Jazz Ensemble Grade: 2
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Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble Grade: 2
It’s Only a Paper Moon
Grade 2One of the best-known swing standards ever, here’s a wonderful version for young players. With plenty of tutti ensemble playing in addition to solis for the saxes and trombones, this is a chart that will sound great with limited rehearsal time. Also featured are solos for any sax and any trumpet, plus a shout chorus with some nice dynamic nuances. Enjoy great flexibility with the Easy Jazz Ensemble series! Playable with 4 saxes, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones and rhythm.SKU: HL07011261 -
Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble Grade: 2
Jazzin’ the World
Jazzin’ the World is a superb holiday medley featuring “Joy to the World,” “Silent Night,” “Deck the Halls,” and “Greensleeves.” This chart can be performed with each tune played individually or as the full medley with a variety of styles and tempos. Features include the lead trumpet range to written G on top of the staff, an auxiliary percussion part, and optional parts for flute, clarinet, and vibraphone. This arrangement by Victor López will cover all your holiday needs, it will sound great! (4:19)SKU: AL45074 -
Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble Grade: 2
Jingle Bells
Just what you need for the holiday events, this swingin’ chart on a holiday favorite is tasteful and easy to assemble. The melody is stated by 1st tenor sax and 1st trumpet, with written solos for those two horns, a brief sax soli and an open vamp section with a written piano solo and chord changes for all winds if needed. (3:51)SKU: AL30630 -
Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble Grade: 2
Jumpin’ at the Woodside
One of Count Basie’s finest! Rich DeRosa keeps this one swinging all the way and included two optional tag endings to keep the Basie style intact. Solos are written out for piano, tenor sax, trumpet and trombone. Lead trumpet range is to written G on top of the staff with an A on the optional tag ending. It builds and builds!SKU: AL26897 -
Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble Grade: 2
Jumpin’ at the Woodside
Get your young jazz group really swinging this year with the great Count Basie standard JUMPIN’ AT THE WOODSIDE. Paul Cook has masterfully arranged this terrific swing tune for young and less experienced musicians. Although ranges and rhythms have been successfully limited, this arrangement captures the vibrant feel of the original version as it was in the big band era. It’s a nice setting of a true jazz classic. (2:48)
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Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble Grade: 2
Jungle Boogie
This is the funky chart you have been looking for—a well-known soul melody with a great groove. The band will want to explore this chart as the bass player digs in and your alto sax soloist tears it up. A contagious Victor López chart with lots of unison lines and a melody line that sticks in your mind. Keywords: soulful and contagious!SKU: ALJEM01060 -
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Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble Grade: 2
Kidney Stew Blues
This “old style” blues tune features a nice combination of horn riffs, bluesy melody, and a medium swing feel. An excellent chart to encourage your aspiring soloists, this will go together quickly and sound great. Enjoy great flexibility with the Easy Jazz Ensemble series! Playable with 4 saxes, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones and rhythm.SKU: HL7011431 -
Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble Grade: 2
La Negra Tiene Tumbao
La Negra Tiene Tumbao is the Latin Grammy® winner in the Best Salsa category. Cuban-born Celia Cruz is known as the soulful “Queen of Salsa” throughout the world and the arranger, Victor López, former lead trumpet player with the Miami Sound Machine, has performed many times with Celia. The repetitive rhythmic figures provide tremendous drive to this chart. Ranges are modest and the overall chart will take minimum rehearsal time. Optional auxiliary percussion plus all the usual additional parts make this a sure-fire hit with the band and the audience. It is hot!SKU: ALJEM03017 -
Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble Grade: 2
Land of a Thousand Dances
Recorded by Wilson Pickett in the ’60s, here is a high-energy rock tune that everyone is sure to recognize. Rick’s easy chart features the trademark riffs, solo breaks for drums, and a written or ad lib. solo for tenor sax. Guaranteed crowd pleaser. Enjoy great flexibility with the Easy Jazz Ensemble series! Playable with 4 saxes, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones and rhythm; includes optional parts for flute, clarinet, F horn and tuba.SKU: HL7011804 -
Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble Grade: 2
Learn to Fly
This rock tune recorded by the Foo Fighters has remained a favorite ever since its release in 1999. John Berry expertly trades the melody around from section to section in this great sounding chart for young players that requires no solos.SKU: HL7012762 -
Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble Grade: 2
Lester Leaps In
This great tune by legendary saxophonist Lester Young is a simple and familiar melody that lends itself to many well known jazz quotes and licks. A tenor sax solo is written out and the lead trumpet range is written to G on top of the staff. Arranger Rich Sigler incorporates some clever musical devices to create an interesting yet accessible chart. (3:58)SKU: AL30631 -
Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble Grade: 2
Let It Go (from “Frozen”)
From the movie that has captured everyone’s imagination, here is the hit song Let It Go skillfully arranged for young jazz groups. Trumpets take the melody first, following by the trombones accompanied by the saxes. Sure to sound great with limited rehearsal time, this arrangement also requires no soloists.Enjoy great flexibility with the Easy Jazz Ensemble series! Playable with 4 saxes, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones and rhythm; includes optional parts for flute, clarinet, F horn and tuba.SKU: HL7012291 -
Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble Grade: 2
Let the Good Times Roll
Patterned after the well-known version recorded by Ray Charles, this effective swing chart for young players opens with the hard-hitting introduction followed by a sultry solo trumpet on the stop-time verse. There are solo spots for alto sax and trumpet, along with terrific ensemble scoring throughout. A classic!Enjoy great flexibility with the Easy Jazz Ensemble series! Playable with 4 saxes, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones and rhythm; includes optional parts for flute, clarinet, F horn and tuba.SKU: HL7012692 -
Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble Grade: 2
Li’l Darlin’
This is a re-issue of the famous title featured by Count Basie and others. This should be in EVERY school jazz ensemble library and performed at least once a week. Great for teaching rhythmic ensemble performance. You shouldn’t miss this one! (4:30)
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Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble Grade: 2
Libertango
One of the most well-known tangos throughout the world, Libertango (as arranged here by Paul Murtha) will give your young players a chance to learn this important and engaging musical style. Solidly scored for the entire ensemble. Enjoy great flexibility with the Easy Jazz Ensemble series! Playable with 4 saxes, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones and rhythm; includes optional parts for flute, clarinet, F horn and tuba.SKU: HL7011881 -
Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble Grade: 2
Limehouse Blues
A jazz standard scored to swing at around 185 BPM, this clever chart delivers from beginning to end. Interludes, great development, and a variety of nuances sustain interest throughout the arrangement. Add the well-written sample solos for tenor, a sweet shout chorus along with all the optional parts to include vibes—and you have a great chart! (3:50)SKU: AL46159 -
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Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble Grade: 2
Linus and Lucy
Here’s the familiar main theme from the “Charlie Brown” TV specials that everyone is sure to recognize. Carefully arranged for younger players, this great sounding chart maintains all the charm and style of the original. A written or ad lib. alto sax solo is featured in the middle swing section.SKU: HL07013396 -
Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble Grade: 2
Listen Here
This chart will be enjoyed by the band, the audience, and you too! A funky jazz-rock groove played around 140 BPM with written solos provided for tenor and trumpet and a written melody solo for the bass too! The chart is catchy, easy to rehearse, and very effective with a great development section and a stop-time interlude. Listen to it, you’ll love it! (3:45)SKU: AL46156 -
Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble Grade: 2
Los Changos Volando
Yes, the title is “The Flying Monkeys.” The groove is solid at 156 BPM: a Latin groove with optional percussion and vibes, two solo sections with written solos provided for any instrument, a big modulation, and even some band vocals. Check it out, you’ll go . . . ape over this chart. (4:18)SKU: AL41167 -
Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble Grade: 2
Lost!
Smartly scored for young players, here is the well-known hit recorded by the group Coldplay. Written in a medium tempo light rock style, this will sound great with limited rehearsal time. Enjoy great flexibility with the Easy Jazz Ensemble series! Playable with 4 saxes, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones and rhythm; includes optional parts for flute, clarinet, F horn and tuba.SKU: HL7011879 -
Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble Grade: 2
Love Is Here to Stay
A swingin’ version of this great standard in the Basie style. This chart features plenty of excellent sax solis, written-out solos for trumpet 2 and alto 1, a superb shout chorus, and the lead trumpet range up to written G on top of the staff.SKU: AL38674 -
Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble Grade: 2
Love Shack
A funky little tune about a funky little shack! Originally recorded by the B-52s, this familiar hit has remained popular throughout the years. And here’s a rock solid and great-sounding arrangement for young players! Enjoy great flexibility with the Easy Jazz Ensemble series! Playable with 4 saxes, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones and rhythm; includes optional parts for flute, clarinet, F horn and tuba.SKU: HL7011808
