Kaleidoscope: Jazz Ensemble Conductor Score & Parts

$60.00 USD

Kaleidoscope: Jazz Ensemble Conductor Score & Parts

Name: Kaleidoscope: Jazz Ensemble Conductor Score & Parts
Brand: Alfred Music
SKU: 98-JE4152
Price: 60.00 USD
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By Erik Morales

Grade: 3

Item: 98-JE4152

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Sporting a diverse set of styles, this incredibly unique chart features a flugelhorn solo and the trumpet section with angular themes that invoke images of light, color and symmetry. The swing section features your best alto sax player with simple chord changes and an optional written-out solo.

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Series: FJH Intermediate Jazz Ensemble

Publisher: The FJH Music Company, Inc.

UPC: 674398233472

SKU: 98-JE4152

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About the Composer: Erik Morales

Erik Morales has built a prolific career bridging artistic ambition with pedagogical clarity. Since the mid-1980s, when his high school band director first asked him to arrange marching band music, Morales has published over 150 works across classical, jazz, wind, orchestral, and chamber settings. He studied composition at Florida International University and earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Louisiana, Lafayette in 1989, establishing himself as a composer whose work consistently serves both the concert hall and the classroom.

As a trumpet player himself, Morales has made significant contributions to the trumpet repertoire, with his trumpet ensembles winning first place at the 2006 and 2008 National Trumpet Competitions. His Concerto for Trumpet in C and Piano premiered at the 2009 International Trumpet Guild conference, and a commissioned Concerto for Two Trumpets debuted in 2013. In 2016, he was inducted into the Louisiana Association for Jazz Education's Hall of Fame, recognizing decades of work that consistently finds the balance between musical sophistication and accessibility for student performers.

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Why we love this

Morales understands what makes a jazz chart feel alive for young ensembles without oversimplifying the writing. The alternation between structured ensemble passages and spotlight moments for your strongest players keeps everyone engaged, and the optional solo gives you flexibility based on what your section brings to rehearsal that season.

What to expect

The piece shifts between geometric precision and swinging freedom. Latin and jazz textures blend as if light is refracting through a turning prism, with moments of sharp contrast followed by smoother, more lyrical sections. The flugelhorn's warm tone anchors the imagistic quality throughout.

Who it's for

Grade 3 jazz ensembles with players strong enough to handle mixed stylistic demands but still developing their jazz vocabulary. You need at least one confident flugelhorn player and an alto sax who can either read or improvise over accessible changes.

How to get the most out of it

Encourage the flugelhorn soloist to listen closely to the written trumpet section lines; they'll weave together and create the harmonic context for the solo passages.
Work the angular themes separately from the swing section. These contrasting styles need distinct articulation and energy, so block them out before combining them.
Let your alto sax player explore the optional solo during sectionals first. Whether they read the written version or improvise, they'll need time to lock into those simple chord changes and find their voice.

How to use it

Reserve this for a program that benefits from stylistic variety and soloist features. It works especially well on a jazz festival or contest round where you want to show range without overextending your ensemble's technical abilities. The piece also serves as a natural bridge for students just beginning to understand how jazz harmony differs from classical writing.

Skills your students will build

Reading and executing angular melodic figures with clean articulation
Distinguishing between straight and swing feels within a single arrangement
Supporting a featured soloist as an ensemble while maintaining rhythmic precision
Playing Latin jazz grooves with proper comping and section blend
Navigating simple jazz chord changes (as foundation for improvisation or reading)