Twelve outstanding arrangements for the young jazz ensemble written by experienced educational arrangers and composers. A variety of styles and tempos is included: swing, ballad, Latin, holiday, rock, and the classic "Take Five" with a 5/4 time signature.
This collection of charts is written for full instrumentation---five saxophones, four trumpets, four trombones and four rhythm---but designed to sound full and complete with reduced instrumentation of just twelve players---four saxes, five brass, piano, bass and drums. Optional parts are available for flute, clarinet, horn, baritone horn and tuba. Rhythm section parts offer suggestions for rhythms and piano voicings, and guitar chords are included to assist young guitarists. Solos are written out for improvised sections, and there is plenty of full-sounding ensemble. The conductor's book includes full-length CD recordings.
| Title |
Composer |
| Blues in the Night |
Harold Arlen (composer); Johnny Mercer (lyricist) |
| Burritos to Go |
Victor Lopez (composer) |
| Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas |
Ralph Blane (composer); Hugh Martin (lyricist) |
| Jumpin' at the Woodside |
Count Basie (contributor) |
| Jungle Boogie |
George Melvin Brown (composer); Ronald Bell (composer); Claydes Smith (composer); Robert Mickens (composer); Donald Boyce (composer); Richard Westerfield (composer); Dennis Thomas (composer); Robert Bell (composer) |
| Misty (Instrumental) |
Erroll Garner (composer) |
| Night and Day (from "Gay Divorcee") |
Cole Porter (composer) |
| On Green Dolphin Street |
Bronislau Kaper (composer); Ned Washington (lyricist) |
| Sax to the Max |
Mike Lewis (composer) |
| Summertime (from "Porgy and Bess") |
George Gershwin (composer); Ira Gershwin (lyricist); Dubose Heyward (composer); Dorothy Heyward (composer) |
| Take Five |
Paul Desmond (composer) |
| Tastes Like Chicken |
Kris Berg (contributor) |
