Easy Jazz Ensemble ? Grade 2No one created more tuneful melodies than Duke Ellington and this medium slow swinger is a classic! In this easy version alternately featured is an alto sax solo trumpet section saxsection and the full band. Also included are ad lib. or written solos for alto and trumpet as well as a solid tutti ensemble finish.

Frank Sinatra, chanteur et acteur de l'Academy Award-winning, signé avec Capitol Records dans les années 1950 et a sorti plusieurs albums acclamé par la critique (In the Wee petites heures, Songs For Swingin ' Lovers, Come Fly With Me, seuls le Lonely et Nice 'n' Easy). Plus tard, il quitte Capitol pour créer son propre label, Reprise Records, fait des tournées internationales et fraternisait avec le ' Rat Pack ' et le président John f. Kennedy. En 1965, Sinatra enregistré la rétrospective septembre de mes années et a marqué des hits avec des inconnus dans la nuit et My Way. Arrangement de Mark Freeh rassemble trois chansons classiques dans une suite pour instruments solo et bande : I've Got vous Under My Skin (flugel solo), All The Way (solo de trombone) et New York, New York (solo de cornet ou euphonium). / Brass Band

Some tunes seem to get better with age. Mike's version of this swingin' standard is written in a medium shuffle style and is easy to learn. The solo section features stop-time ensemble figures and written sample solos.

Take this swingin' Ellington favorite and put it in the skilled hands of Michael Sweeney and you have a magnificent teaching and performance piece for beginning jazz groups. The style is authentic even at this easy level.

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.

This up-tempo swinger has become the signature tune for the Mingus Big Band. It opens with a free-wheeling baritone sax solo and features raucous ensemble passages and group improvisations. You won't find this chart on any easy-listening radio stations!

Made famous by the Modern Jazz Quartet this medium swinger is a great addition to the literature for young jazz players. Mark's chart opens with a small group of 2 saxes trumpet trombone and guitar but the full ensemblequickly gets in the game. The blues format makes it easy for anyone to solo and there's a nice full ensemble “send off” at the beginning of the solo section. This is a great example of quality writing for youngplayers.

A gentle bossa beat drives this medium-easy jazz samba throughout. The lead alto is featured both on written solo and jazz. Flugelhorns or trumpets in stands give this piece a smooth texture and excellent variety from the hard swingers on your concert program.

An easy suite with short parts for brass and percussion. 1. Entry - festive intrada 2. Choral - question and answer in a solemn choral 3. Tune - attention to articulation 4. Canon - many possibilities 5. Penta - eastern sounds 6. Swinging Out - a swinging encore piece

An easy suite with short parts for winds and percussion. 1. Entry - festive intrada 2. Choral - question and answer in a solemn choral 3. Tune - attention to articulation 4. Canon - many possibilities 5. Penta - eastern sounds 6. Swinging Out - a swinging encore piece

Vocal Feature-Another outstanding jazz vocal with jazz ensemble! This chart is totally flexible--it's written in two keys! The higher key usually works for your male vocalist and the lower key for your female vocalist; if not just switch. It's that easy! In addition to the vocal solo this swinging Rogers and Hart song has a trombone jazz solo (or optional scat vocal solo) and written written ensemble horn lines for the vocalist both great opportunities to integrate your vocalist with the ensemble. Dave Wolpe thinks of everything and he writes some of the best charts in the music business. Very effective! (Female key (low): G below middle C to third line B treble clef -- Male key(high): B-flat below middle C to fourth line D treble clef)

(Erie Canal)-This swinging setting of one of America's great old tunes “The Erie Canal ” is a guaranteed crowd pleaser! Intriguing harmonies are a hallmark of this remarkable arrangement by Stephen Bulla and you know the bandwill love playing in this easy-flowing and natural rhythmic style. While it will spark up any spot on your concert program consider using it for a new and different type of closer. This is a great tie-in with American history &geography. (Grade 3)