Jazz Ensemble for Beginners

Great scoring and a solid melody make this straight-ahead swing chart a great choice for younger bands. The minor harmonies provide an easy entry into the world of improvisation and the ensemble writi...

Great scoring and a solid melody make this straight-ahead swing chart a great choice for younger bands. The minor harmonies provide an easy entry into the world of improvisation and the ensemble writi...

Great scoring and a solid melody make this straight-ahead swing chart a great choice for younger bands. The minor harmonies provide an easy entry into the world of improvisation and the ensemble writi...

Great scoring and a solid melody make this straight-ahead swing chart a great choice for younger bands. The minor harmonies provide an easy entry into the world of improvisation and the ensemble writi...

This up-tempo original swing chart is a perfect opener or closer for your developing Jazz Ensemble, featuring approachable solo changes, and room for tempo flexibility.

This up-tempo original swing chart is a perfect opener or closer for your developing Jazz Ensemble, featuring approachable solo changes, and room for tempo flexibility.

This up-tempo original swing chart is a perfect opener or closer for your developing Jazz Ensemble, featuring approachable solo changes, and room for tempo flexibility.

This up-tempo original swing chart is a perfect opener or closer for your developing Jazz Ensemble, featuring approachable solo changes, and room for tempo flexibility.

This up-tempo original swing chart is a perfect opener or closer for your developing Jazz Ensemble, featuring approachable solo changes, and room for tempo flexibility.

Work on your dynamics as a section with "Buddy Boy." This chart is a medium Swing tune with a minor Blues feeling, focusing on swinging ensemble figures and riff style melodies.

Work on your dynamics as a section with "Buddy Boy." This chart is a medium Swing tune with a minor Blues feeling, focusing on swinging ensemble figures and riff style melodies.

Work on your dynamics as a section with "Buddy Boy." This chart is a medium Swing tune with a minor Blues feeling, focusing on swinging ensemble figures and riff style melodies.

Work on your dynamics as a section with "Buddy Boy." This chart is a medium Swing tune with a minor Blues feeling, focusing on swinging ensemble figures and riff style melodies.

Work on your dynamics as a section with "Buddy Boy." This chart is a medium Swing tune with a minor Blues feeling, focusing on swinging ensemble figures and riff style melodies.

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.

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.

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...