Monday, October 30, 2017

Musicians .. Offer of Free Trad Jazz Music Files

Hello!
Here is a very generous offer from John Skillman of the New Orleans Nighthawks Jazz Band ( http://tradjazzbands.com/band-non.php ). 
Charlie


MUSICIANS !

I am offering my Files of TRAD jazz music (102 Tunes) FREE to anyone that might like them. I now have them stored in the Cloud. Just send me an E mail (JLSKILL@aol.com) requesting them, and I'll send you a link to the Music and you can download all the tunes or just the ones you might like. T I do this to promote more live music and to spread the Traditional Jazz word!
For every tune.... I provide  PDF files and Finale Files for 6 instruments.   I provide  the melody part and 2  harmony parts for --   Clarinet, Cornet/Trumpet, Trombone, Alto Sax, Tenor Sax .  Plus included.... is the  melody part for Bari Sax and of course,  the LEAD SHEET for the tune, to be used by Piano, Guitar, Banjo, Bass, Tuba, etc.  At the End of this E mail is the table of contents. These are TRAD tunes, swing and just great music, you can play in any style you want.

You can share them with anyone you want, I just ask you to drop me an E mail if you give the entire collection to someone, letting me know who got them.... and please give me credit sometimes when you play them! There is about 500 hours of work in preparing these and I have probably another 100 Tunes completed, but not up-loaded to the Cloud yet. 

So what good is all this music you ask ??? ......Well ... suppose you are a TRAD Jazz musician ....... who is not getting to play as much as you would like. I have found you can get together any musician friends near where you live, and using these charts,  have a pretty decent Band!! It is not necessary everyone be able to play by ear or improvise, they just need to be able to read some fairly simple music. You can do most of the solos and improvising .... making  it JAZZ.   I have found those legitimate musicians who join you... who can read .... but have never played by ear ... some of them will start doing it! Note... any instrument can play the Melody (Lead) and you can have most any mix of other instruments in your band playing the other harmony parts, using these charts.
 I use the charts just to get good harmony with my bands. It is very hard to get nice  3 part-harmony in your front line,  unless you play together ALOT. .... but using my charts, your band can do it the first time they play it!. I use the charts just as a basis for the tune...... and we still do lots of improvising and playing off each other... etc... but overall, if your band can read music just a little these simple charts will really make the song sound good! Sometimes we just read the music the first time thru the tune, and then again  on the out-chorus.

If you want to change the Key of any tune, or make a part for some other instrument, (that I did not provide) that can be done quite easily using the FINALE Files I provide. You need not purchase FINALE ($600) but rather purchase the much less expensive "PrintMusic" product for $119. (Use Google Search for "PrintMusic", and you will find where to purchase it) .  Then ... using the Finale files I provide,  you can change the chords, change the notes, put the tune in another Key....etc.

 That's why I went to the trouble of providing the Finale files.... it seems most of us want to change the arrangement in some way, from the way the other guy hears it!  Also .... If you have the  "Print Music" program, you can playback the Tune's SCORE (which I provide) and you can hear how the tune goes with all the 3 parts and chords played for you on your computer.

So if this interests you ... send me an E mail (JLSKILL@aol.com) and Ill send you a return E mail, with the link to the Skillman Music Files. 

 Here is the table of Contents. This table is also found on the Link. I will send you.


SKILLMUSIC Music Book Conternts|  15Oct17


JLS
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TITLE
KEY
Composer
Year
1

Apex Blues
Bb
J. Noone, E. Hinds, J Poston
1928
2

Atlanta Blues
Bb
W.C. Handy
1923
3

Baby Brown   2 Pgs
Ab/F
Alex Hill
1934
4

Baby Wont You Please Come Home
F
Clarance Williams
1919
5

Big Lip Blues
Bb
Jelly Roll Morton
1940
6

Biscuit Roller
Eb
Geogra White
~1936
7

Blue Turning Grey Over You
C
Fats Waller, Andy  Razaf
1929
8

Bourbion Street Parade
Bb
Paul Barbarin
1951
9

Breeze
Eb
Clarance Williams
1929
10

Buddy Bolden's Blues
Eb
Jelly Roll Morton
~1939
11

Careless (Eddy Howard)
F
E. Howard, D. Jurgins, ..
1939
12

Careless Love
F
reworked- WC Handy
~1920
13

Clap Hands Here Comes Charlie
F
Joe Meyer, B. Rose, Mcdonald
1925
14

Creole Love Call
Bb
Duke Ellington
1927
15

Dans Les Rues D'Antibes
F/Bb
Syndney Bechet
1958
16

Diana
Bb
John Skillman
2009
17

Do Something
Bb/C
Bud Green/S. Sept
1929
18

Do You Ever Think Of Me
Eb
Earl Benett
1920
19

Down In Honky Tonk Town   2 Pgs
Bb
Charles McCarron
1915
20

East Coast Trot
Eb
Vol Stevens
1926
21

Faraway Blues
Eb
George Brooks
1923
22

Fixin Dinner
Eb
John Skillman
2013
23

Flatfoot
Eb
Lil H Armstrong
1926
24

Four Or Five Times
Eb
Byron Gay ,M Hellman
1927
25

Goin Home
Eb/F
Ken Colyer
1959
26

Good Old Wagon
Bb
Bessie Smith
1925
27

Happy Feet
F
Milton Ager
1930
28

He's The Last Word
F
W. Donaldson, Gus Kahn
1927
29

He Touched Me
Eb
William J Gaither`
1963
30

Hello Lola
F
McKinzie , Means
1933
31

Home In Pasadena
C/Eb
Harry Warren +2
1923
32

How Long Blues
Eb
Traditional-Lyrics L Carr
1928
33

I Can't Dance
Bb
Clarance Williams
1934
34

I Cant Give You Anything But Love
F
Jimmy McHugh
1928
35

I Want Someone To Love
F
Glyn Lea long
1927
36

I Wish I Knew How It Feels to Be Free
F
Billy Taylor
1963
37

I Wish I Was In New Orleans (Vocal Key)
Eb
Tom A. Waits
1976
38

I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight
F
W. Donaldson, Gus Kahn
1925
39

I wonder where My Easy Ryders Gone
Bb
Sheldon Brooks
1917
40

I Would Do Most Anything For You
Eb
Alex Hill, Clau Hopkins
1932
41

If You See My Mother
Bb
Sydney Bechet
1952
42

Ill See You In My Dreams
F
Isham Jones
1926
43

I'll Take Care Of Your Cares
C
James Monaco, Mort Dixon
~1926
44

I'm Blue And Lonesome
Bb
Georgia White
1938
45

I'm Travelin
F
Traditional
-
46

It's Over Now
Bb
Humphry  Littleton
~1950
47

I've Got My Fingers Crossed
Ab/F
Jimmy McHugh
1935
48

Jail Bird
F
Dave Bartholomew
1955
49

Jelly Bean Blues
C
Ma Rainey
1925
50

Just A Closer Walk With Thee (move one up?)
Bb
Traditional
-
51

Linger Awhile
F
Vincent Rose
1923
52

Louisiana Fairy Tale
Bb
J. Fred Coots,M.Parish
1935
53

Love Me With A Feeling
Bb
Sidney Bechet
1946
54

Mezzy's Tune
Bb
Humphrey Lytteton
~1951
55

Milenburg Joys   2 Pgs
Bb
Jelly Roll Morton
1925
56

Mood Indigo
C
D. Ellington, B. Bigard
1931
57

My Memphis Baby
Eb
Harry Godwin,N Kimball
1966
58

My Old Kentucky Home
Eb
Stephen Foster
1852
59

Nobody But You
C
Gunhild Carling
2014
60

Nobody's Sweetheart Now
F
Billy Meyers, E Schobel
1925
61

Nothing Can Ever Change This Love
Eb
Sam Cooke
1962
62

Oh How I Miss You Tonight
Bb
Benny Davis, Joe Burke
1925
63

Oh Sleepy Head
F
Ikey Robinson
~1932
64

Old Stack O Lee Blues
Bb
Trad Murder Ballad
~1900
65

On A Slow Boat To China
Bb
Frank Loesser
1948
66

Oriental Man
F
J Blythe, Ikey Robinson
1027
67

Panama       2 Pgs
Eb/Ab
William H Tyers
1912
68

Pecan Waffles
F
John Skillman
2013
69

Ponchartrain Blues
Bb
Jelly Roll Morton
1930
70

Rent Party Blues
F
D. Ellington, J. Hodges
1929
71

River Stay Away From My Door
F
Harry Woods
1931
72

Rockin Chair
Eb
Hogey Carmichael
1929
73

Saratoga Swing
Bb
Barney Bigard
1929
74

Savoy Blues     2 Pgs
F
Kid Ory
1927
75

Shake That Thing
Eb
Charlie "Papa" Jackson
1926
76

Sleep    (Fred Waring Theme Song)
Bb
Earl Lebieg
1923
77

Snag It
Eb
Joe "King" Oliver
1926
78

So Long
Eb
Erika Lewis ?
~2015
79

Special Delivery Blues
Bb
Sippie Wallace
1926
80

St. James Infirmary
Dm
Joe Primrose
1928
81

St. Louis Blues
F
W.C. Handy
1914
82

Tennessee Waltz
C
Pee Wee King
1946
83

That  Lucky Old Sun
Eb
Beasley Smith
1949
84

That Old Feeling
C
Sammy Fain. Lew Brown
1937
85

That Rhythm Man
F
Fats Waller, H. Brooks
1929
86

The Glory Of Love
F
Billy Hill
1936
87

The House Of The Rising Sun
Gm
American Folk Song
~1925
88

Them There Eyes
Eb
M. Pinkard, M Tracy, D Tauber
1930
89

Tishomingo Blues
Ab
Clarance Williams
1917
90

Too Late 2       2 Pgs
Eb/C
Joe King Oliver
1929
91

Trog's Blues
Eb
Wally Fawkes
1948
92

Undecided
C
Charlie Shavers
1938
93

Viper Mad
F
Sidney Bechet
1938
94

Waitin At The End Of The Road
Eb
Irving Berlin
1929
95

Wake Up Children
F
Willard Robinson
1929
96

Weary Blues
F/Bb
Artie Mathews
1915
97

What A Little Moonlight Can Do
C
Harry Woods
1934
98

When My Dreamboat Comes Home
Bb
Dave Franklin
1936
99

Whenever Your Lonesome…
C
Pete Wendling
1922
100

Who's Heart Are You Breaking Now
Bb
Teddy Powell
1948
101

You Always Hurt The One You Love
Bb
Doris Fisher
1944
102

You Do Something To Me
Eb
Cole Porter
1929