Don Zentz Recommended Jazz Charts .xlsx

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124	Jazz Waltz	Jazzmin Tea	1.5	Nice waltz change up for young ones/teaching resource	Listen	Vince Gassi (A)
160	Latin	Angel	2.0	Bossa rock chart on Wes Montgomery’s tune/excellent for MS/Red Cover	Listen	Arr. Les Sabina (A)
161	Latin	As Aquas da Mola	2.0	Easy bossa/gentle feel	Listen	Peter Blair (HMP)
162	Latin	Barbados	2.0	Fluid melody w/ punch hits/nice ens. lines/opens wih stop time saxes!	Listen	Paul Lee (B)
163	Latin	Calle Caliente	2.0	Alfred Red Cover/no solos/lead tpt to fourth space E	Listen	Mike Lewis (A)
164	Latin	Coyote Cafe	2.0	Coconut Champagne vibe with this Victor Lopez original/up samba/accessible - Alfred Red Cover	Listen	Victor Lopez (A)
165	Latin	El Tigre	2.0	Everything Carl Strommen writes for school band is always good!/Alfred Red Cover	Listen	Carl Strommen (A)
166	Latin	Nioba	2.0	Bossa with exciting big ensemble sections/minor groove/well written at this easy level	Listen	Vince Gassi (A)
167	Latin	Rumba Latina	2.0	Excellent easy level chart/kids like this one!	Listen	Victor Lopez (A)
168	Latin	Song for Miguel	2.0	Minor/slowish Spanish flair/full sounding/Essential Elements series	Listen	Mike Steinel (HL)
169	Latin	St. Thomas	2.0	Discovery Series/flexible instrumentation/Sonny Rollins for the young!	Listen	Arr. Michael Sweeney (HL)
170	Latin	Sway	2.0	Good easy chart – kids like it/Michael Buble brought this one back around!	Listen	Arr. Rick Stitzel (HL)
343	Latin Swing	All the Things You Are	2.0	Excellent young middle school band chart on Jerome Kern standard	Listen	Arr. Michael Sweeney (HL)
367	Other	Jericho	2.0	Straight eighth note treatment on classic swing tune	Listen	Arr. Carl Strommen (EXC)
420	Rock Funk	Back and Forth	2.0	Rock funk/school concert fun with this one!	Listen	Jon Phelps (K)
421	Rock Funk	Listen Here	2.0	Eddie Harris at easy band level	Listen	Arr. Victor Lopez (A)
495	Swing	Be Like Basie	1.5	Medium swing Basie/Gotta have piano player/teaching chart!	Listen	Beach & Shutack (DB/K)
496	Swing	Division Street Blues	1.5	First year chart correlated with Kjos' Standard of Excellence Jazz Ensemble Method	Listen	Ethan Freier (Kjos)
497	Swing	Quality Time	1.5	Medium minor easy tune that grooves/great for young band entry into jazz!	Listen	Russ Michaels (HMP)
498	Swing	A Minor Case of the Blues	2.0	Medium minor blues/extremely playable/great for teaching concepts	Listen	Bob Washut (HMP)
499	Swing	Bag’s Groove	2.0	Introduce the young ones to this standard/very playable chart	Listen	Arr. Paul Murtha (K)
500	Swing	Bashful Albert	2.0	Med swing/light, mezzo/contrapuntal Nestico	Listen	Sammy Nestico (K)
501	Swing	Blue Train	2.0	intro to Trane/very playable, yet effective for the young	Listen	Arr. Paul Murtha (HL)
502	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)
503	Swing	Blues Machine	2.0	Blues in F/shuffle orientation/very playable	Listen	Michael Sweeney (HL)
504	Swing	Blues March	2.0	Ala Art Blakey’s tune, but not quite same thing/excellent young band chart	Listen	Carl Strommen (B)
505	Swing	Bubbert Kicks Back	2.0	Relaxed swing and solid ensemble/Essential Elements series	Listen	Mike Steinel (HL)
506	Swing	But Here's The Thing	2.0	Another young band winner from Terry/Cm blues	Listen	Terry White (K)
507	Swing	Cousin Mary	2.0	Nice chart on Coltrane tune for young kids	Listen	Arr. Paul Murtha (HL)
508	Swing	Escalator Blues	2.0	Medium-plus tempo blues in Bb/some stop time/call & response	Listen	Jeff Darrohn (A)
509	Swing	First Time Around	2.0	Med.swing/tutti ens./full sounding/no solos	Listen	Mike Lewis (A)
510	Swing	Forty Second Street	2.0	Nice swinging chart/1930's vibe/Kids love it!/Alfred Red Cover	Listen	Arr. Paul Cook (A)
511	Swing	Green Onions	2.0	1960's hit done for the young jazz band/works well!/spring concert fun	Listen	Arr. Paul Murtha (HL)
512	Swing	Jumpin' at the Woodside	2.0	Basie for the young ones!/The Woodside was a hotel in Harlem	Listen	Arr. Paul Cook (A)
513	Swing	Lazy Bird	2.0	Trane tune customized for young ones!	Listen	Arr. Mike Story (A)
514	Swing	Minor Madness	2.0	Med minor blues orientation/stop time hits/Accessible/teaching resource!/a must!	Listen	Dean Sorenson (KJ)
515	Swing	Mister Cool	2.0	Easy swing tempo w/ good ensemble writing!/Essetial Elements series	Listen	Mike Steinel (HL)
516	Swing	Moanin’	2.0	Discovery series/a classic for the very young band	Listen	Arr. Michael Sweeney (HL)
517	Swing	Monday Morning Chill	2.0	Med. swing in Killer Joe style/incomplete instrumentation OK	Listen	Dean Sorenson (KJ)
518	Swing	Mr. P.C.	2.0	Trane minor blues/playable by young ones	Listen	Arr. Terry White (A)
519	Swing	One Cool Morning	2.0	Up-tempo/modal-like/gotta have drummer/two chords for improv: D-/Bb	Listen	Dean Sorenson (KJ)
520	Swing	Prime Time Blues	2.0	Medium tempo pocket/hip head/great teaching tool!	Listen	Doug Beach (DB/K)
521	Swing	Sister Sadie	2.0	Bill wrote a very easy chart on this classic tune for young ones	Listen	Arr. Bill Prince
522	Swing	So What	2.0	Can be payed with incomplete instrumentation/Miles for the young!	Listen	Arr. Michael Sweeney (HL)
523	Swing	Steppin’ Out	2.0	Swing/easy winner by Strommen!/Strommen knows how to write for the young ones	Listen	Carl Strommen (A)
524	Swing	The Big Band Theory	2.0	Great young band chart/kind of Killer Joe-ish @ times/easy brass ranges	Listen	Vince Gassi (A)
525	Swing	The Blues March	2.0	ala Art Blakey’s tune, but not quite the same thing	Listen	Carl Strommen (A)
526	Swing	The Judge	2.0	Shuffle/Bb blues/classic shuffle articulations/excellent young band teaching material!/OOP	Listen	Paul Cook (A)
527	Swing	The Swingin’ Shepherd Blues	2.0	Classic blues tune for the young ones!	Listen	Arr. Rick Stitzel (HL)
528	Swing	Work Song	2.0	Alfred Red Cover/Terry writes so well for the young ones!	Listen	Arr. Terry White (A)
832	Swing	My Groove, Your Move	2	Medium swing/minor strut/Hank Mobley tune/Lead trumpet to top space E/sax soli splashes/Alfred Red Cover	Listen	Arr. Terry White (A)
1513	Swing	Groovin' High	3.00	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)
1514	Ballad	Lonely Days	3.50	Ballad feature for alto, tpt., or flute/singing register of alto!/haunting vibe/	Listen	Mike Carubia (B)
1515	Ballad	My Foolish heart	3.50	Trumpet feature/ballad goes dbl x swing for improv and ens. sections/nice concert showcase	Listen	Arr. Alan Baylock (A)
1516	Swing	Jumpin' at the Woodside	3.00	Easier chart at medium tempo of Basie signature tune/The Woodside Hotel in Harlem/well crafted at this level!	Listen	Arr. Paul Cook (A)
1517	Latin	Carnaval	3.00	Brazilian culture festival/bossa with energy, contrasts, and flair/well done at this level!	Listen	Erik Morales (FJH)
1518	Other	Hullabaloo	4.00	New Orleans groove chart/blues base overall/lead trumpet to D/fun!/great concert program change-up!	Listen	Alan Baylock (A)
1519	Swing	Minor Details	3.00	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)
1520	Swing	Minor Mystery	3.00	D minor blues base/lots of interest with melody and chart design/limited ranges/sax section splashes/open for solos	Listen	Ellen Rowe (SMP)
1521	Latin	Downtown Tango	3.00	A soulful tango!/lots of interest with this one/great concert program change-up/aux perc./lead tpt. to G	Listen	Rick Stitzel (A)
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