Jazz Ensemble Collections

Teachers keep coming back to the First Year Charts Collection for Jazz Ensemble across all instrumental parts—the drum book, saxophone books, trumpet books, and rhythm section parts form a complete, unified curriculum. Beyond that, Dave Wolpe's Singin' with the Jazz Combo and Jack Bullock's Warner Bros. Combo Classics from the Big Band Era give you performance-ready material that students actually want to play. Jeff Hest's Original Big Band Sounds and Zepp Meissner's Dixieland Beat round out the stylistic range with big band depth and New Orleans flavor.

Dave Wolpe has been composing and arranging since 1965, with dozens of charts written for the Glenn Miller Orchestra and co-arranger credit on the platinum CD In the Christmas Mood. His work here includes Singin' with the Jazz Combo, which gives your ensemble accessible, singable material.

Jeff Hest works regularly in the New York studio scene as an arranger, composer, and producer, with over 40 jazz and pop albums and hundreds of national commercials to his name. He brings that commercial polish and orchestral thinking to Original Big Band Sounds.

Jack Bullock holds a doctorate in Music Education and has performed with the Miami Philharmonic and Miami Opera, studied trumpet with some of the era's best teachers, and performed with territory and traveling dance bands across the country. His experience as both performer and educator shapes his approach to writing for student ensembles.