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Jazz

Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2002 9:14 am
by stbbdtpt3
What are some (in your opinion) some cool jazz pieces to play at a high school level? I played a version of Birdland, which was awesome and also Hot House.
Just curious....which ones have you played?

Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2002 7:17 pm
by nizmo
lets go band...haha jk...

channel one suite ;) download it..its awesome

Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2002 9:50 pm
by altohack
We played quite a few in summer jazz band. Here are some I can remember:
Zoot Suit Riot
Birdland
Rock This Town
There's many more, but I don't remember the others

Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2002 3:02 pm
by ricetaco
nizmo wrote: channel one suite ;) download it..its awesome
Haha, thats not really high school level music Thi. Unless you're Poway or El Dorado, stick to Basie tunes ;). But yeah, channel one suite is definetly my favorite piece we played, and that had nothing to do with the 4 minute solo ;)

Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2002 3:13 pm
by nizmo
ricetaco wrote:
nizmo wrote: channel one suite ;) download it..its awesome
Haha, thats not really high school level music Thi. Unless you're Poway or El Dorado, stick to Basie tunes ;). But yeah, channel one suite is definetly my favorite piece we played, and that had nothing to do with the 4 minute solo ;)
hey i may suck but the songs still good...haha

Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2002 3:27 pm
by ricetaco
nizmo wrote:
ricetaco wrote:
nizmo wrote: channel one suite ;) download it..its awesome
Haha, thats not really high school level music Thi. Unless you're Poway or El Dorado, stick to Basie tunes ;). But yeah, channel one suite is definetly my favorite piece we played, and that had nothing to do with the 4 minute solo ;)
hey i may suck but the songs still good...haha
I didnt say anything about sucking. If you're from Mt. Carmel theres no way you can suck.

awesome songs

Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2002 10:01 pm
by trakix
last year we (upland) played Count Bubba which is an awesome song. Download it! You'll be in heaven if you like big band.

Re: awesome songs

Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2002 3:18 pm
by LovableSheep
trakix wrote:last year we (upland) played Count Bubba which is an awesome song. Download it! You'll be in heaven if you like big band.
Moorpark also played Count Bubba last year. It is indeed an awesome song. In fact all of Gordon Goodwin's songs are great.

Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2002 7:57 pm
by MaxWest
Duke Ellington's 'Jazz Cocktail' is a nice upbeat song, but would be best if your school has a talented jazz clarinetist. Also his Night Train is fun if you like flashy music.

I would also reccommend Thelonius Monk's 'Straight, No Chaser.' It's a classic and rightfully so in my opinion.

Dizzy Gillespie's "Manteca" is also an option.

Those are just a few suggestions.

Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2002 6:06 pm
by altohack
O, we played Straight No Chaser and Duke Ellington's Caravan too

Well, huh, Jazz then...

Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2002 7:45 pm
by LittleFerg
Of course! Every good jazz band needs to play Birdland, Hot House, Margie and others. I think that a really good jazz band would play a song requiring a tumpet solo (BML).

Jazz

Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2003 10:42 pm
by ankoe1
Some songs i played in high school last year......

"But Beautiful" Stan Kenton
"IntrermissionRiff" Stan Kenton
"All The Things You Are" Stan Kenton
"Randi" Clark Terry
"Salt Peanuts" Dizzy Gillespie
"April In Paris" Count Basie
"I Rememer Clifford" Arturo Sandoval

Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2003 6:21 pm
by Ashley
Woah, I love Manteca!

Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2003 6:59 pm
by Trumpet Man 05
How about A Night in Tunisia..
AGREED! Man, that's such an awesome song to play. I also like "Rock This Town", "Take The 'A' Train", and "As Long As I'm Singing".