Intermediate / Advanced. Unexpected Items is a selection of twelve fun challenging pieces drawing on jazz as well as a variety of other popular musical styles. Progressing in difficulty from the level of Grade 5 to Grade 8, this is a book that students can keep returning to for new targets alongside classical repertoire to help develop technique as they work their way through the upper grades. The individual pieces themselves, on average 2-3 minutes in length, also make for entertaining additions to a saxophonist’s recital programme. Ben Donnelly