Now everyone can get in on the fun of improvising! Peter Blair has taken eight of Jamey Aebersold's improvisation exercises, staples of jazz pedagogy throughout the world, and written complete jazz arrangements for flexible ensembles! This is a great collection to introduce students at the easy and medium-easy levels to important stylistic and improvisatory concepts, whether they play bari sax or viola! The charts are arranged in a four-part plus rhythm section format, so you can assign a player to one of two parts, allowing many options for performance. The charts are based on exercises from Jamey's books, Volume 1 (How To Play Jazz); Volume 24 (Major and Minor) and Volume 88 (Millennium Blues). The great thing about these charts is they are incredible for teaching, yet they sound so good! Your audience will think they're just hearing a super jazz tune! The Teacher's Guide is designed to assist teachers with little or no jazz improvisational skills and includes extensive rehearsal suggestions as well as a play-along CD for student use.
Here is an outstanding collection of jazz charts written by experienced educational arrangers and composers for the young jazz ensemble. The collection features a variety of styles and is arranged for full jazz band instrumentation, but will sound full and complete with a minimum instrumentation of four saxes, two trumpets, one trombone and three rhythm. In addition, optional parts are available for flute, clarinet, F horn, baritone T.C. and tuba. The conductor's book includes full-length CD recordings of all titles. Composed and arranged by some of the top writers in the field, this great collection includes: Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home; Birth of the Blues; Embraceable You; First Time Around; Gospel; Hot Chocolate; Jasmine Tea; Jingle Bell Rock; Poco Loco; Splanky; Sunday Morning and TMI.
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