Jazz Ensemble for Beginners

This straight-ahead swinger has no solos - just solid ensemble writing - and is ideal for teaching basic concepts of swing in the classic big band tradition. Based on a 12-bar blues with a few alterat...

This swingin' Blues chart is going to have your Jazz Ensemble coming in hot! Flexible, catchy, and just a lot of fun for everyone listening or playing!

This swingin' Blues chart is going to have your Jazz Ensemble coming in hot! Flexible, catchy, and just a lot of fun for everyone listening or playing!

This swingin' Blues chart is going to have your Jazz Ensemble coming in hot! Flexible, catchy, and just a lot of fun for everyone listening or playing!

This swingin' Blues chart is going to have your Jazz Ensemble coming in hot! Flexible, catchy, and just a lot of fun for everyone listening or playing!

This swingin' Blues chart is going to have your Jazz Ensemble coming in hot! Flexible, catchy, and just a lot of fun for everyone listening or playing!

The minor blues is an essential song form in the jazz language. This swing chart written at the very easy level provides the perfect vehicle to introduce this important form to developing players. Fea...

This funky original from Michael Sweeney is very effective for beginning groups and one that is fun to play. Includes short 4-measure feature spots for each section including drums. Also features a wr...

Oh yeah, a fun and happy chart with the Zydeco groove played around 150 BPM. Suggested solos provided for trumpet 1, tenor 1 and piano. And you'll really want to showcase the washboard auxiliary percu...

Oh yeah, a fun and happy chart with the Zydeco groove played around 150 BPM. Suggested solos provided for trumpet 1, tenor 1 and piano. And you'll really want to showcase the washboard auxiliary percu...

Oh yeah, a fun and happy chart with the Zydeco groove played around 150 BPM. Suggested solos provided for trumpet 1, tenor 1 and piano. And you'll really want to showcase the washboard auxiliary percu...

Your band will have a blast with this low-down funky chart! Even though the title says "Don't Give Me Attitude," the ensemble will absolutely have to play with some swagger.

This trendy original features a funky rock groove that students will love to play over and over. Add to that a strong melody with solid ensemble voicings, and you have a chart that's ideal for develop...

Every program needs a great funk chart and this very easy chart will get a five star rating from both the band and the crowd. Scored for 4 horns with rhythm section and expandable to full big band, wr...

This great funk original will kick your next funktion (or concert) into high gear. Plenty of fun playing for both the rhythm section and the wind section. Written or ad lib solos for all are included.

This driving funk chart exposes young musicians to the harmonies of the jazz classic Killer Joe combined with the groove of the Herbie Hancock classic Chameleon. Plenty of full ensemble work guarantee...

This exciting Latin chart for beginning groups is based on the chord changes to Groove Merchant by Jerome Richardson, and is the perfect closer or opener. The solo section is written out with solo she...

A hot opening statement by tenor sax, trumpet and trombone leads the way for this terrific gospel-flavored swing chart by Jeff Darrohn. It's easy to rehearse and has a catchy and interesting melody wi...

Carefully adapted for younger players, this arrangement of Cannonball Adderley's classic is set in a jazz-rock style throughout. The style remains faithful to the original, yet ranges and rhythms are...

Although known primarily as the theme for the famed Harlem Globetrotters, this familiar standard has remained popular through the years with recordings by countless jazz artists. Here's a fun version...

A fun and accessible chart perfect for beginning jazz ensembles features a hip, bluesy melody set over a groove that shifts between a 2nd line, New Orleans style groove and swing. Perfectly scored for...

This classic swinger played around 126 BPM is a perfect fit for your young band. Trumpet 1 range is to written F-sharp top line, written-out solos indicated for alto 1, tenor 1, and optional trombone...

This classic swinger played around 126 BPM is a perfect fit for your young band. Trumpet 1 range is to written F-sharp top line, written-out solos indicated for alto 1, tenor 1, and optional trombone...

Restricted ranges make this a great learning piece and a very easy number to program. A standard 12-bar blues with no sidebars, written for the developing jazz ensemble. Very limited ranges make this...