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Starting with a killer Latin riff, and continuing with an infectious   Salsa groove, this 12-bar B-flat Blues piece might just become your students'   favorite jazz piece of all time. It is educationally sound in providing a   solid harmonic foundation for mastering the I, IV, and V chords of the blues   progression, and gives all your students the opportunity to improvise in the   open solo section. It also features several short drum solo breaks right   before the climactic final chorus and tag. Listen today and pass it out to   your jazz band tomorrow!                    Instrumentation Note: This piece only includes standard jazz ensemble   instrumentation, even though the video (which was a special project) shows   oboe, bassoon, horn, and tuba.

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Using only the three chords of the classic blues progression, this down-and-dirty blues chart will end your jazz concert with a bang! Featuring a catchy riff and wailing sax soli, Backseat Driver Blues is the perfect chart to feature your developing soloists. After the solo section, a whisper chorus with interspersed drum kicks and band punches leads to a rousing shout chorus. Soloists only need experience with the following three chords in concert pitch: B-flat 7, E-flat 7, and F7.

Backseat Driver Blues

Your middle school or high school jazz ensemble will love playing this jazz-rock chart! Simple syncopations and a hummable melody make it an exciting concert opener or closer. The solo section only requires the use of a single chord/scale: concert B-flat 7, so young improvisers will be able to play thrilling solos in no time!

One For The Road

Starting with a "bang" and ending with a bigger "bang", Late Night Lemonade will thrill your audiences as your featured swing ballad. The melody is first played by an Alto or Tenor Sax soloist, and then repeated by the trombone section. Using only two chords in the solo section (Bb7 and Eb7), your beginning to intermediate soloists can sound amazing as they nail the simple changes. Middle and high school students will LOVE this ballad for its melodic beauty and powerful climaxes, but you will love it because it comes together so easily! With the perfect balance of "chill" and "heat", swing ballads don't get any hotter or heavier than Late Night Lemonade.

Late Night Lemonade

Feature an Alto or Tenor Sax soloist on this Bossa Nova ballad that translates to "Smooth Soloist". Your students will enjoy the relaxed feel of this ballad, which stays cool from beginning to end. With only 2 chords (Bb7 and Eb7) beginning soloists can comfortably improvise with soul and expression in the open solo section, and a bass or drum soloist (or both) gets featured as they "trade fours" with the whole ensemble. Sandwiched between two up-tempo charts, this ballad will provide your audiences an exotic, lush reprieve!

Solista Suave

This swing chart kicks of with a punchy brass-vs-saxes bang, then settles into an easy-going unison melody punctuated by call-and-response style countermelodies. Students only need to know a single chord, B-flat 7, to improvise over the solo section, even though the background parts make it seem far more complicated! An addictive riff-based section creates an exciting shout chorus climax leading into a D.S. out chorus with a short coda. Your middle school or high school band will sound amazing with limited rehearsal and technical challenges, and your soloists can really shine even with limited experience.

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