Active Songs for a Swingin' Classroom-Experience jazz in the music classroom with this swingin' collection designed for kids! Each song is written and arranged in a distinctive jazz style or groove while keeping it fun with movement a singing game or activity - learning music concepts in the process. The music piano/vocal arrangements and recordings are authentic and true to jazz. You also receive digital access to 3 audio mixes - with vocals without vocals and with only the second vocal part included (when applicable) - and PDFs of singer parts for projection and reproducible options. Audio files with only the second vocal part recorded provide an opportunity to sing the primary vocal part independentlywhile listening to the second vocal part. Once young singers have the melody in the ear move to singing without the recorded vocals or keep it simple and sing along and play. Experience 12-bar blues scat singing call and response improvisation swing New Orleans Second Line and more! Above all have fun and swing! Songs include: Jungle Jazz Jungle Jam Five Little Monkeys Shoo Fly Miss Mary Mack I'm So Sorry My Friend/Let's Celebrate Singing This Song and a 12-Bar Blues in C activity. Suggested for grades 1-5.

The Groovy Version of OX. Par SCHONHERR CHRISTOPH. Christoph Schönherr, Professor at the Hamburg Conservatory of Music, is a respected expert in the field of jazz and pop choirs and he is a much sought after choral composer. He has written of his work: “I have been especially influenced by the polarity of the text. On one hand it expresses Mary's joy at her pregnancy, but on the other Mary presents a bold image of God: a God of almost old Testament sternness in his demand for justice on earth. My music depicts a strong woman, who rejoices in her happiness and also swings [many 6/8, 12/8 and swing passages], but on the other hand who in formulating her concept of God clearly stands up for the poor and needy. Here I use stylisticelements of rock and funk music. ”/ Répertoire / Solo, Choeur SATB, 2 Trompettes/Bugle, Saxophone/F

Pop-Arrangements für Kirchenchöre zum EG Chor 1–4 stg, in der Regel besetzt mit Piano, Bass, Drums, Trb und Instrumenten in C, Bb, Eb. „Chöre, die neue Lieder des Evangelischen Gesangbuches im poppigen Stil singen möchten, sind hier richtig . . . Es ist das erste Chorbuch dieser Art und soll dem Trend der Chöre hin zu Pop und Jazz Rechnung tragen. Die stilistische Bandbreite reicht von Swing über Pop und Rock bis hin zum Latin. Die Chorpartien sind leicht bis mittelschwer, farbige Sätze mit rhythmischem Pep bereichern die Lieder. . . . Die Liste der Arrangeure bürgt für eine gute Qualität der Arrangements. Ein Chorbuch für all diejenigen, die einmal in die Welt des Swings und Popsschnuppern wollen. “ [Musik im Bistum Essen I/2000]/ Répertoire / Choeur Mixte

The Groovy Version of OX. Par SCHONHERR CHRISTOPH. Christoph Schönherr, Professor at the Hamburg Conservatory of Music, is a respected expert in the field of jazz and pop choirs and he is a much sought after choral composer. He has written of his work: “I have been especially influenced by the polarity of the text. On one hand it expresses Mary's joy at her pregnancy, but on the other Mary presents a bold image of God: a God of almost old Testament sternness in his demand for justice on earth. My music depicts a strong woman, who rejoices in her happiness and also swings [many 6/8, 12/8 and swing passages], but on the other hand who in formulating her concept of God clearly stands up for the poor and needy. Here I use stylisticelements of rock and funk music. ”/ Répertoire / Solo, Choeur SATB, 2 Trompettes/Bugle, Saxophone/F

This Academy Award® winning song of 1961 by Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer gets a “Basie-esque” treatment in this swinging chart. Set in a 4/4 swing over walking bass the vocal and instrumental lines play offeach other punctuated by chord hits and characteristic piano riffs. An optional improvised solo section completes the package. Sensational! Available separately: SATB SAB SSA ShowTrax CD. Combo parts (tpt 1-2 tsx tbn gtr b dm) available as a digital download. Duration: ca. 3:55.

Put together these two titles in a unique arrangement and you have a hit! Tom Anderson has created a winning combination of great titles swinging style and arranging creativity in this piece. This challenging work will motivate your choir rather than discourage them. A wonderful opportunity to share a little of the history of swing music with your choir!

This Academy Award® winning song of 1961 by Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer gets a “Basie-esque” treatment in this swinging chart. Set in a 4/4 swing over walking bass the vocal and instrumental lines play offeach other punctuated by chord hits and characteristic piano riffs. An optional improvised solo section completes the package. Sensational! Available separately: SATB SAB SSA ShowTrax CD. Combo parts (tpt 1-2 tsx tbn gtr b dm) available as a digital download. Duration: ca. 3:55.

This classic swing tune was arranged for the Michigan All-State Vocal Jazz Ensemble. Beginning with the rubato intro just right for a soloist to stylize in their own way it launches into a sweet swinging ensemble arrangement that is hip and contemporary and just right for an advanced vocal jazz choir.

Incorporating two well-loved spirituals here is a swingin' two-part piece that will set toes a-tappin'. Weaving together ?Swing Low Sweet Chariot? and ?Good News Chariot's a-Comin'.? Nancy Price and DonBesig have created an accessible song about song about the glory of heaven. An optional solo and soprano descant makes this easily-learned octavo a real showpiece for young singers!

Jump jive and swing your way into the hottest craze in years! Mark Brymer's show-style arrangement combines the best of the classics with the new hot tunes in an up-scale updated treatment that will put your choir on the map! Includes: It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing); The Joint Is Jumpin'; Jump Jive An' Wail; Steppin' Out With My Baby; Zoot Suit Riot. Available: SATB SAB SSA Instrumental Pak ShowTrax CD. Performance Time: Approx. 8:00.

A rhythmic jazz swing-style setting of Psalm 122. Wake up your congregation by using this cheerful anthem as a call to worship or for general use anytime. “I Was Glad When They Said” features easy swing syncopationand a catchy melody that will go home with the listeners after the service ends. For youth or adult choirs. Lots of fun.

Discovery Level 1-Here is a swing treatment of the contemporary pop standard most famously recorded in a big band swing style by Bobby Darin in 1959. Great for learning vocal jazz technique it will be a fantastic choice for younger or developingchoirs. Available separately: 3-Part Mixed 2-Part VoiceTrax CD. Duration: ca. 2:00.

In the winter of 1932 Duke Ellington; consumate jazz pianist composer and orchestrator; released It Don't Mean A Thing (If it ain't Got That Swing) which included live vocals by Ivie Anderson. A significant work that marked a shift in the fashionable style from the Hot Jazz of the 1920s to the Swing music of the 1930s. The song went on to define the era and became one of his biggest and most successful hits.This popular tune is supplied here with vocal arrangements for SAB choir with Piano accompaniment.

This 1930s standard starts off with melancholy solos between boy and girl. It then takes on the familiar rhythmic swing that we all know and love. Russ Robinson lets the song shine through with this arrangement. Repetition plussimple and obtainable harmonies make this a wonderful selection for many age groups and a perfect teaching piece of swing and jazz. Elegant and smooth.

Discovery Level 1-Here is a swing treatment of the contemporary pop standard most famously recorded in a big band swing style by Bobby Darin in 1959. Great for learning vocal jazz technique it will be a fantastic choice for younger or developingchoirs. Available separately: 3-Part Mixed 2-Part VoiceTrax CD. Duration: ca. 2:00.