MakeMusic Cloud Jazz Ensemble Sheet Music

Teachers keep coming back to Herbie Hancock's Chameleon, Watermelon Man, and Cantaloupe Island, all Grade 2 charts that work for students building core jazz vocabulary. You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch (Grade 1, arranged by Albert Hague and Mike Story) serves double duty as a crowd-pleaser and teaching tool. For advanced ensembles, Whiplash by Hank Levy (Grade 5) offers the challenge and precision that serious jazz students seek.

Gordon Goodwin has contributed 113 titles to this collection, bringing three Emmy-nominated film and television experience into the jazz education space. His The Jazz Police remains a consistent favorite, and his prolific output means you'll find multiple options across difficulty levels for nearly any ensemble.

Alan Baylock directs the Grammy-nominated One O'Clock Lab Band at the University of North Texas and spent two decades as Chief Arranger for the United States Air Force Band's Airmen of Note. His arrangements like Mamacita carry the weight of professional big band experience and pedagogical expertise.

Kris Berg serves as Director of Jazz Studies at Collin County Community College and founded both the Collin Jazz Fest and the Texas All-Star Jazz Camp. His charts, including Soul Chicken, reflect years of directing ensembles that have earned invitations to Montreux and performed worldwide.