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Alfred Publishing Belwin Division

Mike Story's adaptation of the holiday melody Ukrainian Bell Carol adds some tongue-in-cheek, spy-themed flavor to your holiday concert. It's easy to rehearse and perform, has 8-bar written solos for tenor, trumpet and trombone, the trumpet 1 range is to written D fourth line, and includes clearly notated rhythm section parts... a very nice holiday package! Plus, it's playable with optional reduced or expanded instrumentations. Great change-of-pace programming!

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Doug Beach Music

Here's a hip and accessible blues tune with a Latin groove scored perfectly for beginning jazz ensembles. Creative scoring produces a repetitive bass groove that is playable without becoming tiresome, and quality unison writing makes for great ensemble playing. Playable with two trumpets and two trombones. Highly recommended!

No Way Out

C L Barnhouse Company

This easy and fun beginning rock chart will be a hit with young jazz band students. A steady beat, easy rhythms, and modest ranges provide the perfect introduction to rock style. The two-measure solo section, with suggested solo riffs included, will encourage young improvisers. It's also playable with optional reduced or expanded instrumentations. Awesome Sauce! provides all the ingredients needed for a successful musical performance by young jazzers.

Awesome Sauce!

Kendor Music Publishing

A carnival is a raucous celebration, and this infectious Latin chart will make everyone want to get up and dance! Great melody, great groove, great fun. With flexible scoring, this chart will be accessible to groups with any instrumentation. Starting from the strong unison lines at the beginning, your students will have a great time with this one!

El Carnaval

As you can guess by the title, this chart is a hard-swinging tune that shows off your drummer - and it's highly accessible to even developing ensembles. Great scoring, comfortable ranges, and hard-swinging figures that lay perfectly on each instrument make this piece sound full. Additional solo opportunities for trumpet and piano.

Filling in for Buddy

Ideal for young jazz bands, this moderately slow swinger is a tribute to legendary composer Neal Hefti. Lil' Hefty is a melodic chart with well-noted articulations, written-out rhythm section parts, and written melody solos for trumpet and piano, all at about 80-92 bpm. The trumpet 1 range is to G top of staff and is playable with optional reduced or expanded instrumentation. Here's a great little chart for change-of-pace programming and teaching an important jazz style!

Lil' Hefty

Magnolia Music Publications, LLC

If you are looking to switch things up in your next program, this chart is a great choice. It has a modern hip-hop sound that your students and audience will love. Great ensemble writing and a solo section will make this an excellent opportunity for your students. Hop on to the stage with this chart!

Hip Hip Hop

This funky version of a holiday favorite is accessible to younger bands and will be a hit at your holiday concert. With ad-lib solos for the winds, you will be able to give your students a good opportunity for improvisation.

First Funky Noel

A.K.A. What Child Is This?, Greensleeves is a great chart for the holidays or any season! Arranged here as a light and airy jazz waltz, the features include a suggested or improvised alto sax solo, a tempo of 158 bpm, a lead trumpet range to written A above the staff, and an optional reduced instrumentation scoring. Great for developing jazz bands and easy to rehearse and perform. Check it out!

Greensleeves

This cha cha is based on the chord changes to My Little Suede Shoes by Charlie Parker - it's a great opportunity to introduce an authentic Latin style. The solo section is written out with solo sheets provided in all keys along with scales to assist students with improvisation. Flexibly scored, the set includes a guitar chord chart and optional instrumentation. Your students will deliver results with confidence!

All New Kicks

Hal Leonard Corporation

Utilizing the dorian mode and a bluesy melody, here is a catchy original perfect for teaching the swing style. This one also works great for beginning improvisers since the solo section uses only two chords (or two scales). Suggested solos and scale/chord sheets are also included. Sure to become a favorite with your young band, it also has options for reduced or expanded instrumentations. Highly recommended!

Blue 'n' Moody

Victor Lopez gives this early jazz standard a contemporary flair for the youngest jazz bands! Beginning with a Latin/Bomba introduction, it quickly transitions to the familiar swinging, bluesy feel at about 126 bpm. This chart is easy to teach and play with the trumpet 1 range up to written D fourth line. Add a written alto sax solo and options for reduced or expanded instrumentation and you've got a super chart that's highly recommended!

Saint Louis Blues

This beautiful holiday waltz contains great harmony and texture. Easily performable by younger players at around 96 bpm, it even sounds terrific with reduced instrumentation and includes lots of optional parts. The lead trumpet range goes to written E top space. Simply perfect!

The First Noel

Here's another great funk chart from Jeff Jarvis! A solid introduction sets up the tuneful melody and the driving funk groove is coupled with a rich chord progression to give this chart plenty of appeal. Solo sheets for E-flat, B-flat C, and Bass Clef instruments are included for the open solo section. Optional parts are provided for flute clarinet, horn in F, tuba, and vibes. While scored for full jazz ensemble, this chart will sound full and complete with optional reduced instrumentation. Frequent articulations are provided for the horns and the rhythm section parts are an integral part of the arrangement, not written as an afterthought.

Gandy Dancer

We haven't heard a better original Latin tune at this grade level than Pollo Roja! It's a cha-cha to be performed at around 146 bpm, has easy brass ranges, includes a written or ad lib alto sax solo, a cool melody, section solis, and it's fun to hear and play.  This is a well-crafted chart that will guarantee maximum interest from players and audiences! Playable with optional reduced or expanded instrumentations. Highly recommended!

Pollo Rojo

Neil A. Kjos Music Company

This easy-level funk chart has a great groove and nice lower voice writing that adds to the excitement. Classic funk horn lines combine with a driving rhythmic pulse to create an instant classic. The features include moderate ranges, notated rhythm section parts, open solo sections, and options for reduced or expanded instrumentation. The solo section is open for as many players as desired, and for novice jazzers not wishing to try their hand at improvisation, suggested solo sheets in all keys are included. A wonderful instructional vehicle!

Blue Groove

Arranged in a style similar to the vintage version by Buddy Rich, here is an easy jazz waltz based on this classic Beatles hit. It features strong ensemble writing along with a written or improv solo for alto sax, and is playable with optional reduced or expanded instrumentations.

Norwegian Wood

Here's a funky rock chart for young jazz bands, played at about 120 bpm. A written solo for tenor sax, accessible brass ranges, a catchy melody, and clear articulations are additional features. The easy stop-time section after the solo is especially effective and offers opportunities for some easy drum fills. All this, plus it's playable with optional reduced or expanded instrumentations. Get your funk on!

Contents Under Pressure

Okay, it's chicken time again! Kris Berg's highly successful series of "chicken" charts have proven to be funk favorites year after year. Party Peeps is very cool with its lower-voices groove and funky melodic lines. The solos are written or improvised for tenor sax 1 and trumpet 2. Also features an effective solo for drums over stop-time horns. Plus, it's playable with optional reduced instrumentation, and there are optional parts included for flute and vibes. Highly recommended!

Party Peeps

Lots of unisons and moderate ranges make Flat Tire Shuffle a perfect introduction to swing style. Idiomatic rhythms and clean rhythm section writing will make this one easy for young jazz bands. This chart features completely flexible instrumentation and is playable by four horns and rhythm section on up to standard jazz ensemble format and beyond. Regardless of the selected instrumentation, it will sound full and complete. Young soloists can improvise using only the notes of the concert Bb mixolydian scale with the provided transposed scale sheet. Any instrument can solo, and the solo section can be repeated as many times as necessary with backgrounds cued as desired. For soloists wishing not to improvise, there is a suggested solo included in all parts. Ultimately flexible and highly recommended!!

Flat Tire Shuffle

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