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Carl Fischer LLC

Put on your dancin' shoes! This entertaining and infectious Bo Diddley groove offers a smorgasbord of blues, country fiddling, and funk, with added flair from a drumset. There's even a solo section, which may be improvised or played as written.

Chicken Foot Transplant

String Orchestra with Percussion Required

Hal Leonard Corporation

Robert's new blues shuffle is a fun jazz ensemble-style tune, that lets your string orchestra perform something a little different.  Easy swing rhythms in a comfortable key and tempo make it accessible for most groups.  With a little creativity, you might want to open up a section for a young soloist to stretch out a bit.

Rock Bottom Boogie

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Wingert-Jones Publications

Like the title implies, there's a powerful rhythm and some jazzy blue notes, nothing subtle here!  This original uses guitar-like riffs and a driving ostinato bass line in the low strings to build up to a powerful sound.

Blue Rhythmico

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FJH Music Company Inc

Show off multiple soloists with this slick, original jazz piece for experienced strings. Kirt Mosier brings the heat in this follow up to Blue Rhythmico with the kind of textures that only strings can create with highlighted pizzicato and spiccatto for emphasis. Written solos are included, or players can explore how the music moves them.

Red Rhythmico

Alfred Publishing Belwin Division

Made famous by Paul Desmond and the Dave Brubeck Quartet, this jazz standard is known the world over as the tune that introduced 5/4 meter to the jazz scene.  Bob Cerulli's arrangement retains all the "hipness" of the original, yet it's appealing and playable by developing players.  This is unique, and you'll want to take a careful look at it!  Playable by full or string orchestra.

Take Five

String or Full Orchestra Score & Parts

Henry Mancini's most recognized theme is a jazz classic that your students will love to play!  Great riffs, cool harmonies, and a spot for a jazz violin solo (written version included) make it a super program choice for your students.

The Pink Panther

A great piece for beginning orchestras, both fun and educational. Using only the open strings and simple two repeating eighth-note patterns, beginning players will get an introduction to jazz while learning ensemble playing and counting. Players and audiences will particularly enjoy the middle section where the low strings play pizzicato on an open string jazz bass line while the high strings snap their fingers. A written piano part fills out the harmonies and adds some jazzy fillers.

Jazz for the Open Strings

This exciting work allows all parts to enjoy the driving force of a rhythmico ostinato. The catchy melodic content of this piece is shared by all. Written as a sequel to the ever-popular Blue Rhythmico.

Jazz Rhythmico

Here's a carefully crafted version of this jazz standard that treats syncopation and melody in a practical, teachable way for younger players. Add the optional drums, piano and electric bass and you've got a strong rhythm section for your swinging strings!  A very accessible edition for your pops programming!

It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)

Highland/Etling Publishing

Beginning with a dramatic familiar Latin figure, everyone will recognize the rhythm and groove with enthusiasm!  Melodic material appears in all parts and is designed for fun and successful performances. An improvisation section is included where soloists can improvise over the familiar progression or play the provided solos. Piano and drum set parts are included. The change of pace will be appreciated by players of any level.

Bossa Rojo

Southern Music Company

Published in 1912 and based on a campaign song called Mr. Crump, which the composer claimed to have written for a mayoral candidate in Memphis, Tennessee, this wonderful arrangement for string orchestra will have everyone's toes tapping.

The Memphis Blues

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Alfred Music Publishing

This fun and cool-sounding piece is the perfect way to introduce the difference between F-sharp and F-natural as well as C-sharp and C-natural to your young orchestra. The melodies are passed around to all sections, keeping everyone on their toes deciding whether to play their F's and C's "high" or "low." A simple ride cymbal part adds color and pizazz. A great way to teach standard 12-bar blues form. For an extra challenge, have students swing the eighth notes. Correlates to Sound Innovations Book 1, Level 4. (2:30)

The High Low Blues

Grand Mesa Strings

Barefoot Boogie is a lively piece written in the boogie-woogie style that developed originally for piano in African American communities around the 1870s and progressed through larger ensembles over time. The genre sprang out of the blues primarily as dance music. Barefoot Boogie offers a fun challenge with a first exposure to playing in an early jazz style. Walking bass lines throughout will delight and challenge the bass players, and all instruments have their turns at the melody and opportunities for solos.

Note to Directors
Barefoot boogie should be played with a swing rhythm throughout. The solo section between measures 49 and 72 can be repeated for ad lib solos for any students (or directors) brave enough to give it a go.

Barefoot Boogie

Jazz‑influenced writing gives this Grade 4 piece its character, with unique harmonies and tight rhythmic interplay that challenge students to listen across the ensemble. The phrasing and syncopation offer strong opportunities to teach jazz‑style rhythms in a classical string orchestra setting. Multiple rhythmic layers make rehearsal coordination part of the learning curve, and the blend of pizzicato, bowing, and blues‑influenced gestures keeps the piece feeling fun. A fantastic selection for something with a lighter feel.

Groove, Bow, Groove

The tender ballad from A Charlie Brown Christmas is a perfect jazz-flavored choice for younger orchestras. With its smooth harmonies, moving lines, skilled ensemble writing, and piano and drum set parts, it's hard to go wrong with this perennial favorite!

Christmas Time Is Here

Neil A. Kjos Music Company

Easygoing and reflecting a freer, more carefree era of the past, this piece contains elements of jazz and blues. It pays homage to an unnamed figure - students can dedicate their performance to their favorite "cool cat!"

Ode to a Cool Cat

Kendor Music Publishing

Leftovers just got better with this Grade 2 piece based upon a 12-bar blues pattern. It offers both pizzicato and arco playing, syncopated jazz rhythms, and a traditional big-band-like "shout chorus" that will have your students asking for seconds. Includes piano and drum set parts.

Leftover Blues

Randall Standridge Music, LLC

Swinging jazz style leads the way in this string orchestra arrangement of Jolly Old St. Nicholas where violas take the spotlight. Swung eighths, light blues colors, and a walking bass introduce big‑band language with clarity, supported by optional sleigh bells and drum set. If you do not have a drum set player, a free audio track is available so you can still perform with big-band style. Part of the Jingle Strings Collection and a sequel to Cellos on the Rooftop, it offers a festive way to spotlight violas while giving young players an approachable first taste of jazz feel.

Jolly ol' Violas (Swingin' all the Way)

This lively piece is based on the C blues scale, and is played entirely pizzicato. "Fat" jazz harmonies, compelling rhythms and a wide array of dynamics make this one smokin' chart. A fun concert closer, sure to bring the house down!

Pizzicato Blues

Charles Harrison

The Pirate Suite, a 3-movement suite for string orchestra (+ drum set) is designed to introduce students to standard jazz forms and vocabulary. The different tempos and styles of the 3 movements make the suite a perfect, all-inclusive festival program. Each movement can also stand alone. Movement 1: "Undeniable Strings" is an up-tempo Bebop style melody built on classic "Rhythm Changes" form and harmony.
Movement 2: "Strolling the Street Fair" is a lush ballad that includes an emotive violin solo.
Movement 3: "Even Pirates Get the Blues" is a hard-swinging blues with a shout chorus, reminiscent of the Count Basie Orchestra.

Pirate Suite

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