Grammy-Winning Producer Don Sickler Launches Jazzleadsheets.com- The Newest Tool for Jazz Music
Don Sickler is no stranger to the jazz world. With over 30 years experience performing, arranging, producing, teaching and publishing he has seen this industry through the eyes of a musician and a businessman. He went on a quest to create a unique way to help musicians enhance their craft in the new digital age through the music of dedicated jazz artists. jazzleadsheets.com is the result of this quest: a resource for instrumental musicians, singers, and educators alike to find both new and old music from many of the greatest jazz composers of all time.
Digging deep into the jazz catalogs of Second Floor Music (BMI), Twenty-Eighth Street Music (ASCAP) and Minor Second Music (SESAC), Don is making available lead sheets by musicians as diverse as Elmo Hope, Gene Ammons, Roland Kirk, Philly Joe Jones, Dexter Gordon, Bobby Watson and Hank Mobley. Exclusive audio tracks, transcribed solos and tools for selecting songs by album, key and style are easy to discover by one click of a button. With the music in hand, musicians of every level can find the original recording and play alongside jazz greats right from their own computer. With personally crafted musical and biographical notes, Don has created an intimate experience for the musician that is unlike any other site on the market.
Whether you want to learn your favorite drum solo or add an unfamiliar song to your singing repertoire, jazzleadsheets.com has a niche for any musician. Providing you with audio, “minus you” play-along-tracks and easy-to-read charts, the site provides tools necessary to make an unfamiliar song into a classic part of your repertory. And no thumbing through giant fake books or waiting to get your order in the mail — all our merchandise is easily downloadable in PDF and mp3 format!
The jazz community is like one big family and Don invites you into this unique world. Experience jazz from the inside.
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YOUTUBE: Philly Joe Jones Drum Transcription “No Room For Squares”
YOUTUBE Singer’s Corner Play-A-Long:
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