books by Ken Pullig (ensemble modern medium)

books by Ken Pullig

books:

Modern Jazz Voicings: Arranging for Small and Medium Ensembles

9 reviews
Ted Pease, Ken Pullig

Berklee Press, 2001

A must for anyone interested in arranging.
This book is absolutely excellent. Like other Berklee Press books, it is easy-to-understand, and it offers exercises after each exercise to ensure that the lessons are etched in your brain through hands-on application. This book demystifies alot concerning voicings and chord scale theory, and I dare say that this and "Reharmonization Techniques" by Randy Felts should be the first books one ...

Arranging for Large Jazz Ensemble

5 reviews
Dick Lowell, Ken Pullig

Berklee Press, 2003

Great book with great recording examples
Arranging Jazz for Large Ensemble gives the readers the necessary skills to write for big bands. Although it is an advance subject in the Arranging area, the book starts with writing for unison and octaves. There are also great chapters about background writing with riff and guide tone lines. The Shout Chorus chapter provides beginners writers to fully understand the arrangement "big picture". ...