This series of graded albums providing a wealth of jazz repertoire. It contains well-known tunes in accessible arrangements and new pieces specially commissioned from top jazz musicians and educators. The CD with each album provides 'minus-one' backing tracks, as well as recordings of full performances.
Contents
- 1. Jumpin' at the Woodside [Count Basie / Ed Durham]
- 2. After Supper [Neal Hefti]
- 3. Blues Backstage [Frank Foster]
- 4. The Tokyo Blues [Horace Silver]
- 5. St. James Infirmary [Joe Primrose]
- 6. Is you is, or Is you ain't (ma' Baby?) [Billy Austin / Louis Jordan]
- 7. Mack the Knife [Kurt Weill / Bertolt Brecht]
- 8. When the saints go marchin' in [James M Black / Katherine Purvis]
- 9. Li'l Darlin' [Neal Hefti]
- 10. Down by the Riverside [Trad.]
- 11. Ran Kan Kan [Tito Puente]
- 12. Awa [Iain Dixon]
- 13. First Moves [Sonny Rollins]
- 14. Full Up [Clement Dodd / Robert Lyn]