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Letter from home is the title track from the album recorded by Pat Metheny Group in 1989. The tune is quite simple, yet strikingly beautiful in its simplicity. The mood of the music is sometimes melan...

Besame Mucho ('Kiss Me a Lot') is a song written in 1940 by female Mexican singer/composer Consuela Velasquez. Recently, it has been named the most popular Mexican song of all times. Velasquez starter...

Der Hit der Gruppe 'Mezzoforte' in einem tollen Arrangement von Bjoern Morten Kjaernes.

Blackbird Special' is a song by American band Dirty Dozen Brass Band. The song is an entertainment piece, a good concert opener or encore. When used as a concert opener one may let the different secti...

The main theme from the movie with the same title, produced in 1962, directed by Blake Edwards and starring Jack Lemmon and Lee Remmick in the leading roles. The composer is one of the great names in...

In 'The Incredibles', music with high energy and a lot of wind players fits well. To play this music with a wind band takes good care of this intentions. The super heroes is matched with music in all...

'Who can Sail without the Wind' is an old folk tune from Aland in Finland. I believe the song was one of the first one I learnt to sing and play on the guitar. The melancholic character of the song i...

This melody is the Norwegian version of 'Make You Feel My Love' composed by Bob Dylan. The lyrics is translated by Bjarne Hjelmeland and the song performed by, among others, Norwegian singer Ingebjorg...

This wedding march from Lødingen (small village in North-Norway) is widely used in wedding ceremonies. Norwegian artist Halvdan Sivertsen performs it often on his concerts with lyrics, but the melody...

The story of the Heinzellmännchen (Gnomes) is connected to the German city of Cologne. The gnomes were small creatures living underground but appeared during the night, when the people were asleep, do...

'Children of Sanchez' was composed by Chuck Mangione to the movie also entitled 'Children of Sanchez) in 1978. Mangione was awarded several Grammys for this music. Make sure that the unison lines are...

'Big Blue Eyes' is jolly Latin pop piece for soloist and Concert Band. Originally written for Flugelhorn and band but it can be played on any instrument. Solo parts are written in many keys. The sol...

Øivind Westby has written a number of excellent but demanding instrumental arrangements for Concert Band. In the present one, he has transcribed five of the most famous by Antonio Carlos Jobim. Brazil...

A great arrangement consisting of five smash hits by the american band Blood, Sweat and Tears. Titles in the arrangement are Hi de ho, Go down gamblin', For my Lady, Lucretia MacEvil and Spinning Whee...

This arrangement was made after hearing Astor Piazzolla's 1986 recording of his own work written in 1965. The original instrumentation of bandoneon, violin and string bass is here arranged for three w...

Koppangen' is written by Pererik Moreaus, known as violinist in the Swedish folk music group Orsa Spelmän. The song is inspired of- and has got it's name after the nature Reserve Koppangen located nea...

This song first became a hit by Brazilian singer Morris Albert. 'Feelings' must be one of the most known love-songs of all time thanks to numerous recordings from artists like Ella Fitzgerald, Shirley...

This evocative ballad is written by Geir Hvidsten (music) and Ingebjørg Bratland (lyrics). We recommend listening to the original recording by Ingebjørg Bratland in addition to the recording of this a...

Storbystev has a catchy tune, and incorporates a mix of funk-, samba- and rock rythms. The alto saxophone and trumpet are featured as soloists, but the piece also show-cases the tuba- and percussion s...

The Green Hornet Theme by Billy May can be described as a jazzy version of 'The Flight of the Bumble Bee' (Rimsky-Korsakov). It was written for the American TV series 'The Green Hornet' in 1966, and s...

This arrangement is based on the well-known melody 'Little Cat' from the Swedish TV-series about Emil from Lønneberget written by Astrid Lindgren. The easy melody is arranged with a funky accompanimen...

Quincy Jones composed this bossa nova for the 1962 issued recording 'Big Band Bossa Nova' Later, the song is featured many times in movies, TV-series and even as music for computer games! Many of us r...

This is a tune by Sigrid Moldestad (b. 1972), a Norwegian folk artist. She has based it on a warm and beautiful poem by Danish author Tove Ditlefsen. A text for and about love. Sigrid Moldestad won th...

This is an original piece of music composed by Oystein Olsen Vadsten, inspired by old Norwegian folk dances. 'Jumpety Jump' actually started out as a 'reinlender' (Norwegian Folk Dance) which origins...