Div. instrumentations (Jazz/Rock/Pop)

The name of the composer is linked to the associated biography. On the right side there are icons which link to a shop for sheet music, www.notenbuch.de , the cd symbol links to jpc, which enables to listen to many of the works. Of course, you might also buy a recording there. The little IPod is a link to Musicload for getting the mp3 for download.

Anderson, Ian (*1947)

Jethro Tull - Flute Solos (Jazz/Pop/Rock)
(accompanying instrument chord symbols, flute)
Warner Bros. Publications, P1073FLX
Rating: mid-grade
  1. Baker St. Muse - Crash Barrier Waltzer
  2. Big Dipper
  3. Bourée
  4. Bungle in the Jungle
  5. The chequered Flag (Dead or Alive)
  6. Cross Eyed Mary
  7. Cup of Wonder
  8. Fire at Midnight
  9. From Later
  10. Living in the Past
  11. Look into the Sun
  12. My God
  13. Nothing is easy
  14. Passion play edit
  15. Thick as a Brick edit #1
  16. The third Hooray
  17. The Whistler
  18. The Witch's Promise


Holcombe, Bill (*1924)

Swingin Flutist (Jazz/Pop/Rock)
(accompanying instrument chord symbols, 4 flutes, double bass optional)
Musicians Publications, FQ 108
  1. Medium swing groove
Parts and score. The optional bass plays from the score. The score includes chord symbols for other accompanying instruments.


Seven come Eleven (Jazz/Pop/Rock)
(4 flutes, piano ad. Lib.)
Musicians Publications, FQ 103
  1. Seven come Eleven
Parts and a score for the piano, where the flutes are printed in one line.


Blues Sophistacato (Jazz/Pop/Rock)
(4 flutes, piano)
Musicians Publications, FQ 101
  1. Blues Sophistacato
The piano parts gives chord symbols and a written score, putting all flute parts in one line.


Contemporary Flute Solos in Pop/Jazz Styles (Jazz/Pop/Rock)
edition on notenbuch.de
(playback cassette, flute, piano)
Musicians Publications
Rating: easy
The old edition with play back cassette. Today available with CD playback. Nice original compositions and very flute like. Ideal for first learning to play pop or jazz.


The Swing (C-Dur) (Jazz/Pop/Rock)
edition on notenbuch.de
(4 flutes, piano ad. Lib.)
Musicians Publications, FQ102
Rating: easy
  1. Whimsically
This is more like a double duo, as second and fourth and first and third part are identical.


24 Jazz Etudes for Flute (Jazz/Pop/Rock)
edition on notenbuch.de
(playback cassette chord symbols, playback cd, flute)
Musicians Publications, FP801
Rating: mid-grade
  1. C major - Medium Swing
  2. A minor - Slowly - Blues feel
  3. F Major - Medium Swing Tempo
  4. D minor - Lively Jazz Waltz
  5. Bb major - Fast 4 Swing feel
  6. G minor - In a slow 4, Latin, Jazz-Rock feel
  7. Es major - Medium Swing
  8. C minor - Slow 4
  9. As major - Latin even eighth note feel
  10. F minor - Swing feel
  11. Bb minor - Tempo di Jazz-Rock
  12. Des major - Poco rubato
  13. Ges major - Easy Swing
  14. B major - Perky Blues Feel
  15. Gis minor - Slowly and very lyrically
  16. E major - Medium Swing
  17. Gis minor - In 2
  18. A major - Moderately Brite 4
  19. Fis minor - Bright Swing 4
  20. D major - Easy Swing
  21. B minor - Slow Blues Tempo
  22. G major - Medium Swing
  23. E minor - Slowly, but with rhythmic drive
For each etude there is a stilistic hint and a metronome number. The pieces are really flute like, not easy but fun to play. You can see that the composer is a flutist himself.


Contemporary Flute Solos in Pop/Jazz Styles (Jazz/Pop/Rock)
edition on notenbuch.de
(playback cd, flute, piano)
Musicians Publications
Rating: easy
  1. Bill Holcombe: Sapphire
  2. Bill Holcombe: Lazy Afternoon
  3. Bill Holcombe: Firefly
  4. George Genna: Weeping Willow
  5. Bill Holcombe: Uptown
  6. Bill Holcombe: Only You
  7. Bill Holcombe: Swingin Flutist
  8. Bill Holcombe: Blue Monday
  9. George Genna: First Flower
  10. George Genna: City Lights
Different styles. Technically not so demanding but suited to be played in concert.


Joplin, Scott (1867 - 1917)

Let s rag... - 10 Ragtimes (Jazz/Pop/Rock)
edition on notenbuch.de
(flute, piano)
Noetzel Edition, N3688
Rating: mid-grade
  1. The Easy Winners
  2. Peacherine Rag
  3. Maria's Rag
  4. The Entertainer
  5. The Sycamore
  6. Dickie's Rag
  7. Sunflower Slow Drag
  8. Strenuous Life
  9. Little Annie's Swing Rag
  10. The Ragtime Dance


Lloyd-Webber, Andrew (*1948)

Andrew Lloyd Webber (Jazz/Pop/Rock)
edition on notenbuch.de
(flute)
Music Sales, RG10282
Rating: easy
  1. Chanson D'enfance (Aspects of love)
  2. Love Changes everything (Aspects of love)
  3. Other Pleasures (Aspects of Love)
  4. Parlez-vous Francais? (Aspects of love)
  5. Memory (Cats)
  6. Mr Mistoffelees (Cats)
  7. Another Suitcase in Another Hall (Evita)
  8. Don't cry for me Argentina (Evita)
  9. High Flying, adored (Evita)
  10. I'd be surprisingly good for you (Evita)
  11. She is a diamond (Evita)
  12. I don't know how to love him (Jesus Christ Superstar)
  13. Superstar (Jesus Christ Superstar)
  14. Any dream will do (Joseph and the amazing Technicolor dreamcoat)
  15. Pie Jesu (Requiem)
  16. Take that look off your face (Song and Dance)
  17. Tell me on a sunday (Song and Dance)
  18. The last man in my life (Song and Dance)
  19. Unexpected Song (Song and Dance)
  20. Make up my Heart (Starlight Express)
  21. Pumping Iron (Starlight Express)
  22. Starlight Express (Starlight Express)
  23. U.N.C.O.U.P.L.E.D. (Starlight Express)
  24. As if we never said goodbye (Sunset Boulevard)
  25. New Ways to dream (Sunset Boulevard)
  26. Surrender (Sunset Boulevard)
  27. The greatest Star of all (Sunset Boulevard)
  28. The perfect Year (Sunset Boulevard)
  29. With one look (Sunset Boulevard)
  30. All I ask of you (The Phantom of the Opera)
  31. Angel of Music (The Phantom of the Opera)
  32. Prima Donna (The Phantom of the Opera)
  33. The Music of the Night (The Phantom of the Opera)
  34. Think of Me (The Phantom of the Opera)


Mancini, Henry (1924 - 1994)

In the Pink (Jazz/Pop/Rock)
edition on notenbuch.de
(flute, piano)
Columbia Publishing
Rating: mid-grade
  1. Baby Elephant Walk
  2. Breakfast at Tiffany's
  3. Cameo for Flute "...for James"
  4. Crazy World
  5. Medley: three by Mancini and Mercer (Days of Wine and Roses/Charade/Moon River)
  6. Meggie's Theme
  7. Pennywhistle Jig
  8. Pie in the face Polka
  9. The Pink Panther
  10. Speedy Gonzalez
  11. Theme from the Molly Maguires
  12. The Thorn Birds Theme
  13. Two for the Road
All tracks of the record of same name are included. Most of the music is written in the upper register. There are really beautiful melodies. This is a good training for students to get used to the higher notes.


N., N.

Top 40 Real Flute Solos (Jazz/Pop/Rock)
(flute, piano)
Hansen House, HH53
Rating: easy
  1. Baroque and Blue (Claude Bolling)
  2. Flute Fever (John Edmondson)
  3. Alley Cat
  4. Amazing Grace
  5. Ballerina
  6. The Candy Man
  7. The Continental
  8. Do Nothin' till you Hear from me
  9. DonÄt get around much anymore
  10. Doodlin'
  11. Down in the Indies
  12. the Entertainer
  13. Eres Tu / Touch the wind
  14. Feelings
  15. From me to you
  16. He's got the whole world in his hands
  17. I left my Heart in San Francisco
  18. It's a Raggy Waltz
  19. Kids
  20. Lady of Spain
  21. Let there be Peace on Earth
  22. Love me or Leave me
  23. Lush Life
  24. Maple Leaf Rag
  25. Me Darlin' Ben
  26. Misery
  27. Muskrat Ramble
  28. One
  29. The One I love
  30. Paper Roses
  31. Perdido
  32. The Preacher
  33. Satin Doll
  34. Scarborough Fair
  35. Sermonette
  36. She loves you
  37. Take the "A" Train
  38. A Taste of Honey
  39. That's a plenty
  40. There's a Place
  41. What I did for Love
  42. When the Saints go Marching in
Flute and piano in one book, not very practicable. The harmonization is well done and the pieces are all very popular.


Fun Flute 2nd Book (Jazz/Pop/Rock)
(flute, piano)
EMI, ISBN 0 86175 234 1
Rating: easy
  1. Black and White
  2. Cavatine
  3. Congratulations
  4. El Condor Pasa
  5. Feelings
  6. Floral Dance
  7. Hollywood
  8. Mandy
  9. Morning has Broken
  10. When a child is born


Flute Montage - Intermediate flute Solos (Jazz/Pop/Rock)
(flute)
Pacific Impressions
Rating: easy
  1. Alfie
  2. Amazing Grace
  3. Baby Elephant Walk
  4. The Best is yet to come
  5. Black and White
  6. California Dreamin'
  7. the Candy Man
  8. Cast your fate to the wind
  9. Cherish
  10. Chim Chim cher-ee
  11. Close to you
  12. Come saturday morning
  13. Day by day
  14. Dear World
  15. Didn't we
  16. Do it
  17. Do you know the way to San Jose
  18. Does anybody really know what time it is?
  19. Don't make me over
  20. Doodlin'
  21. Everybody's Talkin'
  22. Everything is beautiful
  23. Evil ways
  24. Fever
  25. five Hundred Miles
  26. For all we know
  27. For the good times
  28. Funny Face
  29. Grazing in the Grass
  30. Georgy Girl
  31. Green green Grass of Home
  32. Greensleeves
  33. the Happiest Girl in the Whole USA
  34. Hava Nagila
  35. He ain't heavy... he's my Brother
  36. Hello, Dolly!
  37. Here Comes the sun
  38. Hey, Look me over
  39. I Am Woman
  40. I Don't know why
  41. If ever I would leave you
  42. If he walked into my life
  43. I'll never fall in love again
  44. In the mood
  45. The Impossible Dream
  46. It#s Impossible
  47. I've hear that song before
  48. Jet
  49. Joy to the World
  50. Kum Ba Yah
  51. Leaving on a Jet Plane
  52. Lemon tree
  53. Let me be there
  54. Let there be Peace on Earth
  55. Londonderry Air
  56. Love's been good to me
  57. Make me smile
  58. Make it easy on yourself
  59. Mame
  60. Midnight Special
  61. Mission-Impossible Theme
  62. Monday Monday
  63. Moon River
  64. My Love
  65. My Sweet Lord
  66. Never been to Spain
  67. One less Bell to answer
  68. One Tin soldier
  69. One Tin soldier
  70. Proud Mary
  71. Put on a happy Face
  72. Put your Hand in the Hand
  73. The Preacher
  74. Promises, Promises
  75. Raindrops keep fallin' on my Head
  76. Romeo and Juliet
  77. I never promised you a Rose Garden
  78. Satin Doll
  79. Saturday in the Park
  80. Scarborough Fair
  81. Sentimental Journey
  82. Shenandoah
  83. Snowbird
  84. Something
  85. Speak softly Love
  86. Spring can really hang you up the most
  87. Stormy
  88. Summertime
  89. Take me home, country roads
  90. A Taste of Honey
  91. Tenderly
  92. Theme from Love Story
  93. There will never be another you
  94. This guy's in Love with you
  95. Tijuana taxi
  96. Till
  97. Traces
  98. Try to remember
  99. 25 or 6 to 4
  100. the Wabash-Cannon Ball
  101. Walk on by
  102. What the world needs now is love
  103. Yesterday I heard the rain
Chords given for accompaniment.


55 Top Hits (Jazz/Pop/Rock)
(accompanying instrument chord symbols, flute)
Warner Bros. Publications, IF0240
Rating: easy
  1. Addicted to Love (Robert Palmer)
  2. Alone (Heart)
  3. Big Daddy (Perry Como)
  4. Broken Wings (Mr. Mister)
  5. Can't fight this Feeling (REO Speedwagon)
  6. Carrie (Europe)
  7. Catch a falling star (Perry Como)
  8. Crazy for you (Madonna)
  9. Theme from Dynasty (Dynasty)
  10. Emotion in Motion (Ric Ocasek)
  11. Forever (Kenny Loggins)
  12. Friends and Lovers (Gloria Loring & Carl Anderson)
  13. Give to Live (Sammy Hagar)
  14. Glory of Love (Peter Cetera)
  15. Higher Love (Steve Winwood)
  16. Human (The Human League)
  17. I heard a rumour (Bananarama)
  18. I'll be over you (Toto)
  19. I'll still be loving you (Restless Heart)
  20. I think we're alone now (Tiffany)
  21. Jailhouse Rock (Elvis Presley)
  22. Kiss (Prince)
  23. Kyrie (Mr. Mister)
  24. La Bamba (Los Lobos)
  25. La Isla Bonita (Madonna)
  26. Life in one Day (Howard Jones)
  27. Live to Tell (Madonna)
  28. Main Title from the Love Boat (The Love Boat)
  29. Love Power (Dionne Warwick & Jeffrey Osborne)
  30. Maniac Monday (Bangles)
  31. Material Girl (Madonna)
  32. Mony, Mony (Billy Idol)
  33. Never (Heart)
  34. Never say goodbye (Bon Jovi)
  35. One more Night (Phil Collins)
  36. On my Own (Patti Labelle & Michael McDonald)
  37. Papa don't preach (Madonna)
  38. Paper in Fire (John cougar Mellencamp)
  39. Saving all my Love for you (Whitney Houston)
  40. The Search is over (Survivor)
  41. Smooth Operator (Sade)
  42. Smuggler's Blues (Glenn Frey)
  43. Something about you (Level 42)
  44. Stand by me (Ben E. King)
  45. Take me home (Phil Collins)
  46. That's what friends are for (Dionne & Friends)
  47. Time after time (Cyndi Lauper)
  48. True blue (Madonna)
  49. True Colors (Madonna)
  50. Twist and Shout (Beatles)
  51. Walking on Sunshine (Katrina and the Waves)
  52. Who's that girl? (Madonna)
  53. Wipe out (The Fat Boys)
  54. You belong to the City (Glenn Frey)
  55. You give Love a bad Name (Bon Jovi)
Chord signs for accompaniment.


Big Band Combos - Greatest Hits of All Time (Jazz/Pop/Rock)
edition on notenbuch.de
(2 flutes (2 violins))
Hansen House
Rating: easy
  1. After you've gone
  2. All of me
  3. A string of Pearls
  4. And the Angels sing
  5. Back Bay Shuffle
  6. Back in Your Onw Back Yard
  7. Basin Street Blues
  8. Boogie Woogie
  9. Bye Bye Blues
  10. Caldonia
  11. Carolina Moon
  12. Cecilia
  13. Christopher Columbus
  14. Ciribiribin
  15. Cruising down the River
  16. Don't take your love from me
  17. Early autumn
  18. Easy to Love
  19. Fools rush in
  20. Gone with the Wind
  21. Goody Goody
  22. Got a date with an Angel
  23. Harbor Lights
  24. Hello, Dolly!
  25. Here's that rainy Day
  26. How high the moon
  27. I can't get started
  28. I had'nt anyone till you
  29. I understand
  30. I'll be around
  31. I'll take romance
  32. Imagination
  33. I'm confessin'
  34. I'm glad there is you
  35. I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter
  36. Intermezzo
  37. It's a blue world
  38. It's a lonesome old Town
  39. Jersey Bounce
  40. Juke Box Saturday Night
  41. King Porter Stomp
  42. The Lady is a Tramp
  43. Let's fall in Love
  44. Like someone in Love
  45. the Lonesome road
  46. Love Letters in the Sand
  47. Love Theme from Star Trek
  48. Me and my Shadow
  49. Misirlou
  50. Moonlight Becomes you
  51. Music, Mastro, Please
  52. Muskrat Ramble
  53. the Nearness of you
  54. Nevertheless (I'm in love with you)
  55. Nola
  56. the Object of my Affection
  57. Oh! Look at me now
  58. The one I love belongs to somebody else
  59. Out of nowhere
  60. Piano Concerto No. 1
  61. Polka Dots and Moonbeams
  62. Rosalie
  63. Satin Doll
  64. Sentimental Journey
  65. September Song
  66. Skylark
  67. Sleepy Lagoon
  68. Sleepy Time Gal
  69. Snowfall
  70. Stardreams
  71. Stompin' at the Savoy
  72. Stormy Weather
  73. Summertime
  74. Sunday, Mondy or Always
  75. Sunrise Serenade
  76. Take the "A" Train
  77. Tangerine
  78. Tenderly
  79. That Old Black Magic
  80. That's A Plenty
  81. Them There Eyes
  82. Theme from Star Trek
  83. These foolish Things
  84. This can't be love
  85. Tuxedo Junction
  86. We three
  87. When the red, red Robin comes bo, bob, bobbin' along
  88. When the saints go marching in
  89. While we're young
  90. Whistle while you work
  91. Willow weep for me
  92. You'd be so nice to come home to


34 Giants (Jazz/Pop/Rock)
(2 flutes)
Charles Hansen Educational Music & Books, K494b
Rating: easy
  1. The Age of not Believing
  2. Amazing Grace
  3. Colour my World
  4. Dear World
  5. Do you know the way to San Jose
  6. Does anybody Really know what Time it is?
  7. Down on the corner
  8. Dulcinea
  9. Green green Grass of Home
  10. Hello, Dolly!
  11. Hey, Look me over
  12. The Impossible Dream
  13. It's a small world
  14. Jet
  15. Kum Ba Yah
  16. La Bamba
  17. Looklin' out my back door
  18. Mame
  19. My Love
  20. Ode to Joy
  21. Oh Happy Day
  22. Pass me by
  23. Proud Mary
  24. Raindrops keep fallin' on my Head
  25. Scarborough Fair
  26. Sentimental Journey
  27. Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows
  28. A Taste of Honey
  29. Tenderly
  30. This guy's in Love with you
  31. This Train
  32. 25 or 6 to 4
  33. Vaya con dios
  34. Witchcraft


Flute Rock & Pop Chart Hits (Jazz/Pop/Rock)
(accompanying instrument chord symbols, flute)
Wise Publications, AM72745
Rating: easy
  1. A Rainy Night in Georgia
  2. Addicted to love
  3. All I have to do is dream
  4. Always on my mind
  5. Baby, come to me
  6. Bad, bad Leroy Brown
  7. Bye bye Love
  8. Chariots of fire
  9. Daniel
  10. Danny's Song
  11. Dreamtime
  12. From a distance
  13. Glory of Love
  14. Hard Habit to break
  15. Help me make it through the Night
  16. Higher Love
  17. Hill Street Blues
  18. Human
  19. Hurts so good
  20. I think we're alone now
  21. Invisible Touch
  22. Killing me softly with his song
  23. Mony Mony
  24. Never say goodbye
  25. Never say goodbye
  26. Nothing's gonna change my Love for you
  27. On my own
  28. On the wings of Love
  29. One more Night
  30. Paper in Fire
  31. Sailing
  32. Saving all my Love for you
  33. Send in the Clowns
  34. She's out of my Life
  35. Song sung blue
  36. Take me Home
  37. The girl is mine
  38. The Locomotion
  39. The longest Time
  40. Throwing it all away
  41. To all the Girlss I've loved before
  42. Wake up little susie
  43. You give Love a bad Name
Chord symbols for accompaniment.
One has to accept, that most of pop and rock music is not suitable for a flute adaptation.


Klezmer Style for Flute (Jazz/Pop/Rock)
edition on notenbuch.de
(accompanying instrument chord symbols, flute)
ArtSyrinX, A. S. 43
Rating: easy
  1. Bay a Glezele Mashke
  2. Odessa Bulgar
  3. Mazl Tov Sver un Shviger
  4. Kolyn
  5. Rebn's Waltz
  6. Sirba Popilar
  7. Kolomeyka
  8. Palästina
  9. Bessarabian Chusidl
  10. Freylach Bulgar
  11. Sirba Slanic
  12. Yiddisch Charleston


Rae, James (*1957)

Jazzy Duets (Jazz/Pop/Rock)
edition on notenbuch.de
(flute, clarinet in H flat)
Universal Edition, 19396
Rating: mid-grade
  1. Ups and Downs
  2. Espionage
  3. The Lazy Half-Hour Blues
  4. Going Places
  5. Society Boogie
One score, but that is ok as the pieces are not so difficult.
Funny and short studies of the jazz style.


Jazzy Duets (Jazz/Pop/Rock)
edition on notenbuch.de
(2 flutes)
Universal Edition, UE 19429
Rating: mid-grade
  1. Racing Demons
  2. Late Vacation
  3. Swingin' Sister Blues
  4. Three for two
  5. Playtime
Score. Nice pieces tro train this style.


Rauscher, Donald

Beatles - Themes and Variations (Jazz/Pop/Rock)
edition on notenbuch.de
(flute, piano)
Wise Publications, 17865
Rating: mid-grade
  1. Eleanor Rigby
  2. Here, there and everywhere
  3. Hey Jude
  4. Yesterday
  5. Michelle
  6. Long and winding road
  7. Penny Lane
Each Beatles song reduced to the simple melody for the flute, followed by variations.


Author: Claudia Haider; Last updated 24.04.2013