| Jazz and Latin arrangements – Medium | ||
| 36
titles | ||
| 1. |
21st Century Kid
Level
III/IV
“21st century kid, you’re surrounded by illusion and confusion”
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| 2. |
Buddy on the Nightshift
Level
II
Light swing from Weill’s American period
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| 3. |
Cancer
SSAB with piano
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SATB with piano
Level
III
“Don’t work hard, don’t play hard, don’t plan for the graveyard”
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| 4. |
Doodlin’
Level
III/IV
Funny swing from the fifties with virtuoso lyrics by Jon Hendricks
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| 5. |
Eleanor Rigby
Level
IV
A soulful jazzy arrangement of this wonderful song by the Beatles
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| 6. |
Feeling Good
Level
IV
A surprising jazz standard which Michael Bublé performed sublimely
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| 7. |
Foggy Day
Level
III/IV
Starts as slow swing and then switches to a double time feel
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| 8. |
Georgia on My Mind
Level
III
The wonderful Kirby Shaw arrangement, rewritten to SSAB
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| 9. |
Get Away, Jordan
Level
V
One of the most impressive pieces by Take 6, from their debut album
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| 10. |
Girl from Ipanema, The
Level
III/IV
One of the best-known bossa novas about a sultry beach
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| 11. |
I Could Write a Book
Level
III
“You are so beautiful, I could write a whole book about you, though I barely learned to write”
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| 12. |
I’m Gonna Walk on Bye
SATB
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SSAB
Level
II
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| 13. |
Icarus
Level
IV
An instrumental jazzy new age instrumental piece from the seventies, written with lyrics
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| 14. |
In a Mellow Tone
Level
IV/V
The classic LH&R song with an extra voice, just like the Duke wrote it
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| 15. |
Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off
SSATB
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SATTB
Level
II
A homophonic setting of this wonderful jazz standard
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| 16. |
Makin’ Whoopee
Level
II
A thirties tune about the drawbacks of getting married
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| 17. |
Meet Me, Midnight
Level
IV/V
A swinging big band arrangement
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| 18. |
Moon over Bourbon Street
Level
IV
The wonderful ballad about the tragedy of a vampire
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| 19. |
Mother and Child Reunion
Level
III/IV
An a cappella version of the beautiful jazzy The New York Voices arrangement
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| 20. |
My Baby Just Cares for Me
Level
II/III
A wonderful jazz piece with the well-known funny animation
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| 21. |
Next Year, Baby
Level
III/IV
One of the hits of the album “Twentysomething” which made Jamie Cullum famous
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| 22. |
Night and Day
SSAA
Level
II/III
A highly sophisticated piece of jazz
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| 23. |
Oh God
Level
IV
Jamie Cullum is in need for guidance in a beautiful 5/4 measure song
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| 24. |
Paper Doll
SSATB with baritone solo
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SSATB with piano
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TTBB with baritone solo and piano
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SSATTB
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SATTB with baritone solo
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SATTB with piano
Level
III/IV
One of the prettiest songs of the collector cd “The Singing Detective”
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| 25. |
Roxanne
Level
III
Sting’s charge of prostitution, in a jazzy arrangement
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| 26. |
Satin Doll
Level
III
A big band ballad in easy swing
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| 27. |
Shaky Flat Blues
Level
III
A superb blues about the hustle of the city
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| 28. |
Soul Bossa Nova
SSATTB (div.)
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SSATTB
Level
III
A boogaloo song from Quincy Jones, also the theme from the second “Austin Powers” movie
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| 29. |
Still Crazy after All These Years
Level
IV
The New York Voices arrangement, rearranged for women’s voices
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| 30. |
Take Five
Level
IV
A marvelous jazz standard in an extraordinary five-quarter time with lyrics from Jon Hendricks
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| 31. |
They All Laughed
SSATB
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SATTB
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SSAAB
Level
III
A funny Ira Gershwin lyric with a fresh jazz sound
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| 32. |
Vie en Rose, La
Level
III
Edith Piaf is in love, arranged in a bossa nova-style
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| 33. |
Wade in the Water
Level
III
Eva Cassidy’s version of this spiritual
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| 34. |
Wave
Level
IV
A challenging arrangement of one of the most beautiful latin songs
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| 35. |
What a Wonderful World
Level
III
A happy song of Louis Armstrong from the 60s
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| 36. |
When I Take My Sugar to Tea
Level
III/IV
Happy swing in barbershop style
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| E Published by Edition Molenaar | ||
| F Published by Ferrimontana | ||
