On Green Dolphin Street (arr. Scott Kitzmiller): TTBB Choral Octavo

Scott Kitzmiller's voicing brings out the sophisticated harmony of this jazz standard while keeping the arrangement singable for college and community choirs. The flexibility to perform as TB, TTB, TBB, or TTBB means you can actually use this with your available singers rather than forcing a square peg into a round hole.

Sophisticated and swinging without pretension. The melody floats over lush supporting harmonies that evoke the elegance of 1940s ballroom orchestras while remaining accessible to singers who know how to blend and balance.

College and community TTBB ensembles looking for legitimate jazz repertoire that doesn't require a rhythm section or extensive rehearsal time. Directors who want their singers to engage with a classic of the American songbook in an arrangement that respects both the original and the ensemble's vocal capabilities.

• Balance the melody and inner voices by asking the lead tenor to sing with clarity but not dominance; this is a chart where the harmonic texture matters as much as the tune.
• Listen carefully to chord voicings in the recordings to understand how each sonority should sit. Jazz harmonies can sound muddy if voices aren't locked in with good intonation.
• Mark the phrasing with your singers. Dorsey's orchestra phrased this tune with sophisticated swing inflection; help your group hear where the musical thoughts breathe and resolve.
• Experiment with your vocal production in the bridge. This section sits in a range that can either soar or strain depending on how much warmth versus brightness you dial into the sound.

This works beautifully on a concert that showcases standards or American music. It pairs naturally with other Kitzmiller arrangements or other jazz vocal repertoire, and it's short enough to sit comfortably in a program of mixed classical and popular repertoire without feeling out of place.

• Singing jazz harmonies with accurate intonation
• Blending inner voice parts to support rather than compete with the melody
• Phrasing in a swing idiom
• Reading four-part TTBB voicing with flexibility across partial voicings