A wonderful choice to expose younger choirs to elements of vocal jazz style in this swingin' tune by Louis Prima. With a careful approach to voice leading, range, jazz rhythms and even notated simple scat

Based on Duke Ellington's composition C Jam Blues, this is a classic, swinging chart arranged for developing choirs. The "riff" style is explained, and example riffs are notated in the performance

This great swing tune by Jerome Kern from the 1936 hit movie "Swing Time" was originally recorded by Fred Astaire but was also performed by many other jazz greats such as Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, and

This tune was a big hit for Glenn Miller, and recently for The Manhattan Transfer. Kirby Shaw's arrangement is not difficult, with just the right amount of written-out scat singing. There's a chorus of,