Music for your Grade Exam
Board: Trinity College London
Syllabus: Jazz Saxophone From 2023
Grade: 7
Pieces (select one from each list)
Eb SaxAvailable In
2. That's All*
Brandt & Haymes, arr. Taylor
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Ultimate Jazz Standards (Jazz Play-Along with CD) (Hal Leonard)$29.81
4. Echoes from a Distant Land (omit piano solo, bars 90–106)
Dobbins
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Echoes From a Distant Land - alto saxophone & piano (+ CD) (Advance Music )$29.21
4. Kenny’ll Make It* (head + 2 choruses)
or Wiggle Waggle* (head + 2 choruses)
or The Bird* (head + 2 choruses)
or Big Apple* (head + 2 choruses)
or The Camel* (head + 2 choruses)
Aebersold, arr.
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$18.63
6. Elite Syncopations
Joplin, arr. Ferguson & Wehage
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7. Street of Dreams*
Lewis & Young, arr. Taylor
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Ultimate Jazz Standards (Jazz Play-Along with CD) (Hal Leonard)$29.81
8. Weirdo-Funk
Mintzer
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14 Blues & Funk Etudes: Eb Instruments (Book & 2 CDs) (Alfred Music)$28.57
9. Yardbird Suite (CD track 13; head and written out improv only) or Now’s the Time (CD track 17; head and written out improv only)
Parker
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In Session with Charlie Parker (Alto Saxophone) (Faber Music)$23.60
10. Star Eyes*
Raye & de Paul, arr. Taylor
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Ultimate Jazz Standards (Jazz Play-Along with CD) (Hal Leonard)$29.81
11. Make Mine a Double* (track 4; head + 2 choruses)
or Hold that Thought* (track 7; head + 2 choruses)
or The One that Got Away* (track 8; head + 2 choruses)
Santin & Clark
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Creative Saxophone Improvising (Book & CD) (Oxford University Press)$27.03
12. Blue Funk (CD track 21; play as written, no improv)
Snidero
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The Essence Of The Blues - Alto Saxophone (Book & CD) (Advance Music )$31.01
13. 52nd St Blues* (CD track 12; play the head and then improvise)
or Dancing with Duke* (CD track 7; play the head and then improvise)
Weston
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14. Just a Ballad for Joe*
J Wilson
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Creative Variations for Saxophone vol.2 (Book & CD) (Camden Music)$24.24
Bb SaxAvailable In
16. Kenny’ll Make It* (head + 2 choruses)
or Wiggle Waggle* (head + 2 choruses)
or The Bird* (head + 2 choruses)
or Big Apple* (head + 2 choruses)
or The Camel* (head + 2 choruses)
Aebersold, arr.
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$18.63
17. That's All*
Brandt & Haymes, arr. Taylor
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Ultimate Jazz Standards (Jazz Play-Along with CD) (Hal Leonard)$29.81
19. 1st movt (from Sonata for Soprano or Tenor Saxophone)* (with improvisation)
Dobbins
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Sonata - soprano saxophone & piano (Advance Music )$24.84
21. Street of Dreams*
Lewis & Young, arr. Taylor
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Ultimate Jazz Standards (Jazz Play-Along with CD) (Hal Leonard)$29.81
22. Sideways On*
Miles
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Creative Variations for Saxophone vol.2 (Book & CD) (Camden Music)$24.24
23. Move It Along, no. 5 (CD track 12 ‘fast’)
Mintzer
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12 Medium Easy Jazz Blues & Funk Etudes (Bb instruments) (Alfred Music)$19.82
24. Weirdo-Funk
Mintzer
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14 Blues & Funk Etudes: Bb Instruments (Book & 2 CDs) (Alfred Music)$27.28
25. Yardbird Suite (CD track 13; head and written out improv only) or Now’s the Time (CD track 17; head and written out improv only)
Parker
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26. Star Eyes*
Raye & de Paul, arr. Taylor
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Ultimate Jazz Standards (Jazz Play-Along with CD) (Hal Leonard)$29.81
27. Make Mine a Double* (track 4; head + 2 choruses)
or Hold that Thought* (track 7; head + 2 choruses)
or The One that Got Away* (track 8; head + 2 choruses)
Santin & Clark
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Creative Saxophone Improvising (Book & CD) (Oxford University Press)$27.03
28. Blue Funk (CD track 21; play as written, no improv)
Snidero
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The Essence Of The Blues - Tenor Saxophone (Book & CD) (Advance Music )$23.60
29. Just a Ballad for Joe*
J Wilson
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Creative Variations for Saxophone vol.2 (Book & CD) (Camden Music)$24.24
Any SaxAvailable In
1. Hopscotch
Gumbley
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15 More Crazy Jazz Studies For Solo Saxophone (Gumbles Publications)$18.58
2. Merry-Go-Round or Fourth Attempt or Tough Guys!
Gumbley
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15 Crazy Jazz Studies for Solo Saxophone (Saxtet )$21.12
4. A Recurring Theme (7), no. 23 or Bodacious Funktitude, no. 25
Mower
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Mosaics for Saxophone Book 2 - Grade 6-8 (Trinity College London)$12.10
5. Giocoso, no. 9 or Leggiero, no. 15
Rae
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18 Concert Etudes for saxophone (Universal Edition)$18.49
6. Hocus Pocus, no. 34
Rae
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36 More Modern Studies For Solo Saxophone (Universal Edition)$16.37
7. Ignition, no. 1 or Free Spirit, no. 9
Rae
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12 Modern Études for solo saxophone (Universal Edition)$15.84
8. Not Strictly Tango
Street
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Streetworks (saxophone studies) (Gumbles Publications)$18.58
9. Meaningful Meander or A Bit of a Roast (play as a study without backing or improv)
J Wilson
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Modal Workout 02 for Saxophone (+ CD) (Brass Wind)$16.78
StudiesAvailable In
1. Sonny Daze or Gerry Cool or Take Desmond
Wilson
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Jazz Paraphrase for Saxophone (Camden Music)$10.51
2. The Whole Truth or Mobile Tones
Rae
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Jazz Scale Studies for Saxophone (Universal Edition)$16.89
Also RecommendedAvailable In
1. Scales, Arpeggios & Exercises
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Saxophone & Jazz Saxophone Scales, Arpeggios & Exercises from 2015 (Trinity College London)$17.96
2. Sight Reading
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Trinity College London Sight Reading Saxophone: Grades 6-8 (Trinity College London)$22.31
3. Aural Tests
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Aural Tests Book 2, from 2017 (Grades 6–8) (+ 2 CDs) (Trinity College London)$20.44
