Mark Watkins

for Wind Quintet. Well, the title about says it all. This piece is quirky, jazzy, a lot of fun to play, and makes a great addition to the standard quintet repertoire. It is a hard piece to explain, so...

Transcribed from the original Concerto in Eb for Bassoon and Orchestra, K. 191. Now the tenor sax player can perform music for the classical era by one of the great composers of this time.

Transcribed from the original Concerto for Bassoon, Strings, and Harpischord in Bb Major, RV 503 (F. VIII. no. 35). An audience pleaser and a great tool for learning music of the Baroque era.

SATB, no improv. Programmatic chart depicting varius experiences while driving. Jazz waltz with a 4/4 bridge. Several contrasting elements using techniques such as swing and straight rhythms, a canon...

SATB, improv in alto & soprano. The entire story of Jack & the Beanstalk is told in this OprogrammaticO bebop blues while, at the same time, paying tribue to a number of jazz OGiants.O The melody has...

SATB, improv in soprano. AABA jazz ballad. Could be classified as medium in difficulty but does require some endurance. The lyrical melody is shifted around the soprano, alto, and tenor saxophones. Ha...

SATB, improv in all parts. This tune is a rendition of a Southern tent revival complete with a guest preacher, choir, and congregation. Built upon a twelve-bar blues, the chart borrows ideas from the...

SATB, can be played without or with improv (for any saxophone), medium, 3:00-5:00 (depending upon improv), improv on a single chord. Tune starts quasi-music box-like but transforms into a jazz groove...

SATB, improv on any saxophone. 3:00+. Straight rock-like feel at onset, moves to a mixed meter jazz waltz, then to a swing solo section and out. 8-bar, three chord repeating section for improv, walkin...

SATB, improv in alto. 4:45. AABA jazz ballad, lyric melody, interesting chords. 16th note sextuplets and 16 bars of ballad (double time) improv most difficult elements.