What a great title---'Along for the Ride'---clearly a great rock arrangement for a young jazz ensemble. Specific articulation notation, easy brass ranges, a written tenor sax solo (the ride), optional parts, and a fun chart to play---it's all you need! Composed by Mike Story. (2:13) / Ensemble De Jazz

From Hal Leonard's acclaimed Essential Elements series for Jazz Ensemble here is an economical collection of 15 complete arrangements in a variety of styles. As a bonus feature each arrangement includes exercises for melody rhythm and improvisation. A valuable teaching tool in addition to filling your programming needs!Includes: All of Me Ballad for a Blue Horn Basin Street Blues Blues for a New Day Bubbert Goes Retro Bubbert'sGroove Ja-Da Mister Cool On Broadway Perfidia Satin Doll So What Song for San Miguel Sunday Afternoon and Take the ?A? Train.Includes 16 part books conductor score and CD

Grade 1.5 What better way to introduce the music of Duke Ellington to your young jazzers than with this wonderfully scored arrangement by Michael Sweeney? Even at this easy level this chart really swings and will sound great with limited rehearsaltime. Your pianist gets a rare chance to shine as he or she is featured on the melody while the ensemble answers. Later every section gets to play the melody and there is a solo section for any sax. The final section starts softly with saxes alone then builds as various layers are added. A great-sounding chart for beginning bands. Enjoy great flexibility with the Discovery Jazz series! Playable with 3 saxes 2 trumpets 1 trombone piano and drums.

Who would have thought to transform this Stevie Wonder hit into a swinging jazz waltz? That's exactly what master arranger Mark Taylor has come up with as he uses this creative setting to feature an alto sax soloist and inventive ensemble lines.

Another outstanding, swingin' chart from the expert Dave Wolpe. A great tune at 152 BPM, fat ensemble voicings, nice solis, written-out solos for trumpet 2 and piano, and optional parts to include vibes. What's not to like? (2:40) / Ensemble De Jazz

The Hal Leonard Jazz Combo Paks are a versatile and inexpensive way to put four fantastic charts in front of your high school or college combo. The flexible instrumentation provides many options for covering theparts; the arrangements are absolutely top notch; and at $45.00 for four standards you will never find a better value.Instrumentation:- Line 1 (lead or harmony): Alto Sax Trumpet Soprano Sax Clarinet Flute Vibes- Line 2 (lead or harmony): Alto Sax Bari Sax Trumpet Soprano Sax Clarinet Trombone- Line 3: Bari Sax Tenor Sax Trumpet TrombonePak #7 includes: Ain't Misbehavin' •Flashdance...What a Feeling • The Peanut Vendor (El Manisero) • September Song.

The Hal Leonard Jazz Combo Paks are a versatile and inexpensive way to put four fantastic charts in front of your high school or college combo. The flexible instrumentation provides many options for covering theparts; the arrangements are absolutely top notch; and at $45.00 for four standards you will never find a better value.Instrumentation:- Line 1 (lead or harmony): Alto Sax Trumpet Soprano Sax Clarinet Flute Vibes- Line 2 (lead or harmony): Alto Sax Bari Sax Trumpet Soprano Sax Clarinet Trombone- Line 3: Bari Sax Tenor Sax Trumpet TrombonePak #6 includes: Mercy Mercy Mercy • ThePreacher • Red Clay • Watch What Happens. (Note: CD includes tracks for two paks.)

One of the most played of Sonny Rollins' many great tunes Doxy is arranged here in a very playable version for inexperienced bands. What a great introduction to one of the true innovators of jazz! (Includes full performance CD)

What a great chart for young jazz ensembles! Taking some of the basic elements of bop Rob Vuono has created an up-tempo swing chart that is very accessible yet sounds complex. The main catch is an on-the-beat rhythmic figure almost hinting at the word Bop! Your audience is sure to love it and your students won’t be able to get enough of it! (2:15)

What better way to introduce the magic of Duke Ellington to your beginning players than with this very easy version of one of the Duke's most revered standards. The style of the original version is preserved with the opening smallgroup statement (alto tenor 2 trumpets and trombone). From there the tune is passed alternately to the full ensemble sax section brass section and finally back to the small group. A real gem!

Turn the creative forces of Frank Mantooth loose on a couple of Beatle favorites and you never know what you might get! Here Frank uses a New Orleans style street beat creating a wonderful effect with these well-known classics.Requiring no solos this chart is a study in unique ensemble stylings.

What a beautiful way to add a little holiday cheer to your Winter concert. Written in a ballad style there are short solos for alto sax and trumpet along with a very effective modulation with the full ensemble.