Eighth Note Publications Challenging Jazz Duets Volume 3 - Byrd - Alto Saxophone Duet

Author/Composer:

BYRD, RICHARD

Instrumentation:

SAX ALTO DUET

Grade/Level:

MEDIUM-ADVANCED

Model #:

SS22444

Composer: Richard Byrd
Format: Score and Parts
Instrumentation: Alto Saxophone Duet
Level: Medium-Difficult

Challenging Jazz Duets Volume 3 is a set of 5 jazz duets for players of multiple combinations of instruments. The purpose of these duets is to provide players challenging jazz duets based on the chord changes to standard jazz tunes. The titles of these duets are an obvious allusion to the titles of the standard jazz tunes:

• Take Me To the Moon (Fly Me To the Moon)
• Carnival Sunrise (Black Orpheus)
• Gently Like the Morning Sun (Softly As In a Morning Sunrise)
• Hello Redbird (Bye Bye Blackbird)
• Bb Blues Madness (standard concert Bb blues with reference to Tenor Madness)

Duration: 8:50