Jazz Play Along 154 - HENRY MANCINI + CD
| Publisher | Hal Leonard Corporation |
| Genre: |
jazz, blues, ragtime & swing
musicals, movies & tv |
| Arrangement: | melody / chords |
| Cast: | solo |
| Format: | book + CD |
| Series: | Jazz Play Along |
Parameters
| Product code: | 00843213 |
| Composer: | Mancini, Henry |
| Arranger: | Taylor, Mark |
| No. of songs: | 10 |
| Pages: | 75 |
| Size: | 23 x 30 cm |
| EAN: | 9781423499046 |
| UPC: | 884088529284 |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4234-9904-6 |
| Weight: | 0.306 |
Audio examples
Songlist (10)
- Baby Elephant Walk
- Charade
- Days of Wine and Roses
- Dear Heart
- Mr. Lucky
- Moment to Moment
- Moon River
- Peter Gunn
- The Pink Panther
- The Sweetheart Tree
Product description
For use with all B-flat, E-flat, Bass Clef and C instruments, the Jazz Play-Along Series is the ultimate learning tool for all jazz musicians. With musician-friendly lead sheets, melody cues, and other split-track choices on the included CD, these first-of-a-kind packages help you master improvisation while playing some of the greatest tunes of all time. FOR STUDY, each tune includes a split track with: Melody cue with proper style and inflection • Professional rhythm tracks • Choruses for soloing • Removable bass part • Removable piano part. FOR PERFORMANCE, each tune also has: An additional full stereo accompaniment track (no melody) • Additional choruses for soloing.
Henry Mancini (1924 - 1994) was an American composer, conductor and arranger. He is best known as a composer of film and television music. He won twenty Grammy Awards, including a Lifetime Achievement Award, which was presented to him in memoriam in 1995. He has won four Academy Awards, two Oscars for the 1961 film Breakfast at Tiffany's (Best Music and Best Film Song - the famous Moon River), as well as for his song in Days of Wine and Roses (1963) and the adapted score for Victor, Victoria (1983). He won a Golden Globe for his song in Darling Lili (1971). His best known work, however, is the jazz theme accompanying the Pink Panther film series . Among his television works, he is best known for his music for the TV series Birds of a Feather and Peter Gunn. In 2000, the American Film Institute named his Moon River the fourth best film song of all time and his score for The Pink Panther the twentieth best film score.
