The Real Cool Book (Octet)

Sher Music Publications
14 Transcribed Octet Charts of West Coast, Cool Jazz Classics!

• Eight separate books in one big binder, for each of the following players, transposed to their keys: Piano — Bass — Drums — Trombone — Trumpet — Alto Sax — Tenor Sax — Baritone Sax
• Downloadable Horn parts in other keys, so that the charts can be played by groups with different instrumentation. See Downloads button to the right.
• Complete score for band directors also available for download. See Downloads button to the right.
• Perfect for professional-level, college, or good high school groups.
• 468 pages total

Includes transcribed octet arrangements of the following tunes:
Bernie's Tune - Super-Sax type arrangement of a classic Chet Baker/Gerry Mulligan recording
Boplicity - transcribed from the classic Miles Davis recording Birth of the Cool
Dance for Daddy - a Marty Paich arrangement, as recorded by the Dave Pell Octet
Ellingtonesque - a gorgeous tribute to Duke, from the pen of Lennie Niehaus
Java Junction - the quintessential cool jazz chart, as recorded by the Dave Pell Octet
Mike's Peak - a swinging Shorty Rogers classic, as played by the Dave Pell Octet
Rocker - transcribed from the classic Miles Davis recording Birth of the Cool
Walkin' Shoes - one of Gerry Mulligan's most famous tunes, arranged for octet
Westwood Walk - another happy, swinging Gerry Mulligan original
You'Re My Everything - Marty Paich's ebullient arrangement of the Harry Warren standard

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