Embraceable You: Jazz Ensemble Conductor Score & Parts

$52.00 USD

Embraceable You: Jazz Ensemble Conductor Score & Parts

Name: Embraceable You: Jazz Ensemble Conductor Score & Parts
Brand: Alfred Music
SKU: 00-JEM00026
Price: 52.00 USD
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By George Gershwin / arr. Roy Phillippe

Grade: 3 (Medium)

Item: 00-JEM00026

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What a gorgeous ballad. This wonderful Gershwin standard, recorded and performed countless times, is ideal for your students to play and learn. Featured are beautiful chord changes throughout with nice block harmonies for the 'bones, a muted trumpet solo, and alto sax and tenor sax solos each playing written-out melodic lines. Speaking of chords, this is a great opportunity to teach students to recognize diminished chords. Your drummer is using brushes until the end, keeping this chart tender and sweet, and the brass ranges are quite reasonable with trumpet to G and trombone to F. It's a great change-of-pace ballad for any setting. Roy Phillippe truly captures the essence of Gershwin with this classy arrangement.

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Series: Jazz Band Series

Publisher: Alfred Music

Page Count: 40

ISBN10: 0-7579-3479-X

ISBN13: 978-0-7579-3479-7

UPC: 654979178736

SKU: 00-JEM00026

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About the Composer: George Gershwin

George Gershwin revolutionized American music by seamlessly blending classical forms with jazz idioms and popular song. His concert works, Broadway scores, and standards remain cornerstones of the American songbook, performed across classical, jazz, and commercial contexts.

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Why we love this

Roy Phillippe's arrangement respects the melody's inherent warmth while giving every section something engaging to play. The written-out saxophone solos mean your students aren't improvising over changes they don't yet own, yet they're still learning how jazz soloists voice their lines. It's a ballad that sounds sophisticated without demanding virtuosity.

What to expect

Warm, unhurried, and deeply romantic. The brushwork keeps everything intimate while the chord changes reveal the sophisticated harmonic thinking that makes Gershwin's melodies so enduring. There's space to breathe between phrases, and the solo sections invite genuine lyricism.

Who it's for

Jazz ensembles at the intermediate level who are ready to tackle a standard with real harmonic content. This works for groups developing their ballad vocabulary and learning to distinguish between different types of jazz sonorities.

How to get the most out of it

Balance the block harmonies in the trombone section so they anchor the chord changes without overwhelming the melody. These voicings are what make the harmony shine.
Let the drummer explore the texture that brushes create. Encourage listening to classic recordings to hear how different brush techniques shape the song's intimacy.
The written-out sax solos are melodies, not transcriptions. Bring phrasing and space to them; don't rush the lines just because they're notated.
Shape the muted trumpet solo as a conversation with the rhythm section rather than a feature over accompaniment. Dynamics and tone color matter more than flashy articulation here.

How to use it

Pair this with uptempo selections to show range and control within a single concert. It's also an excellent teaching tool when you're focusing on harmonic analysis, diminished chords, and how arrangers voice jazz harmonies for different instruments.