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JMU JAZZ BAND/JAZZ ENSEMBLE AUDITION MATERIAL SPRING 2018 Auditions: Monday, January 8, 2018, room B12 in the School of Music (in the practice room area of the basement) The audition sign up sheet is on the door to B12 (drummers sign up as indicated; others may sign up for any available time) Everyone hoping to be placed into one of the two big bands must audition. Auditions will consist of playing the prepared excerpts (see below) and optional improvisation on a blues. Drummers will also asked to demonstrate various styles. No sight reading will be required at this audition. Trumpet and tenor trombone players may prepare either lead or section excerpts. Vocalists: no required excerpt; sing a prepared piece (melody only) of your choice that you feel best demonstrates your interpretation of jazz style. Choose any key that fits your preferred tessitura; be prepared to sing the melody a cappella. Jazz standards or Great American Songbook pieces are preferred. You do not need to supply sheet music. All saxes/woodwinds/vibes (play as written, transposition is not necessary): Butch and Butch (recorded on Blues and the Abstract Truth, Oliver Nelson) The Queen Bee (Sammy Nestico; recorded on Basie Straight Ahead, the Count Basie Orchestra) Lead Trumpet/Section Trumpet/Lead Trombone/Trombone 2-3/Bass Trombone: Butch and Butch (recorded on Blues and the Abstract Truth, Oliver Nelson) Presidential Manor (Billy Byers; various recordings on youtube; excerpt may be played at the tempo indicated, not the faster tempi of many recordings) Piano Butch and Butch (recorded on Blues and the Abstract Truth, Oliver Nelson) Presidential Manor (Billy Byers; various recordings on youtube; excerpt should be played at the tempo indicated, not the faster tempi of many recordings) Guitar/Double Bass Butch and Butch (recorded on Blues and the Abstract Truth, Oliver Nelson) Told You So (Bill Holman; recorded on I Told You So, Count Basie Orchestra) Drumset The Queen Bee (Sammy Nestico; recorded on Basie Straight Ahead, the Count Basie Orchestra) .

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