Jazz Works for ensembles

A comprehensive guide to teaching Jazz to Ensembles, the Jazz Works series is an exciting collection of jazz repertoire for classrooms and concerts at three progressive levels - Initial, Intermediate and Advanced.

This Teacher’s Book and CD accompanies the Initial level book and contains

• Notes on improvisation and jazz style,
• A step-by-step guide to directing and rehearsing a jazz ensemble
• A booklet of detailed performance and rehearsal notes on each of the eight pieces in the Score Edition.

• The CD features complete performances of each piece by a professional jazz ensemble. The Score Edition contains the fullscore, a set of four solo parts and parts for a rhythm section. These may be photocopied, allowing for flexible ensemble playing.

  This is an all-embracing series for jazz ensembles, full of useful advice on how to teach jazz. Well laid out with clear explanations and illustrations, these books contain everything to help directors, teachers and performers get the best out of the pieces.