The award-winning Garritan Jazz & Big Band library is the first virtual software instrument library that truly captures the distinctive jazz sounds, ranges, and techniques of authentic jazz and big band groups. Express yourself with this unique collection of trumpets, trombones, saxophones, keyboards, basses, and rhythm sections.
Express Yourself with Big, Big Sounds!
Garritan Jazz & Big Band 3 features the jazz sounds, ranges, and techniques required to make your music swing with the authenticity of a real jazz or big band group. The Jazz & Big Band 3 sampled sound library integrates the uniquely powerful and high-performance ARIA Player.
Comprehensive Collection with Over 60 Instruments
- Sixteen different saxophones ranging from a diminutive sopranino saxophone to a large subcontrabass saxophone
- Brass instruments with various mutes and additional release effects such as kisses, falloffs, doits, half valve and shakes
- Jazz rhythm section with percussive techniques for piano and guitar, electric and acoustic bass, electric piano and drum kits
Building Ensembles
- Build your jazz ensembles and big bands one instrument at a time, exactly as you wish. Create solos, duos, jazz trios, quartets, jazz ensembles, or a full big band.
- Ensemble Manager contains a collection of pre-configured instrumental combinations for your convenience.
Instrument List:
16 SAXOPHONES
Sopranino saxophone, Mezzo Soprano sax, 2 Soprano saxophones, (1 straight, 1 curved), 3 Alto saxophones, C Melody saxophone, 4 Tenor saxophones, Baritone sax, Bass saxophone, Contrabass saxophone, Sub-contrabass saxophone, plus derivative ensemble instruments.
6 TRUMPETS (with mutes)
5 Bb Trumpets (all with extended range, one with extreme range) open and with straight mute, cup mute, Harmon mute, and bucket mute, Flugelhorn, plus derivative ensemble instruments.
5 TROMBONES (with mutes)
Including 4 Tenor Trombones and Bass Trombone open and with straight mute, cup mute, Harmon mute, and bucket mute, plus derivative ensemble instruments.
ADDITIONAL WINDS
Piccolo, Alto Flute, C Flute, Bb Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Tuba, Harmonica, plus derivative ensemble instruments.
KEYBOARDS
Steinway B grand piano, Vintage electric piano, Jazz Accordion, Rock Organ.
GUITARS
2 Electric guitars, Acoustic guitar, Banjo
BASSES
2 Upright acoustic basses, 2 Fretless electric basses, 2 Fretted electric basses.
DRUM KITS
Classic Stick kits, Fusion Stick Kit, plus separate instruments (kick, snare, toms, hi-hat, cymbals), Brush kit (with controllable stirs) plus separate instruments.
PERCUSSION
Vibraphone (hard and soft mallets), Wide variety of percussion including Latin percussion, bongos, congas, timbales, wood blocks, shakers, bells, whistles, etc.
Ensemble Presets:
- Big Band Rhythm Section, Big Band Rhythm Section Lite
- Fusion Quartet, Fusion Quartet Lite
- Jazz Piano Trio, Jazz Piano Trio Lite
- Jazz Quintet, Jazz Quintet Lite
- Jazz Sextet, Jazz Sextet Lite,
- Sax Section, Sax Section Lite
- Trombone Section, Trombone Section Lite
- Trumpet Section, Trumpet Section Lite, Trumpet and Trombone Section, Trumpet and Trombone Sections Lite
- Vibraphone Quartet, Vibraphone Quartet Lite
- Accordion Trio, Accordion Trio Lite
- Rhythm & Blues Band, Rhythm & Blues Band Lite
- Funk Rhythm Section, Funk Rhythm Section Lite
- Big Band #1, Big Band #1 Lite, Big Band #2, Big Band #2 Lite, Big Band #3, Big Band #3 Lite, Big Band #4, Big Band #4 Lite
