).
19.95

/ S536: Reading Key Jazz Rhythms Soprano or Tenor Saxophone by Fred Lipsius. Advance Music, 1996, SS, 68 pages + CD. This is a collection of 24 easy to medium level jazz etudes, and 24 simplified guide tone versions of the etudes. They are ideal for learning the basic language of jazz, swing phrasing, and articulation. The guide tone etudes (guide tones are the essential or defining notes for each given chord type) are followed by a melodious version as the chord changes might actually be performed (the rhythms are the same in both versions). On the accompanying CD the soloist (Fred Lipsius) demonstrates the 24 melodious etudes together with a professional rhythm section. You can also improvise along with the play-along tracks using the chord symbols. So if improvising is new to you and you find yourself getting lost, you can always return to a guide tone and play rhythmically around it. Any etude and its corresponding simplified guide tone version can be played together as a duet (with or without the CD accompaniment).
21.95
M3218: Jazz Standards with Rhythm Section. Larry Linken, clarinet. Includes parts for B-flat and E-flat solo instruments. Oh, Lady Be Good, Autumn Leaves, Memories of You, It Had To Be You, Sweet Georgia Brown, Summertime, Claire de Lune/Moon River, Here's that Rainy Day, Wolverine Blues, Back Home Again in Indiana, Amazing Grace, One Note Samba, and Goodbye. Includes a complete, high quality printed music score with performance suggestions; and two compact discs containing the complete version of each piece with soloist and accompaniment; then a second performance with accompaniments only. (2 CD set.)
24.95
M3219: Jazz Standards with Strings ('Tis Autumn). Larry Linken, clarinet. Night and Day, 'Tis Autumn, When I Fall in Love, Our Love Is Here to Stay, When Sunny Gets Blue, What'll I Do, But Beautiful, In a Sentimental Mood, I've Got It Bad and That Ain't Good, Embraceable You, Ain't Misbehavin', Darn That Dream, What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?, and That's All. Includes parts for both b-flat and e-flat instruments with performance suggestions; and two compact discs containing the complete version of each piece with soloist and accompaniment; then a second performance with accompaniments minus you, the soloist.
29.95

M4221: New Orleans Classics. Tom Fischer, tenor sax with Tim Laughlin's New Orleans All-Stars. This play along package includes both New Orleans classics and some new pieces by Tim Laughlin. Contents: Fidgety Feet, Tin Roof Blues, Royal Garden Blues, Blue Orleans, Dumaine Street Breakdown, Savoy Blues, March of the Uncle Bubbys, Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?, Someday You'll Be Sorry, and Qunicy Street Stomp. Includes 2 CDs one of which is a slower tempo practice version. The pieces include written out choruses, as well as solos and dixieland band ensemble with chord symbols only.
24.95
S472: Sentimento Brasileiro for Saxophone or other B-flat or E-flat instrument by Jeff Gardner. Paulo Levi saxophone with Jeff Gardner piano. Lemoine, 2004, SS, 9 + 6 pages, with CD. Includes parts for B-flat and E-flat solo instrument, with chord changes, and the piano part. There are six pieces, two each of  the Samba, Chorinho, and Baião. The CD has performances with and without the soloist. Intermediate level.
27.95
M4217: Sinatra, Sax and Swing. Brian Hayes, tenor sax with the MMO orchestra. Includes parts for B-flat and E-flat solo instruments, with chord changes and written out solos. Saturday Night Is the Loneliest Night of the Week, Fly Me to the Moon, Oh Lady Be Good, I've Got You Under My Skin, That's All, Steppin' Out with My Baby, (Love Is) The Tender Trap, The Song Is You, Wave, Let Yourself Go.
24.95


Student

S477: Alto Saxophone Contest & Festival Performace Solos with Piano Accompaniment arranged by Larry Teal, Sigurd M. Rascher, and Daniel Dorff. Presser, 2009, SS, 45 + 17 pages + CD of piano accompaniment. This is a new publication of easy (E) and intermediate (I) solos from the Presser archives, most arranged by Teal.  They are: Johann Sebastian Bach Gavotte (I),  Muzio Clementi Presto from Sonatina Op. 37 No. 1 (I),  Gabriel Faure Elegie Op. 24 (E),  Frederic Chopin Mazurka Op. 67 No. 2 (E),  Cesar Cui Berceuse Op. 20 No. 8 (I),  George Frideric Hande Bourree from Organ Concerto No. 7 (I), Michel Blavet Adagio and Gigue from Sonata No. 3 (I), Edward German Valse Melancolique from the Suite Lonely Life (E),  Johann Pachelbel Canon (E), Jean Marie LeClair Aria from Sonata No. 7 (E), Henri Eccles Sonata, and Joseph Haydn Andante from Sonata No. 1 (I). (This CD does not include example saxophone playing.)
19.95
M4101: Easy Alto Sax Solos Vol. I - Student Level. Accompaniment: Harriet Wingreen, piano. A wide-ranging collection of pieces for the beginning saxophonist with piano accompaniment, suitable for roughly first through third year of study. Beautiful Isle of Somewhere, To a Wild Rose, Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Built for Two), Sweet Rosie O'Grady, Pomp and Circumstance, Mighty Lak' a Rose, Kentucky Babe, Battle Hymn of the Republic, After the Ball, Santa Lucia, Red River Valley, Kathleen Mavourneen, America, the Beautiful, Hatikvoh (The Hope), American Patrol, The Band Played On, I'll Sing Thee Songs of Araby, In Old Madrid, 'O Sole Mio!, La Paloma, La Spagnola, La Cumparsita, Adios Muchachos, El Choclo, O Promise Me, Because, The Rosary, Just A-wearyin' for You, I Love You Truly, Die Lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow): 'Vilja', The Holy City, The Fortune Teller: 'Gypsy Love Song', Marche Slave, Martha: 'Ah, So Pure' ('Ach, so Fromm'), Eili, Eili, Who Is Sylvia?, Grieg Piano Concerto Op. 16 (main theme), Song of India, Serenade, Finlandia, Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Op. 18 (theme), Für Elise, Chopin Fantaisie Impromptu Op. 66 (theme), Mexican Hat Dance, and The Glow Worm. Includes a high-quality printed music score and compact disc featuring stereo accompaniments to each piece. (This CD does not include example saxophone playing.)
24.95
M4201: Easy Tenor Sax Solos Vol. 1 - Student Series. Accompaniment: Harriet Wingreen, piano. An impressive collection of solos for the beginning saxophonist. Beautiful Isle of Somewhere, To a Wild Rose, Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Built for Two), Sweet Rosie O'Grady, Pomp and Circumstance, Mighty Lak' a Rose, Kentucky Babe, Battle Hymn of the Republic, After the Ball, Santa Lucia, Red River Valley, Kathleen Mavourneen, America, the Beautiful, Hatikvoh (The Hope), American Patrol, The Band Played On, I'll Sing Thee Songs of Araby, In Old Madrid, 'O Sole Mio!, La Paloma, La Spagnola, La Cumparsita, Adios Muchachos, El Choclo, O Promise Me, Because, The Rosary, Just A-wearyin' for You, I Love You Truly, Die Lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow): 'Vilja', The Holy City, The Fortune Teller: 'Gypsy Love Song', Marche Slave, Martha: 'Ah, So Pure' ('Ach, so Fromm'), Eili, Eili, Who Is Sylvia?, Grieg Piano Concerto Op. 16 (main theme), Song of India, Serenade, Finlandia, Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Op. 18 (theme), Für Elise, Chopin Fantaisie Impromptu Op. 66 (theme), Mexican Hat Dance, and The Glow Worm. Includes a high-quality printed music score and compact disc featuring stereo accompaniments to each piece. (This CD does not include example saxophone playing.)
24.95
M4202: Easy Tenor Sax Solos Vol. 2 - Student Series. This second volume of accompaniments from piano great Harriet Wingreen will bring continued enjoyment and a perfect introduction to ensemble playing. I Ain't Gonna Study War No More, The Sidewalks of New York, Brahms Cradle Song, On Top of Old Smoky, Mr. Frog Went a'Courtin'!, When I Was Single, Fireproof Polka, Old Paint, Greensleeves, You Tell Me Your Dream, Far Above Cayuga's Waters, Spanish Guitar, Careless Love, When the Saints Go Marching In, Little Brown Jug, Jay Arnold Blues in E-flat, Hello! My Baby, Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair, Bach Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring, H.M.S. Pinafore (excerpt), Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf, The High School Cadets, Manhattan Beach, The Rifle Regiment, The Cossack, Recruiting Song from The Gypsy Baron, Smetana The Moldau (theme), Borodin Prince Igor: Melody, Offenbach Bluebeard (scene), Rimsky-Korsakov Sheherazade and The Young Prince and the Young Princess, The Stars & Stripes Forever, Bizet Toreador Song, Stravinsky The Firebird: Berceuse, Mendelssohn Nocturne, Schubert Valse Noble Op. 77, J.S. Bach Das Orgelbüchlein: In Dulci Jubilo (chorale) and Chorale No. 83.  Includes a high-quality printed music score and compact disc featuring stereo accompaniments to each piece. (This CD does not include example saxophone playing.)
24.95
M4111: Music for Alto Saxophone & Piano. Saxophone virtuoso Paul Brodie plays each of these wonderful beginning-level solos on alto saxophone. Includes printed music score containing the solo part, annotated with performance suggestions; and a compact disc with complete versions (with soloist) followed by piano accompaniments to each piece, minus the soloist. Johann Sebastian Bach Clavier Suite in G minor: Gavotte,  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart arr. Sigurd M. Rascher Ave verum KV618, Carl Maria von Weber arr. Rascher Der Freischütz: Hunters' Chorus, Franz Josef Haydn Andante (arranged from the Violin Sonata No. 1), Georges Bizet transcr. Harry Gee  L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2: Intermezzo, Frederic Chopin transcr. Eugene Rousseau Largo (from the Violoncello Sonata), Edvard Grieg Lyrische stücke Op. 12: Albumblatt (album leaf), Antonin Dvorák Sonatina Op. 100: Larghetto, Alexander Gretchaninov transcr. Himie Voxman Suite Miniature: Evening Waltz, Fritz Kreisler Rondino (on a Theme by Beethoven).
24.95

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