What is a good jazz piece to play with a small combo?!


Question: im trying to find a piece with 1 trumpet, 1 trombone, either a alto or bari sax and a rhythm section
we most intermediate players
and we just learning the basics of soloing


Answers: im trying to find a piece with 1 trumpet, 1 trombone, either a alto or bari sax and a rhythm section
we most intermediate players
and we just learning the basics of soloing

If you're a fan of Cowboy Bebop, you could play the intro song Tank! It can be played with your combo as it has parts for a trumpet, trombone and an alto or a bari sax. I have the music sheet for this. If you like, I can email it to you.

You could also play Mercy, Mercy, Mercy. The Crusaders did a cover of it and it will be apt for your small combo. I also have the sheet music for this.

You could also play Herbie Hancock's Chameleon.

here are the titles of jazz books that I currently have:
The Harmony Of Bill Evans (Piano Score)
The Giant Steps Studies
Sonho (Samba) - Big Band Score
Salsa - Afro Cuban Montunos For Guitar
Oscar Peterson Jazz Exercises (Piano Music Score)
Les Wise Bebop Bible
Kind Of Blue Transcriptions
Jazz Riffs for Piano
Complete Book of Harmony
Coltrane Patterns
bossa nova guitar
Bill Evans Fake Book
Bill Evans - Signature Licks
85 - [Tunes You Though You Knew (Reharmonized Standards)
The New Real Book Vols 1-3
all are in pdf format. if you want you could pick from the list and I'll EMAIL them to you.

here also are some transcriptions that are in jpg format
Body & Soul - Hank Mobley
Tenor Conclave - Hank Mobley
Very Early - Bill Evans
St. Thomas - Sonny Rollins
Two T's solo - Michael Brecker

Try 'Maiden Voyage' by Herbie Hancock / Miles. Good jam tune is 'Mr. Magic' Grover Washington. 'Spain'- Chick Corea. Those good enough?? Can't get much better that I know.
O-oops! just read the rest. All those horns and making money too! Just kidding! Well, try any Brecker Bros., again Miles Davis, not really jazz but the Average White Band out of Scotland is funky ( good sax solo's) but so are the Breckers. just do a search for jazz saxaphonist. Download free 'Limewire' and then have a blast!!

'Spain' by Chick Corea
a good one for soloing too.

The best suggestion is to choose a number from 'The Real Book'. There are so many to choose from and you can easily figure out harmonies from the head charts. Everyone in this combo should have one - if they don't, they need to buy one.

Considering the instruments, 'Stolen Moments' by Oliver Nelson or Benny Golson's 'Killer Joe' would work good, as well as 'Blue Trane' or 'Moment's Notice' by Coltrane. 'All Blues' or 'So What' by Miles are also good combo pieces and crowd pleasers.

Try 'My Gal Sal'. I send you the version of Miff Mole and His Molers. One of my favorites:

http://www.redhotjazz.com/songs/mole/myg...



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