Intermediate Jazz Ensemble

Inspired by the "West Coast Cool" school of Jazz musicians and writers, this chart will encourage your students to play with a light Swing style and focus on feel and phrasing.

Inspired by the "West Coast Cool" school of Jazz musicians and writers, this chart will encourage your students to play with a light Swing style and focus on feel and phrasing.

This swing original features great scoring and a solid melody. The minor harmonies provide an easy entry into the world of improvisation for medium easy groups. Written with reduced instrumentation (1...

Commissioned by the South Dakota Music Education Association for the First Annual SD Middle School All-State Jazz Band, this straight ahead minor blues provides medium easy groups with a multitude of...

This swing chart is the perfect vehicle to give your group the change to move past the blues. The strong melody couples perfectly with the solid ensemble writing to create an abundance of teaching opp...

The plunger has been an important effect in jazz since Duke Ellington's band made it a staple in their repertoire. This swing chart gives developing groups a great chance to learn about this unique te...

This straight-ahead swinger was written for medium easy groups, but will work perfectly with groups at many levels. The solid ensemble writing and the blues-based changes will appeal to more experienc...

As the title suggests, successfully subdividing the triplet on all swing 8th-note figures is the key to an exciting performance of this Shutack original. The strong melody, an open written-or-ad-lib s...

This is the Habanera from Bizet's Carmen, transcribed from the Nat King Cole / Quincy Jones recording. The chart is an up-tempo, rhythmic swinger which features your vocalist and band alike. The origi...

This hard-hitting, powerhouse rock version of 'Joy to the World' will be the hit of your next holiday concert. The fully-scored ensemble writing is well within the capabilities of even your younger pl...

Add some fiery energy to this year's holiday concert! With "Here We Go A-Groovin' (Yuletide Fiesta)," published by Excelcia Music Publishing, a classic Christmas tune is transformed into an irresistib...

This Latin Groove chart spins a familiar Christmas carol into a toe-tapping fiesta. Could you blame them if they started dancing?

This Latin Groove chart spins a familiar Christmas carol into a toe-tapping fiesta. Could you blame them if they started dancing?

Christmas is just around the corner—this phrase isn’t just a saying about the approaching Advent season, but also the title of a well-known, upbeat Christmas song. The song originally comes from the C...

A fresh treatment of a well-known carol! This new take on "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" will be fun to play and interesting to hear at your next winter concert.

A fresh treatment of a well-known carol! This new take on "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" will be fun to play and interesting to hear at your next winter concert.

A fresh treatment of a well-known carol! This new take on "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" will be fun to play and interesting to hear at your next winter concert.

Sašo Avsenik and his Oberkrainer present the story of Raffaello, a mischievous Italian charmer and a master at winning girls' hearts. Key: B-flat major to E-flat major. Note on the audio sample: This...

Eine energiegeladene Shuffle-Melodie, deren steter Groove sehr reizvoll ist. Einfache Wechsel und ausgeschriebene Soli werden junge Solisten ermuntern, lassen aber auch Ihre ambitionierteren Spieler t...

Hip und cool muss nicht viel Probenzeit und harte Arbeit bedeuten - zumindest nicht mit dieser Nummer. Die Tonumfänge sind beschränkt und die Rhythmen einfach, aber durch den großen, vollen Klang würd...

Written to coincide with Shelly Berg's successful Chop-Monster jazz language tutor, the sax duet writing in this blues original pays tribute to legendary big band writer Billy May. Saxes should strive...

From the movie musical that rocked the entertainment world, here is an exciting medley that includes the show stoppers And All That Jazz, Cell Block Tango, and Roxie. Great entertainment with a tip of...

Here is an up-tempo and entertaining swing chart from the hit movie The Polar Express. Including crisp ensemble writing with a sprinkling of band vocals, this is a great addition to a holiday concert,...

Everyone knows this Henry Mancini favorite, but not like this! Mike Tomaro has gleefully twisted the well-known melody into a New Orleans style 'second line' groove for jazz ensemble! The signature ba...