SCSBOA 2025

• John Fedchock New York Big Band – EPISTROPHY
• The Groove Merchant – Ben Deschamps Big Band
  
• A New Day > YouTube > YouTube

Jazz Ambassadors,
Please check out the following links. Your director Tom Luer sent these for your reference as you are working on tunes for the Honor Jazz Concert. 

• Yardbird Suite…by Charlie Parker, arr. Dave Wolpe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY3MMfsMNBM
• New Day …by Sammy Nestico: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl8ibblK1-k
• Groovin’ Merchant…by Jerome Richardson, arr. Thad Jones:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU-TsZ0XnRM
• Freedom Jazz Dance…by Eddie Harris, arr. Eric Richards:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQShkGZEZM
• Epistrophy…by Thelonious Monk, arr. Fedchock:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp78xJgK1u
• First Love Song…by Bob Brookmeyer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI8H-opk5Z
•  Incredible Journey…by Bob Mintzer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQfHtCQTEB8
• Oclupaca…by Duke Elington, arr. Michael Philip Mossman:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rNHoVfDqi
•  Manteca….by Dizzy Gillespie, Chano Pozo and Gil Fuller, arr. Mike Tomaro / ST Louis Big Band
  https://www.jwpepper.com/Manteca/2384543.item?srsltid=AfmBOorG8MrFiRxfHSbFmZWJGVFBrw4Uw7nDMsosf6bxg2C4GSs4rH8Z

LESSON FOCUS

• SPOTLIGHT INFO > LINK
  • • NICA’S DREAM > Learn the melody & outline the chord.
• UNIVERSAL – TONE BUILDING
  • • Page 45 – #91 & 92 (Sept 15, 22 &29)
    • Page 46 – #93, 94, 95 & 96 — on your own.
      • • Repeat 2-4 times (non-stop). Don’t rush. 
        • Last time – rubato or ritardando to your ending with a fermata on the last note.
    • Page 62 – #172
      • • Go over all exercises. 
        • Goal:  Tuning & note quality.
          • • Ease into starting note.
            • Goal:  Tuning & note quality.
            • Hold the last note out (fermata). Never “clip” the last note.
            • Make sure you adjust the tuning to the first note
            • Do ALL the notes in each slur match the “quality” of your best note (usually the middle note)
              
• REAL BOOK
  • • ALL OF ME
      • • Work on E harmonic, B harmonic > modes & chords
        • A major & B major > modes & chords
        • 9/29/24 — With the iReal play your: 
          • • Play roots
            • Thirds. Then 3rd & roots (3-1)
            • Fifths. Then 5th & roots (5-1)
            • 5th & 3rds (5-3)
            • 7ths only > Then 7 to the 1
            • 1-3-5-7 (adding any flatted notes in that particular chord)
• SCALES & MODES
  • • • • 9/15, 22 & 29 – Harmonic Minors > modes & outlining chords.

AHS AUDITION / MAY-JUNE 2025