Jazzers deserve their chance to be in the spotlight like anyone else and heres a perfect vehicle for your aspiring young stars. This bluesy swing chart features the saxes on the melody with commentary from the brass section. Theblues progressionmakes soloing easy for anyone who gets the urge and the tutti shout chorus closes this appealing number out in style.

Blues to the MAX! With lots of drive and down home blues harmonies KENNESAW MOUNTAIN BLUES will latch on to your audience for keeps.Very accessible to Grade 2 1/2 bands this is one of the most enjoyable pieces you’ll find for any level of ability. If you have a kickin’ drumset player so much the better. Every section has gratifying parts to play and the easy mixed-meter section sounds so natural but will keep ‘em all thinking.The concert band doesn’t often get the chance to play in styles like this which is a shame because it’s so much fun. How about letting your band try a style that’s about as far from John Phillip Sousa as you can get! Get down with some Blues! KENNESAW MOUNTAIN BLUES is a winner!

Performer Level (correlates with Book 1 p. 24) Here is a fun and easy way to introduce the blues to your beginning players. Includes a low brass (and woodwind) bass line feature in the beginning some easy chromatic lines andtasty finger snapping. Totally cool! Dur: 2:30

15 Selections from the Easy Jazz Ensemble Series-From Hal Leonard's long-standing series for Easy Jazz Ensemble here is a marvelous collection of 15 outstanding arrangements. From well-known jazz standards to rock classics this is quality and variety at a greatvalue!Includes: All Blues All of Me Beyond the Sea Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Freddie Freeloader Green Onions Hey Jude In a Sentimental Mood Kansas City Respect Saxes with Attitude Sesame Street Theme Sidewinder Tuxedo Junction and 25 or 6 to 4.

Using only a few notes Duke Ellington managed to create jazz standard that is instantly recognizable. With the blues form and easy melody this is a great place to start for any young or inexperienced jazz combo.

Every band needs to experience the blues! Heres a classic riff tune by Clifford Brown set in a terrific arrangement for developing bands. Great for learning to improvise and the ensemble figures are repetitive and easy to learn.

Includes: Ain't Misbehavin'; All the Things You Are; Blue Train (Blue Trane); Caravan; Chameleon; Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words); The Girl from Ipanema (Garota De Ipanema); In the Mood; Inside Out; Milestones; A NightingaleSang in Berkeley Square; One Note Samba (Samba De Uma Nota So); Route 66; St. Louis Blues; When I Fall in Love.

Includes: Ain't Misbehavin'; All the Things You Are; Blue Train (Blue Trane); Caravan; Chameleon; Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words); The Girl from Ipanema (Garota De Ipanema); In the Mood; Inside Out; Milestones; A NightingaleSang in Berkeley Square; One Note Samba (Samba De Uma Nota So); Route 66; St. Louis Blues; When I Fall in Love.

Includes: On Broadway Barbara Ann Birth Of The Blues Mack The Knife Night And Day One Moment In Time. Includes accompanimnet CD.

Flexible 4-Part Concert Pieces-Arranged for beginners these well-known and original pieces will successfully launch instrumentalists into the exciting and rewarding world of ensemble playing. The parts are of equal importance and are written within comfortable ranges for each instrument. An optional supporting piano part is provided to reinforce the ensemble if necessary.Instrumentation is flexible and any number of players can join each part.FREE BRASS ENSEMBLE OPTION These pieces in Vol. 2 are also suitable for brass ensemble and further parts for trumpet trombone and tuba are FREELY AVAILABLE from the Universal Edition website.PART 1 in C Bb or Eb: Flute Oboe Violin Clarinet or AltoSaxophone; PART 2 in C Bb or Eb: Flute Oboe Violin Clarinet or Alto Saxophone; PART 3 in C Bb or F: Violin Viola Clarinet Tenor Sax. or French Horn; PART 4 in C Bb: Cello Double BassTraditional: O du lieber AugustinVerdi Giuseppe: The force of Destiny (theme)Traditional: Loch LomondRae James: Premiership Blues

Includes: Ain't Misbehavin'; All the Things You Are; Blue Train (Blue Trane); Caravan; Chameleon; Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words); The Girl from Ipanema (Garota De Ipanema); In the Mood; Inside Out; Milestones; A NightingaleSang in Berkeley Square; One Note Samba (Samba De Uma Nota So); Route 66; St. Louis Blues; When I Fall in Love.

Includes: Ain't Misbehavin'; All the Things You Are; Blue Train (Blue Trane); Caravan; Chameleon; Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words); The Girl from Ipanema (Garota De Ipanema); In the Mood; Inside Out; Milestones; A NightingaleSang in Berkeley Square; One Note Samba (Samba De Uma Nota So); Route 66; St. Louis Blues; When I Fall in Love.

Your students can sound like the great Count Basie Band in a short amount of rehearsal time with this very easy swinger. Range demands are low with the lead trumpet going only to a 3rd space C and lead bone to a D. The chart is scored to work for three saxes and four brass. Check out the performance notes for exact instrumentation.

Introduce your beginning group to the concept of call and response (so common in early jazz) with this carefully written easy arrangement of this well-known jazz standard. Like all titles in the Essential Elements Jazz Ensembleseries it includes exercises to help teach style as well as sample written solos.

Composed and recorded by jazz legend John Coltrane this medium tempo blues tune features an easy-to-play melody and solid tutti-style rhythms for the ensemble. In addition the blues changes and moderate tempo make it acomfortable setting for developing soloists. (Includes CD)