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Author: williamainsworth
Date: 2003-12-10 18:48
I bought a book called "Fun with Scales for Clarinet" by David Gornston and Ben Paisner, published by Leeds Music Corporation of New York. It contains short studies that stick very closely to scales "in the actual forms in which they are encountered in performance". I found it in a used book store here in Canada. I have searched the web to the best of my ability but can't locate and reference to it, so I suppose it is out of print and perhaps the publishers are no longer in business.
I am very impressed with it and I think it is a shame that it is no longer available as certainly more fun than straight scales and arpeggios. Does anyone on the board know anything about it? Have any more recent books had the same aim?
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Author: Mark Pinner
Date: 2003-12-10 22:20
I would try to contact ASCAP and see who has the rights to all the Leeds stuff. They also produced quite a lot on jazz harmony and improvisation as well as contemporary method books. They also published quite a lot of big band and combo arrangements under banners like "Leed's Big Band Series". The rights obviously would rest with somebody.
<www.ascap.com> is the website for the American Society of Composers, Arrangers and Publishers. They should be able to help you.
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Author: Bennett ★2017
Date: 2003-12-11 16:59
This site lists it; not sure whether it is actually in stock
http://members.aol.com/musica442/
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Author: allencole
Date: 2003-12-11 17:20
I haven't seen the book you mention, but it might be interesting to compare it to books in the Belwin (now Warner Bro's) Student Instrumental Course.
I've seen books from Leeds dealing very well with swing rhythm and unusual/syncopated rhythms also. However, there are any number of newer books on rhythm, and Jim Snidero has come up with the best books that I've ever seen on jazz rhythm. All of these have CDs included.
Many staple items will live forever (although the Rubank books could use some fresh editing), but a lot of minor things are probably destined to go by the wayside.
Like old jazz recordings, it might be a good enterprenurial [sic] opportunity to get rights to some of these things and put together compilations. I'd love to see a big, thick book published just for the purpose of student sightreading.
Allen Cole
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