| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ballad | Lonely Days | 3.5 | Ballad feature for alto, tpt., or flute/singing register of alto!/haunting vibe/ | Listen | Mike Carubia (B) | |
124 | Ballad | My Foolish heart | 3.5 | Trumpet feature/ballad goes dbl x swing for improv and ens. sections/nice concert showcase | Listen | Arr. Alan Baylock (A) | |
160 | Ballad | And Yet So Far | 4.0 | Beautiful minor-centric ballad for alto with dbl x improv section/in singing register of alto/can be quite musically dramatic! | Listen | Chris Sharp (C#Music) | |
161 | Genre | Title | Level | Detail | Listen | Comp/Arr | |
162 | Jazz Waltz | Jazzmin Tea | 1.5 | Nice waltz change up for young ones/teaching resource | Listen | Vince Gassi (A) | |
163 | Latin | Angel | 2.0 | Bossa rock chart on Wes Montgomery’s tune/excellent for MS/Red Cover | Listen | Arr. Les Sabina (A) | |
164 | Latin | As Aquas da Mola | 2.0 | Easy bossa/gentle feel | Listen | Peter Blair (HMP) | |
165 | Latin | Barbados | 2.0 | Fluid melody w/ punch hits/nice ens. lines/opens wih stop time saxes! | Listen | Paul Lee (B) | |
166 | Latin | Calle Caliente | 2.0 | Alfred Red Cover/no solos/lead tpt to fourth space E | Listen | Mike Lewis (A) | |
167 | Latin | Coyote Cafe | 2.0 | Coconut Champagne vibe with this Victor Lopez original/up samba/accessible - Alfred Red Cover | Listen | Victor Lopez (A) | |
168 | Latin | El Tigre | 2.0 | Everything Carl Strommen writes for school band is always good!/Alfred Red Cover | Listen | Carl Strommen (A) | |
169 | Latin | Nioba | 2.0 | Bossa with exciting big ensemble sections/minor groove/well written at this easy level | Listen | Vince Gassi (A) | |
170 | Latin | Rumba Latina | 2.0 | Excellent easy level chart/kids like this one! | Listen | Victor Lopez (A) | |
343 | Latin | Song for Miguel | 2.0 | Minor/slowish Spanish flair/full sounding/Essential Elements series | Listen | Mike Steinel (HL) | |
367 | Latin | St. Thomas | 2.0 | Discovery Series/flexible instrumentation/Sonny Rollins for the young! | Listen | Arr. Michael Sweeney (HL) | |
420 | Latin | Sway | 2.0 | Good easy chart – kids like it/Michael Buble brought this one back around! | Listen | Arr. Rick Stitzel (HL) | |
421 | Latin | Carnaval | 3.0 | Brazilian culture festival/bossa with energy, contrasts, and flair/well done at this level! | Listen | Erik Morales (FJH) | |
495 | Latin | Downtown Tango | 3.0 | A soulful tango!/lots of interest with this one/great concert program change-up/aux perc./lead tpt. to G | Listen | Rick Stitzel (A) | |
496 | Latin | Mas Que Nada | 3.0 | Sergio Mendez classic!/HL Young Jazz Ensemble series/tempo on the upside | Listen | Arr. Mark Taylor (HL) | |
497 | Latin | Journey to Recife | 3.0 | Wonderful bossa nova arranged by a master young band writer/flowing lines/high interest/a journey!/Recife is port city in Brazil/HL Young Band Classics series/Not a Bill Evans composition as miscredited for many years! | Listen | Arr. Terry White (HL) | |
498 | Latin | Magic City Dances | 3.0 | Trombone feature/varying latin grooves with modern, contemporary flair/excellent programming change-up | Listen | Dean Sorenson (KJ) | |
499 | Latin | Skyhawk | 4.0 | Energetic Latin chart premiered at MW 2006/improv for tenor sax/on the different side! | Listen | Fred Sturm (HMP) | |
500 | Latin Swing | All the Things You Are | 2.0 | Excellent young middle school band chart on Jerome Kern standard | Listen | Arr. Michael Sweeney (HL) | |
501 | Other | Jericho | 2.0 | Straight eighth note treatment on classic swing tune | Listen | Arr. Carl Strommen (EXC) | |
502 | Other | Hullabaloo | 4.0 | New Orleans groove chart/blues base overall/lead trumpet to D/fun!/great concert program change-up! | Listen | Alan Baylock (A) | |
503 | Other | The Jody Grind | 5.0 | Soul Jazz ala Horace Silver/great big band treatment of this classic in the rep! | Listen | Arr. John Clayton (HL) | |
504 | Rock Funk | Energize! | 2.0 | Driving rock chart worthy of programmig as a change up/solid horn lines/hard-hitting for this level | Listen | Vince Gassi (K) | |
505 | Rock Funk | Steep and Deep | 3.0 | Another Jeff Jarvis rock funk original/open solo section/very accessible! | Listen | Jeff Jarvis (K) | |
506 | Rock Funk | Honk | 3.5 | Another Jeff Jarvis rock funk original/open solo section/need bari player!/accessible! | Listen | Jeff Jarvis (K) | |
507 | Rock Funk | Back and Forth | 2.0 | Rock funk/school concert fun with this one! | Listen | Jon Phelps (K) | |
508 | Rock Funk | Listen Here | 2.0 | Eddie Harris at easy band level | Listen | Arr. Victor Lopez (A) | |
509 | Swing | Be Like Basie | 1.5 | Medium swing Basie/Gotta have piano player/teaching chart! | Listen | Beach & Shutack (DB/K) | |
510 | Swing | Division Street Blues | 1.5 | First year chart correlated with Kjos' Standard of Excellence Jazz Ensemble Method | Listen | Ethan Freier (Kjos) | |
511 | Swing | Quality Time | 1.5 | Medium minor easy tune that grooves/great for young band entry into jazz! | Listen | Russ Michaels (HMP) | |
512 | Swing | A Minor Case of the Blues | 2.0 | Medium minor blues/extremely playable/great for teaching concepts | Listen | Bob Washut (HMP) | |
513 | Swing | Bag’s Groove | 2.0 | Introduce the young ones to this standard/very playable chart | Listen | Arr. Paul Murtha (K) | |
514 | Swing | Bashful Albert | 2.0 | Med swing/light, mezzo/contrapuntal Nestico | Listen | Sammy Nestico (K) | |
515 | Swing | Blue Train | 2.0 | intro to Trane/very playable, yet effective for the young | Listen | Arr. Paul Murtha (HL) | |
516 | Swing | Blue-n-Moody | 2.0 | Bluesy dorian mode swing tune for young bands/sounds sophisticated/a must for middle school | Listen | Michael Sweeney (HL) | |
517 | Swing | Blues Machine | 2.0 | Blues in F/shuffle orientation/very playable | Listen | Michael Sweeney (HL) | |
518 | Swing | Blues March | 2.0 | Ala Art Blakey’s tune, but not quite same thing/excellent young band chart | Listen | Carl Strommen (B) | |
519 | Swing | Bubbert Kicks Back | 2.0 | Relaxed swing and solid ensemble/Essential Elements series | Listen | Mike Steinel (HL) | |
520 | Swing | But Here's The Thing | 2.0 | Another young band winner from Terry/Cm blues | Listen | Terry White (K) | |
521 | Swing | Cousin Mary | 2.0 | Nice chart on Coltrane tune for young kids | Listen | Arr. Paul Murtha (HL) | |
522 | Swing | Escalator Blues | 2.0 | Medium-plus tempo blues in Bb/some stop time/call & response | Listen | Jeff Darrohn (A) | |
523 | Swing | First Time Around | 2.0 | Med.swing/tutti ens./full sounding/no solos | Listen | Mike Lewis (A) | |
524 | Swing | Forty Second Street | 2.0 | Nice swinging chart/1930's vibe/Kids love it!/Alfred Red Cover | Listen | Arr. Paul Cook (A) | |
525 | Swing | Green Onions | 2.0 | 1960's hit done for the young jazz band/works well!/spring concert fun | Listen | Arr. Paul Murtha (HL) | |
526 | Swing | Jumpin' at the Woodside | 2.0 | Basie for the young ones!/The Woodside was a hotel in Harlem | Listen | Arr. Paul Cook (A) | |
527 | Swing | Lazy Bird | 2.0 | Trane tune customized for young ones! | Listen | Arr. Mike Story (A) | |
528 | Swing | Minor Madness | 2.0 | Med minor blues orientation/stop time hits/Accessible/teaching resource!/a must! | Listen | Dean Sorenson (KJ) | |
832 | Swing | Mister Cool | 2.0 | Easy swing tempo w/ good ensemble writing!/Essetial Elements series | Listen | Mike Steinel (HL) | |
1513 | Swing | Moanin’ | 2.0 | Discovery series/a classic for the very young band | Listen | Arr. Michael Sweeney (HL) | |
1514 | Swing | Monday Morning Chill | 2.0 | Med. swing in Killer Joe style/incomplete instrumentation OK | Listen | Dean Sorenson (KJ) | |
1515 | Swing | Mr. P.C. | 2.0 | Trane minor blues/playable by young ones | Listen | Arr. Terry White (A) | |
1516 | Swing | One Cool Morning | 2.0 | Up-tempo/modal-like/gotta have drummer/two chords for improv: D-/Bb | Listen | Dean Sorenson (KJ) | |
1517 | Swing | Prime Time Blues | 2.0 | Medium tempo pocket/hip head/great teaching tool! | Listen | Doug Beach (DB/K) | |
1518 | Swing | Sister Sadie | 2.0 | Bill wrote a very easy chart on this classic tune for young ones | Listen | Arr. Bill Prince | |
1519 | Swing | So What | 2.0 | Can be payed with incomplete instrumentation/Miles for the young! | Listen | Arr. Michael Sweeney (HL) | |
1520 | Swing | Steppin’ Out | 2.0 | Swing/easy winner by Strommen!/Strommen knows how to write for the young ones | Listen | Carl Strommen (A) | |
1521 | Swing | The Big Band Theory | 2.0 | Great young band chart/kind of Killer Joe-ish @ times/easy brass ranges | Listen | Vince Gassi (A) | |
1522 | Swing | The Blues March | 2.0 | ala Art Blakey’s tune, but not quite the same thing | Listen | Carl Strommen (A) | |
1523 | Swing | The Judge | 2.0 | Shuffle/Bb blues/classic shuffle articulations/excellent young band teaching material!/OOP | Listen | Paul Cook (A) | |
1524 | Swing | The Swingin’ Shepherd Blues | 2.0 | Classic blues tune for the young ones! | Listen | Arr. Rick Stitzel (HL) | |
1525 | Swing | Work Song | 2.0 | Alfred Red Cover/Terry writes so well for the young ones! | Listen | Arr. Terry White (A) | |
1526 | Swing | My Groove, Your Move | 2.0 | Medium swing/minor strut/Hank Mobley tune/Lead trumpet to top space E/sax soli splashes/Alfred Red Cover | Listen | Arr. Terry White (A) | |
1527 | Swing | Blues in Hoss Flat | 2.0 | Count Basie for the young ones!/Blues in Eb with this easy chart/Classic lit! | Listen | Frank Foster/arr. Rick Stitzel (HL) | |
1528 | Swing | Off to Buffalo | 2.5 | Medium shuffle - I hear Thad's Groove Merchant/bones on opening statement/stop time/a cappella/well crafted, solid chart! | Listen | Paul Baker (Baker's Jazz) | |
1529 | Swing | Groovin' High | 3.0 | Be Bop classic done in medium swing pocket/Call and response/Sax section splashes/Trumpet and alto solo space, of course! HL Classics for Young Band series | Listen | Arr. Rick Stitzel (HL) | |
1530 | Swing | Jumpin' at the Woodside | 3.0 | Easier chart at medium tempo of Basie signature tune/The Woodside Hotel in Harlem/well crafted at this level! | Listen | Arr. Paul Cook (A) | |
1531 | Swing | Minor Details | 3.0 | Medium tempo in g minor/lead trumpet to A/solid minor groove chart with contrast opportunities and nice closing shout chorus | Listen | Tom Molter (B) | |
1532 | Swing | Minor Mystery | 3.0 | D minor blues base/lots of interest with melody and chart design/limited ranges/sax section splashes/open for solos | Listen | Ellen Rowe (SMP) | |
1533 | Swing | In Her Own Sweet Way | 3.0 | Wonderful chart on classic Dave Brubeck tune not played enough/alto sax space/well crafted | Listen | Brubeck/arr. Annie Booth (A) | |
1534 | Swing | Soupbone | 5.0 | Oh, my goodness does this swing!/shuffle/Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra/one of my favorite charts! | Listen | John Clayton (HL) | |
1535 | Swing | Bag's Groove | 5.0 | Classic Milt Jackson given big band treatment by a master/one huge shout chorus!! | Listen | Arr. John Clayton (HL) | |
1536 | Swing | Four-Five-Six | 5.0 | Frank Foster blues in F/standard in Basie library/sax soli/solo space/big time shout! | Listen | Frank Foster/ (EJL) | |
1537 | Swing | Uncommon Zentz | 5.5 | Up-tempo, great chart with many attractive features/a journey!/a cappella brass/sax soli/commissioned by Douglas Anderson Band Boosters honoring Don Zentz's retirement in 2025 after 41 years of teaching | Listen | Mike Tomaro (DB) | |
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