Listening to an airtight, professional brass band like Marshall Cooper can be daunting for musicians interested in entering the realm of jazz and popular music performance. Manuel Hilleke, band

Klaus Dickbauer believes that scales can be fun. His modern approach to elementary technique can be a highly effective training tool for developing improvisation skills. In the first volume, Dickbauer

James Rae offers fully flexible jazz arrangements of three well-known tunes: Down by the Riverside; Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho, and Dry Bones. The parts cover a range of abilities

Just about any ensemble can play James Rae's jazz arrangements of the very familiar tunes - Oh when the Saints; Swing low, Sweet Chariot and The Camptown Races. Solo parts are written

For clarinet students approaching the mystical world of improvisation, let James Rae guide you  in your first steps. First and foremost, listening to jazz is the finest teacher, and the included CD

Whether for study or performance, Cornick's Six Jazz Piano Solos each offer a different aspect of jazz. The jazz miniatures culminate with his Blues: Homage to Charlie Parker, based in