Blues for Big Ears - Mark Nightingale

Blues for Big Ears is one of Mark Nightingales' Easy Jazzy Tudes, one of Warwick Music's bestselling publications. The band arrangement came about as a result of a stroke of inspiration. After teaching the piece to pupils the idea to arrange it for band was formed. The solo in the middle can be read, or if you have a budding player who likes to improvise feature them. The quavers throughout should not be swung! The Tubas and instruments playing the bass part, should aim for a light sound, and try to imitate the sound of a double bass playing pizziccato. As there are easy parts attached, band directors can include their youngest players, so they don't feel left out. If you have a good drummer, get him to improvise during the fills, rather than read the notated part.

Blues for Brass - Jan van Nerijnen

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Blues for George / Latin Vacation - James Rae

Blues Forever - Roland Kernen

The Blues is a well-known style of popular music. The name does not come out of thin air. After all, the term 'blues' refers to a state of mind: with the sentence 'I got the blues' someone means they are in low spirits. The blues originate in the melancholic music that the slaves in the southern United States made to relieve their depressing circumstances to some extent. This new concert work makes use of 'blue notes' (the flattened 3rd and 7th notes of the scale) which give this exciting work its blues sound.

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Blues In Paris - George Gershwin

Blues Machine - Carl Strommen

This fun Carl Strommen original will be the one your students will ask to play everyday when they come to band class. Along with being fun, Blues Machine will also help the young student learn the articulations of blues, rock and jazz styles. Strommen has incorporated many of the elements of his outstanding jazz band charts and packed them into a full concert band piece. A good time for everyone!

Blues Machine - Paul Halliday

Symphonic Band (score & parts). Halliday, P

Blues March - Strommen

The title says it all! Introduced by a classic roll-off drum cadence, "Blues March" incorporates the march pulse, with an easy bluesy melodic line and harmonic structure that young musicians are sure to enjoy! A solo section includes written lines for alto sax and trumpet, and can be opened up for more solos if you wish. The rhythm section and "feel" switch between march and "Swing" figures, making "Blues March" an exciting and fun musical experience.

Blues Memories - Philip A. Parker

Blues On Parade - Elie Van Der Jeught