Here is something different for your jazz band program - a groovy second-line tune with a tinge of contemporary jazz. Alternating with a swinging bridge, this chart delivers energy to your set! Duration 5:45.
Style: 2nd Line Swing
Grade Level: 3 Copyright:…
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Come and take an exhilarating ride down the Colorado River. The music captures the essence of the river racing through whitewater rapids and flowing through tranquil canyons.
Grade Level: 4 Copyright: 2023 Publisher: Kendor Music Publishing Series: Symphonic…
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This is a straight-ahead swinger with more than a few twists and turns. As a 24-bar minor blues it has great solo changes with a modal feel. Solo space (written or ad lib) is provided for tenor sax, trumpet and piano. Written for advancing groups, an optional…
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Distant Ridges is a dramatic, haunting ballad that features Alto Saxophone. The minor chord changes and light Rhumba feel combine to help give this music a distinctive flavor. The Alto solo is completely written out, and chord changes are included in the…
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Composer, jazz educator and Trumpet performer Jeff Jarvis has a proven track record writing exciting funk charts, and Get After It is the latest in his series of hits! Engaging harmony and thrilling Brass lines are the cornerstone of his music and this chart…
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If you liked Jamie Roth’s blues chart It Is What It Ain’t you will definitely want to check out this latest composition. Brimming with energy this piece will showcase the band’s ability to create dynamic contrasts and play punchy rhythms. It also swings like…
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This beautiful ballad features the ensemble and is truly a gem at this level. Lush harmony abounds and all the colors of the contemporary jazz ensemble are utilized. There is a short written Piano solo that leads into the subtle modulation.
Grade Level: 3…
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George Gershwin completed Rhapsody In Blue in 1924, and it was one of the first orchestral works to fuse together blues, jazz and classical styles to create a distinctly American orchestral sound, and has been a staple of American concert music for the last…
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This great new shuffle checks all the boxes: driving groove, intense ensemble writing, and vivid dynamic contrasts. Craig skillfully uses tension and release to create several high points throughout the chart and it is all capped off with a superb final 12…
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Deborah Baker Monday has done a masterful job of arranging this difficult Brahms Violin Sonata for string orchestra. All the thrilling highs and despondent lows are represented in this new arrangement. “F-A-E” refers to the German frei aber einsam which…
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Kendor Music Publishing