Klarinet Archive - Posting 000606.txt from 1996/08

From: "Edwin V. Lacy" <el2@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Big Band Charts
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 16:43:31 -0400

On Mon, 19 Aug 1996, Dennis Nord wrote:

> Can anyone suggest some music publishers for Big Bands? It's time to
> get some new charts!
>
> We're a community jazz band that plays mainly for the public at large,
> so we need things with broad appeal.
>
> We're open to anything that sounds good. In particular, we'd like to
> find the publishers who carry Neil Hefti, Henry Mancini, Nelson Riddle,
> and original charts by any of the famous bands.

I suggest that you contact:

Marina Music Service, Inc.
P.O. Box 46159
Seattle, WA 98126

Telephone: 1/206/938-0669
Fax: 1/206/938-0669

Request their catalog. They are dealers in the music of nearly every
major publisher of jazz music. Their catalog contains listings of
hundreds of works in several categories and several levels of difficulty.
I have no commercial association with Marina Music Service, but am a
satisfied customer.

Also, one of the best sources of information about publishers and their
music is the "Jazz Educators Journal," the publication of the International
Association of Jazz Educators. All the publishers advertise there, and
many of them will supply tapes of their compositions, either entire
pieces or excerpts. You could contact the publishers directly and
request these tapes, then order the charts you like from a local dealer or
from Marina, listed above.

The IAJE can be contacted at:

P.O. Box 724
Manhattan, KS 66505

Telephone: 1/913/776-8744
Fax: 1/913/776-6190

Hope this helps. Good luck.

Ed Lacy
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