Ensemble

Young Jazz Ensemble - Grade 3 It is absolutely impossible to find a funkier tune than this R&B hit from the '70s courtesy of The Commodores. Paul's chart has it all from the trademark bass riff to the ensemble punches and melodic hooks. Bring down the house as you groove on this one!

A collection of Broadway songs arranged to be played by either full band or by individual soloists with optional accompaniment CD or tape. Each arrangement is correlated with a specific page in the Essential Elements Band Method Books. Includes: Beauty and the Beast, Cabaret, Circle of Life, Don't Cry for Me Argentina, Edelweiss, Get Me to the Church on Time, Go Go Go Joseph, I Dreamed a Dream, Memory, The Phantom of the Opera, and Seventy Six Trombones.

Nestico - Grade 4.

This familiar standard is arranged here in a medium up-tempo swing style and features your entire trumpet section. All parts include written sample solos, and it is constructed so that a single player can handle all the solo parts. Later, the trumpet section trades phrases with the drummer and a short ensemble shout takes you the rest of the way.

Originally a hit for Van Morrison back in 1967, this catchy and familiar tune remains popular today. Arranged here in a moderate Latin style, the saxes take the lead in the beginning, accompanied by brass punches. Later the trombones get into the act, and finally the full ensemble joins in the fun. Solos are included for alto sax and trumpet.

Essential Elements for Jazz Ensemble - Grade 1-2 This latest installment in the continuing adventures of Bubbert is a blues in a '60s boogaloo style. It's loaded with blues scale material that can be extremely helpful for beginning and developing soloists.

The elusive Bubbert leads us on a mysterious journey, but we're not really sure what he's hiding from! Along the way is this infectious tune written in a moderate Latin style perfect for beginning jazz ensembles. Includes a flexible solo section for any instrument.

Bubbert takes a road trip and finds himself in the land of the lope-along Western style blues. This fun chart features a catchy riff, a question and answer stop-time section, plus a flexible solo section with unison background figures. A great way to teach the blues.