Jazz Arrangements, where can I find those?

[eu.sei]

Hey there,

some friends and I are trying to make a Jazz combo and it would be really helpful if we had a collection of standart jazz tune arrangements. We are not that experienced yet and in order to sound acceptable we'd like to stick to arrangements and scores in the beginning. We'd play with 3 to five people, either a saxophonist a bassist and drums and maybe a piano and a singer ;)

Where can I find those and which would you recommend? Thanks in advance.

[Class A Drummer]

http://alfred.com/alfredweb/front/Main.aspx?pageid=15&catid=41 i know they sell big band stuff here, not sure about small combo stuff though.


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[brittc89]

Hey there,

some friends and I are trying to make a Jazz combo and it would be really helpful if we had a collection of standart jazz tune arrangements. We are not that experienced yet and in order to sound acceptable we'd like to stick to arrangements and scores in the beginning. We'd play with 3 to five people, either a saxophonist a bassist and drums and maybe a piano and a singer ;)

Where can I find those and which would you recommend? Thanks in advance.
If you want to play standards get what is called a "Real Book" and learn some tunes from that.

[foursticks]

Real Books are your best friends EVER.

[jeffwj]

Real Books are a must, but if the players are a bit inexperienced, some play alongs might help. There are probably about 100 or so play along books by Hal Leonard. They are available for C, E Flat, and B Flat instruments. My friend and teacher, Steve Fidyk, is on drums. The recordings seem to groove more than the Abersold ones.

Here's just one link. There are many more - some based on composer (Elliongton) others based on styles (Bossa) etc...
http://www.amazon.com/Hal-Leonard-Jazz-Play-Along/dp/B00065Q134

Jeff

[eu.sei]

Okay, thank you very much, those Real Books look really interesting. They aren't for drummers though, are they? Seems like the playalongs are for melody and bass only, but that's okay for me.

[foursticks]

But they can be used for drummers. For instance why don't you try taking a standard and play the rhythm of the melody against a swing pattern? Also, it's always a GREAT deal of help for the drummer to know the form/structure of the tune and these are where it's at.

[bballdrummer34]

But they can be used for drummers. For instance why don't you try taking a standard and play the rhythm of the melody against a swing pattern? Also, it's always a GREAT deal of help for the drummer to know the form/structure of the tune and these are where it's at.

Definitely! Take tunes like Anthropology, Scrapple from the Apple, and Au Privave and re-orchestrate them around the kit. Not only is that a great way of learning the form its a great way to learn a tune in general. The Real Book is your best bet for finding tunes to play at this point.