J.W. Pepper Music Catalog
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33 Order Toll Free! Call 1.800.345.6296 / w: jwpepper.com / e: satisfaction@jwpepper.com JAZZ ENSEMBLE Go to cart BALLADS very easy & easy Dreamsville—Henry Mancini/arr. John Berry. From the classic TV show Peter Gunn, Henry Mancini's iconic ballad is lush and silky. There's nothing fancy here, just nicely scored harmonies and melodies for young players. This beautiful ensemble ballad is a great choice for festivals, or change-of-pace concert programming, and it's playable with optional reduced or expanded instrumentations. Highly recommended! 10909012 Jazz Ensemble . . . . . . . . . E 40.00 The Evening Sun—Doug Beach & George Shutack. This beautiful ballad is the perfect showcase for a budding alto saxophone soloist. The pensive melody and rich harmony combine to create a wonderful change-of-pace chart. While there is an optional short section that may be improvised, the solo part is entirely written and no improvisation is required. Playable with optional reduced or expanded instrumentations, this is a wonderful feature for both the soloist and the ensemble! 10882582 Jazz Ensemble . . . . . . . . . E 48.00 H Georgia on My Mind—Hoagy Carmichael/ arr. Michael Sweeney. This enduring standard by Hoagy Carmichael continues to sound fresh year after year. This easy setting hints at the great Ray Charles' recording, with its lush harmonies and bluesy ballad style. Short solos for trumpet, sax and trombone can also be played as section tuttis. Great for developing balance and ensemble playing. 2392454 Jazz Ensemble . . . . . . . . . E 40.00 Harlem Nocturne—Earle Hagen/arr. Rick Stitzel. Every aspiring jazz player is familiar with this haunting ballad that achieved notoriety as the theme song for television's Mike Hammer series. While not a feature ballad, the saxophone section takes the spotlight here while the brass adds background figures to spice things up. Also included is a written solo or soli for saxes. Play it with full band or with as few as 4 saxes, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones and rhythm section. Add more color by including the optional parts for flute, 2 clarinets, horn in F and tuba. This is an extremely nice ballad for younger groups! 10052550 Jazz Ensemble . . . . . . . . . E 40.00 Hello—arr. Rick Stitzel. Adele's megahit ballad adapts nicely for young players in this well-paced arrangement by Rick Stitzel. A solo alto sax starts things out, then the melody is passed to the trombones, and then the full band settles into a beautiful rock ballad. This blockbuster hit is very effective and provides a beautiful change of pace for any performance by aspiring jazz musicians. It's also playable with optional reduced or expanded instrumentations and is highly recommended! 10617912 Jazz Ensemble . . . . . . . . . E 40.00 Here's That Rainy Day—Jimmy Van Heusen/arr. Rick Stitzel. This beautiful and iconic jazz ballad from the 1940s is a study in flowing phrases and lush harmonies. Rick Stitzel's setting for younger players focuses on the full ensemble along with brief written or improvised solos for alto sax and trumpet. Additional features include suggested solos, chord/scale sheets in all keys, and written- out bass lines and piano voicings. Plus, it's playable with optional reduced or augmented instrumentations. Highly recommended! 10759352 Jazz Ensemble . . . . . . . . . E 40.00 Imagine—John Lennon/arr. John Berry. Since its release in 1971, John Lennon's poignant and sensitive song remains relevant and popular today. John Berry's arrangement for younger players is in the style of a rock ballad with a contemporary feel, and skillfully passes the melody from section to section, and has a soulful appeal. Requiring no solos, it's also playable with optional reduced or expanded instrumentations. Very nice, indeed! 10490301 Jazz Ensemble . . . . . . . . . E 40.00 l Lavender Sunset—Gregory Yasinitsky. This beautiful ballad, scored for young jazz players, is a solo feature for trumpet. With an emphasis on lyricism and rich harmonies, it also includes a double-time solo section that can be played as written or improvised. Instrumentation options abound with just nine players, standard big band format, or optional expanded instrumentation to include flute, clarinet, horn in F, tuba and vibes parts. Also featuring nice full ensemble passages, this is a great opportunity to shine the spotlight on a young trumpet soloist! 10985473 Jazz Ensemble . . . . . . . . . E 48.00 H Li'l Darlin'—Neal Hefti/arr. Roy Phillippe. This chart should be in every young band's library! Neal Hefti's famous tune is the quintessential slow swing ballad in the Basie style, and every jazzer should be familiar with it. In this superb edition, the arranger has changed the key and reorchestrated the parts so it is playable by ensembles at any ability level, and with reduced instrumentation as well. The notes are easy, but there's more music here than in many more difficult charts. If your students play only a handful of jazz tunes in their life, this should be one of them. 2403087 Jazz Ensemble . . . . . . . . VE 42.00 4 Lil' Hefty—Zachary Smith. Ideal for young jazz bands, this moderately slow swinger is a tribute to legendary composer Neal Hefti. Lil' Hefty is a melodic chart with well-noted articulations, written- out rhythm section parts, and written melody solos for trumpet and piano, all at about 80-92 bpm. The trumpet 1 range is to G top of staff and is playable with optional reduced or expanded instrumentations. Here's a great little chart for change-of-pace programming and teaching an important jazz style! 10997186 Jazz Ensemble . . . . . . . . . E 42.00 H Misty—Erroll Garner/arr. Terry White. Perhaps one of the most familiar jazz standards of all time, this easy but effective chart has a laid-back swing feel. The tempo is 90 bpm with written solos for alto 1 and trumpet 1, and the lead trumpet range goes up to written E-flat top space. It's also playable with optional reduced or expanded instrumentations. This chart delivers! 10355610 Jazz Ensemble . . . . . . . . . E 42.00 Moon River—Henry Mancini/arr. Rick Stitzel. Henry Mancini's beautiful melody has a graceful, lovely quality that makes it wonderful to play. Your young jazz ensemble will take naturally to the 3/4 feel and rich harmonies that make this chart a real delight to perform. 2473683 Jazz Ensemble . . . . . . . . VE 40.00 Over the Rainbow—Harold Arlen/arr. Paul Cook. This is simply a beautiful number for young jazz bands! Rich and slow, it's easy to play and sounds delightful. Paul Cook's arrangement is great for developing phrasing and style, and he even includes a solo verse for the piano (written out, of course). 2423192 Jazz Ensemble . . . . . . . . . E 42.00 4 Shallow (from "A Star Is Born")—arr. Paul Murtha. Here's the stunning hit single from the movie "A Star Is Born" recorded by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper. This chart for younger players features a rock ballad style, solid scoring for the entire ensemble, a short written alto sax solo on the melody, and is playable with optional reduced or expanded instrumentations. Simply beautiful and highly recommended! 10963310 Jazz Ensemble . . . . . . . . . E 40.00 Skyfall—Adkins & Epworth/arr. John Berry. Perfectly capturing the mood and style of earlier James Bond themes, Adele has worked her magic with the hit Skyfall. John Berry's easy version features a brief written alto sax solo, then solid scoring for the entire ensemble with the melody traded between the saxes and trumpets. Playable with optional reduced or expanded instrumentations, this is sure to be an audience favorite! Highly recommended! 10374178 Jazz Ensemble . . . . . . . . . E 40.00 4 Untold Story—Doug Beach & George Shutack. This beautiful jazz ballad is the perfect showcase for an aspiring trumpet soloist. The pensive melody and rich harmonies combine to create a wonderful change-of- pace chart. While there is a short section that may be improvised, the solo part is entirely written and no improvisation is required. The ensemble is often featured and offers strong support for the soloist. Plus, it's playable with optional reduced or expanded instrumentation. Very nice! 10999952 Jazz Ensemble . . . . . . . . . E 48.00 4 Use Your Inside Voice—Paul Clark. Use Your Inside Voice is a beautiful ballad played at about 76 bpm for the youngest jazz ensembles. Perfect for introducing soft, legato playing at a slow tempo, it's mostly scored for the full ensemble. There are numerous, short written solos cued in the parts offering a choice of soloists, or the option of combining instruments as soli sections. This is a nice introduction to the ballad style and it's playable with optional reduced or expanded instrumentations. Ideal change-of-pace programming! 11002299 Jazz Ensemble . . . . . . . . VE 45.00 H What a Wonderful World—Douglas & Weiss/arr. Rick Stitzel. Giving your beginning band great tunes like this to play will turn them on to jazz forever! You just can't beat the appeal of the tune Louis Armstrong made so famous, and it's surely stood the test of time. This very playable version is nicely scored where each section gets a piece of the melody.Very highly recommended! 2470819 Jazz Ensemble . . . . . . . . VE 40.00 Yesterday—Lennon & McCartney/arr. Rick Stitzel. One of the all-time great songs from the Beatles, Yesterday truly has become a modern day standard! This well scored arrangement for young jazz ensembles features a brief tenor solo, beautiful counterlines, and an overall rich sound that will be impressive in concert or as a change of pace chart for festivals. Suggested solo and scale/chord sheet provided. Optional reduced or expanded instrumentations. Includes CD. Highly recommended! 10188524 Jazz Ensemble . . . . . . . . . E 40.00 ESPECIALLY for YOUNG IMPROVISERS Every aspiring jazz musician needs to begin the journey to improvisation. ese resources are a great start. Find more like these at jwpepper.com. Improvisation 101: Major, Minor and Blues (A Step By Step Approach for Developing Improvisers)—Greg Yasinitsky. Improvisation 101 is a step-by- step approach to improvisation in jazz, rock and pop music. Based on easy music which can be practiced together with a band on the play-along CD, each chapter comes with brief explanations as to which notes sound best when improvising and why. Solos by experienced jazz musicians serve as examples for the player's own attempts at improvisation. The textbook can also be used by a band at schools or music schools for pupils with at least two years of instrumental lessons. 10617695 C Instruments Book & CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.95 10617697 Bb Instruments Book & CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.95 10617696 Eb Instruments Book & CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.95 10617698 Bass Clef Book & CD (Trombone & Double Bass). . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.95 10617699 Piano Book & CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.95 10617700 Guitar Book & CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.95 JazzDeck (Textbook in a Box)—Brian Switzer. For teachers, students and performers, JazzDeck is comprised of 54 high-grade playing cards color-coded by chord type to systematically illustrate the ways to excel as a jazz soloist. Each card presents players with the basic notes necessary to sound good over a given chord, followed by those they need to know to sound great. With its elegant presentation and multidimensional platform, JazzDeck is especially suited to players at any level who might find traditional music notation and theory intimidating. JazzDeck transposes for each instrument, allowing teachers to lead groups through chord changes without having to respell chords in each key. The fastest way to sound great playing jazz! See a video overview on jwpepper.com. 10490922 Flexible Instrumentation Jazz Study. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.95 Rhythm First! (A Beginner's Guide to Jazz Improvisation)—Tom Kamp. In a step-by-step fashion, Rhythm First! builds up the student's library of rhythmic figures and has them playing along with the accompanying CD to get the sound and feel of jazz soloing under their fingers. Melodically, the book starts with playing simple rhythmic figures on any note, then on the tonic of the F blues scale, followed by the tonic and one other note. Over the course of the book, it progresses to show how and when to use three kinds of blues scales. This method is more fun and therefore more successful in getting students starting to improvise than many other approaches. A must for any school jazz program! 10567894 Book & CD C Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.00 10867439 Book & CD B-flat Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.00 10867440 Book & CD E-flat Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.00 10867441 Book & CD Bass Clef Version. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.00 R Cut Time is a cloud-based group management tool that cuts the time it takes to run your organization.