Jazz Ensemble for Beginners

This is classic Gershwin gem celebrated 100 years in 2024! Showcase this superb melody at a grade 1 level, treated as a medium swing. Accessible brass ranges, and an easy-to-assemble and perform chart...

An easy bossa-rock chart with a catchy melody, no individual solos, and easy brass ranges. Played around 142 BPM, this chart performs well with reduced instrumentation plus many optional parts, includ...

An easy bossa-rock chart with a catchy melody, no individual solos, and easy brass ranges. Played around 142 BPM, this chart performs well with reduced instrumentation plus many optional parts, includ...

This tribute to jazz legend Buddy Rich is a wonderful way to expose young players to one of the icons of jazz history. Blues based changes help to make this chart accessible to young players while the...

As you can guess from the title, this is a modal jazz chart that uses the same basic structure as the Miles Davis classic "So What". After the initial presentation of the tune there is an excellent de...

Here's a classy way to introduce the important Bossa Nova style to your younger players. Very playable but filled with subtle dynamic shadings that are usually found only in more advanced charts. The...

If you have an outstanding young Alto Saxophone or Trumpet soloist this is the perfect vehicle to showcase their talents. The relaxed even-eighth note tempo of the piece makes it easier for the solois...

Larry Clark certainly knows his way around young musicians, and this easy chart is the perfect vehicle for teaching the invaluable Swing style to a beginning Jazz group. Lots of tutti ensemble figures...

Larry Clark certainly knows his way around young musicians, and this easy chart is the perfect vehicle for teaching the invaluable Swing style to a beginning Jazz group. Lots of tutti ensemble figures...

This swing chart has a very relaxed sound to it and is based on the chord changes of Cole Porter's Just One of Those Things. Plenty of ensemble writing makes this an ideal chart for your first year ja...

The theme song for the delightful Charlie Brown and the Peanuts(R) gang television shows is a wonderful jazz tune by Vince Guaraldi. Kids from 2 to 92 will enjoy this chart, which Tom Davis has skillf...

The ever-popular Henry Mancini theme has never sounded more 'hip' or been easier to play than this Mike Lewis arrangement for beginning jazz ensembles. All the ranges and rhythms have been carefully c...

Introduce your young jazz ensemble to the Latin sound with this fun original by Roy Phillippe. Roy has used a standard Latin rhythm pattern and progression as the basis of this teaching piece for less...

Directors everywhere have come to expect wonderfully tuneful and fun jazz music from Carl Strommen. Carl is the writer everyone turns to year after year when they need quality teaching material. In ou...

One of the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra classics comes to first year-jazz ensembles in this exceptionally accessible arrangement from Paul Cook. Classic big band repertoire for your developing band. Very Ea...

The theme of world-renowned jazz singer Cab Calloway is brought within reach of your beginning jazz ensemble in a delightful new arrangement by up-and-coming arranger Ralph Ford. Very Easy (2:33)

What an iconic set of changes! A staple of jam sessions the world over, Peter Blair has taken the chord progression and crafted a wonderful chart for younger bands. Creative rhythmic development throu...

What an iconic set of changes! A staple of jam sessions the world over, Peter Blair has taken the chord progression and crafted a wonderful chart for younger bands. Creative rhythmic development throu...

Here is the perfect combination of an infectious melody and great scoring along with many of the swing figures that are essential for young groups to learn. Though written examples are provided, the o...

Teaching opportunities abound in this straight-ahead swing chart at the very easy level. Solid swing figures, blues based changes and plenty of full ensemble work all combine to create a piece that ev...

The combination of a medium groove, essential swing figures, and blues-based harmonies make this an ideal chart for young musicians learning the basics of big band playing. Though written examples are...

This is a swinging excursion in C minor that the whole band will love. An interesting development section follows the main statement of the melody that builds into a great send-off for the solo sectio...

The Kansas City Suite, composed by Benny Carter, was recorded by the CountBasie Band in 1960 ("Kansas City Suite - the Music of Benny Carter"). It iscomprised of ten marvelous pieces, each different i...

The basic Mambo rhythms in this chart provide an easy, accessible, and fun introduction to Latin style music for beginning players. Highlights include written solos and duets for both trumpets and alt...