Intermediate Sheet Music from Kendor Music

This spirited chart, originally recorded in a small group setting on the CD I Remember Jaco (BMG-Novus), is playable at a variety of brighter tempos but should ultimately be performed fast. A solid rh...

As recorded by the Bob Mintzer Big Band on the Incredible Journey CD, this tune features the drummer in a series of short cameo fills that eventually culminate in an unaccompanied, expandable solo jus...

Recorded by the Bob Mintzer Big Band on the album of the same name, this exciting tenor feature showcases several call-and-response conversations between the soloist and band. The drummer also shares...

Commissioned for the Cardinal Vaughn Memorial School Jazz Band in London, England, this swing shuffle original for proficient bands will energize players and audiences. Equally appropriate as an opene...

Recorded in 1997 on The Danish Radio Big Band Plays Thad Jones album in tribute to the years he worked with that group, this irresistible jazz waltz features great sax and brass solis, lots of ensembl...

Single Tonguing And Lip Slurs

Double And Triple Tonguing

Valve And Shifting Studies

Written to develop the melodic playing skills of capable players, these unaccompanied solos range from the dramatic to the romantic in mood and style.

Studies In Jazz And Mixed Meters

For any group of musicians in multiples of four (2 copies of each part provided), this body percussion number features trendy dance rhythms performed with foot stomps, vocal sounds, and an array of ha...

This quartet is a veritable smorgasbord of the colors and textures created by six different body percussion sounds in concert. The driving rock style with funky syncopations, accents and counter- rhyt...

Great for teaching rhythmic precision and ensemble balance, this popular number issued by Kendor over 35 years ago features knee slapping, hand clapping and foot tapping sounds for four musicians or a...

This grade 4 two-mallet solo with piano accompaniment has beautiful harmonies and a poignant musical message. The challenges for the mallet player include double stop rolls, arpeggiated patterns, and...

Series Timpani Solo. Grade 4 Features Timpani Solo (Unaccompanied) . This dynamic, contest-calibre solo for grade 4 timpanists features the traditional technique of crossing one mallet over the other...

Series Timpani Solo. Grade 4+ Features Timpani Solo (Unaccompanied). This grade 4+ timpani solo incorporates a variety of rhythms from both Latin and funk music - very common in drum set playing. In a...

Emulating the mood and style of great French classics, this tuneful original opens with an expressive, lyrical theme in 3/4 followed by an energetic allegro in 2/4 featuring ornamental grace notes and...

First published in 1973, this well-established contest original featuring dramatic writing and striking contrasts involves all players equally in the thematic development. The tempo of the opening Mod...

A moderately difficult composition for AATB Saxophone Quartet.

This straight-ahead swing/bebop arrangement of a great Ellington classic by Miami writer Mike Lewis features solid ensemble writing and does not require any improvisation.

This famous tune by Jelly Roll Morton was originally written in 1924 when ragtime music began incorporating early Dixieland and jazz forms. The first two strains in this arrangement relate to the form...

This setting of three piano rags hail from the early and late periods of the classical ragtime era (1899, 1915, 1916).

This arrangement of the lively third movement from Tschaikowsky's String Quartet No. 1 in D is presented here in the key of A flat (F minor). It retains the lightness and energy of the original, and i...