The GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK NONET performs fresh arrangements from the Golden Age of American Song by Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, Victor Young, Richard Rodgers, Jimmy Van Heusen, Duke Ellington and Kurt Weill.
The GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK NONET performs fresh arrangements from the Golden Age of American Song by Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, Victor Young, Richard Rodgers, Jimmy Van Heusen, Duke Ellington and Kurt Weill.
in order of difficulty level (easy to advanced)
Slackers - soul rock
Shades of Blue - slow swing
Watermelon Man* (Herbie Hancock) - soul rock
Aeolius Rising - slow C minor modal
Like Amber- ballad
Horse Sliver - med minor blues
Bard Idry - med up bop
Alice in Revere - bossa
Cold Duck Time (Eddie Harris) - soul rock
Look for the Silver Lining - samba
Bibimbop - med minor blues
Orbiting - modal 5/4
Leaping Away - ballad
Northern Tier - straight 8ths
Prelude to a Kiss* (Duke Ellington) - double time bossa feel
My Foolish Heart (Victor Young) - 3/4
Little Sunflower (Freddie Hubbard) - 7/4 straight 8ths
Cogni Toy - med swing
Sara Lynn - straight 8ths
Afterglow - modal straight 8ths
Where Herons Breed - modal, straight 8ths
Brave Dave - med up postbop
Namib - straight/swing 8ths, mixed meters
The Bishop - med up postbop
Byzantinesque - straight 8ths, modal
all compositions/arrangements by Manuel Kaufmann
* no license yet
in order of difficulty level (easy to advanced)
Slackers - soul rock
Shades of Blue - slow swing
Watermelon Man* (Herbie Hancock) - soul rock
Aeolius Rising - slow C minor modal
Like Amber- ballad
Horse Sliver - med minor blues
Bard Idry - med up bop
Alice in Revere - bossa
Cold Duck Time (Eddie Harris) - soul rock
Look for the Silver Lining - samba
Bibimbop - med minor blues
Orbiting - modal 5/4
Leaping Away - ballad
Prelude to a Kiss* (Duke Ellington) - double time feel, bossa
My Foolish Heart (Victor Young) - 3/4
Little Sunflower (Freddie Hubbard) - 7/4 straight 8ths
Where Herons Breed - modal, straight 8ths
Brave Dave - med up postbop
Namib - straight/swing 8ths, modal
The Bishop - med up postbop
all compositions/arrangements by Manuel Kaufmann, except when noted otherwise
* no license yet