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ALABAMA ALL-STATE JAZZ BAND AUDITIONS
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Please Be Advised:
ALL etudes will be stored as PDF files on this site and will be available for download in September. Acrobat Reader is needed to download the files. Acrobat Reader is free and can be downloaded here. If the etude does not come up when clicked, try right-clicking and save the file to your computer. Acrobat will then open it on your computer.
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Selection for the Alabama All-State Jazz Band will be determined by a taped audition that students will prepare and send to the Alabama Jazz Educator’s Association President. Tone quality, musicianship, style, accurate tempos on etudes, and improvisational abilities will all be considered by the judges who listen to the tapes. The recordings will be judged by the music faculty at the University of South Alabama. Directors will be notified of the selected students approximately three weeks after the deadline. (Approximately December
11, 2009) Guitarist, bassists and drummers will be required to bring their own equipment for rehearsals and performances at AMEA.
All student audition tapes or cds, audition form, audition fee, and director’s registration to the newly formed Alabama Jazz Educator’s Association (AJEA) must be submitted to the AJEA president postmarked on or before November 20, 2009. The audition fee is $15.00 per student. Make checks payable to Alabama Jazz Educator’s Association – AJEA. Directors must be members of MENC/AMEA/ABA and the newly formed Alabama Jazz Educator’s Association. The dues for the newly formed Alabama Jazz Educator’s Association are $70.00. Please make checks for AJEA dues payable to the Alabama Jazz Educator’s Association. (AJEA) Download member application form here.
The audition material has been taken from the books and/or methods listed below. Etudes are specifically composed for the Alabama All State Jazz Band by Tom Wolfe and are available through a link on this website. (Sept. 1, 2009) Each school should contact their music dealer or Jamey Aebersold to obtain the books, CD’s or cassettes. The audition material is taken from the following sources.
All Instruments: All etudes will be stored as PDF files with a link to the files on this site. The etudes will be available for download in September. Acrobat Reader is needed to download the files. Acrobat Reader is free and can be downloaded from this site. If the etude does not come up when clicked, try right-clicking and save the file to your computer. Acrobat will then open it on your computer.
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All instruments except drums: Maiden Voyage , Volume 54, Play-A-Long and Recording Set by Jamey Aebersold
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Drums only: Jazz Conception for Drums by Jim Snidero
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Scales and other pertinent jazz information can be found in Jazz Aids Handbook by Jamey Aebersold, published by:
Jamey Aebersold
1211 Aebersold Drive
New Albany, IN. 47150
Website: www.aebersold.com
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Your music dealer should be able to acquire these materials for your students. |
AMEA All-State Jazz Band Auditions Taping Instructions |
- It is important that the student make as good a tape/CD, in terms of quality and clearness, as possible.
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- Make sure the audition music is recorded at the proper level with the play-a-long recordings.
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- If recording to cassette, use a new, non-metal cassette tape. You may make a CD.
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- Tune with the recording as closely as possible. Cassette players play at different speeds and your Play-Along may be flat or sharp depending on your playback system. If you have access to a variable speed tape player, play the tape on this machine and adjust the pitch using a tuner. CD players will not have this problem and are highly preferred!
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- The CD/tape label and recorded ID should contain ONLY the student’s name and instrument. The audition form will have the school name on it. So the judges will not know the school a student is from DO NOT INCLUDE THE SCHOOL ON THE LABEL OR RECORDED ID.
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- IMPORTANT!!!! Preview the CD/tape before you submit it.
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- The audition form is contained in the middle of the ABA handbook or can be downloaded here.
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| Alto Saxophone |
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Etude - If the etude does not open, right click and save the file to your computer. Open it from there. |
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Blues - Bb, F, G, D
Dorian Minor - C, F, A, E |
Scale syllabus and construction for these and many more scales can be foundin Jazz Aids Handbook by Jamey Aebersold. |
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"Summertime” - Vol. 54
(Play the melody the first time
through the form, improvise/ad
lib the second time.)
"Watermelon Man" - Vol. 54
(Play the melody the first time
through the form, improvise/ad
lib the second time.) |
Jamey Aebersold Jazz |
| Tenor Saxophone |
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Etude - If the etude does not open, right click and save the file to your computer. Open it from there. |
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Blues - Bb, F, G, D
Dorian Minor - C, F, A, E |
Scale syllabus and construction for these and many more scales can be found in Jazz Aids Handbook by Jamey Aebersold. |
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"Summertime” - Vol. 54
(Play the melody the first time
through the form, improvise/ad
lib the second time.)
"Watermelon Man" - Vol. 54
(Play the melody the first time
through the form, improvise/ad
lib the second time.) |
Jamey Aebersold Jazz |
| Bari Saxophone |
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Etude - If the etude does not open, right click and save the file to your computer. Open it from there. |
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Blues - Bb, F, G, D
Dorian Minor - C, F, A, E |
Scale syllabus and construction for these and many more scales can be found in Jazz Aids Handbook by Jamey Aebersold. |
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"Summertime” - Vol. 54
(Play the melody the first time
through the form, improvise/ad
lib the second time.)
"Watermelon Man" - Vol. 54
(Play the melody the first time
through the form, improvise/ad
lib the second time.) |
Jamey Aebersold Jazz |
| Trumpet |
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Etude (For both parts) - If the etude does not open, right click and save the file to your computer. Open it from there. |
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Blues - Bb, F, G, D
Dorian Minor - C, F, A, E |
Scale syllabus and construction for these and many more scales can be found in Jazz Aids Handbook by Jamey Aebersold. |
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"Summertime” - Vol. 54
(Play the melody the first time
through the form, improvise/ad
lib the second time.)
"Watermelon Man" - Vol. 54
(Play the melody the first time
through the form, improvise/ad
lib the second time.) |
Jamey Aebersold Jazz |
| Trombone |
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Etude - If the etude does not open, right click and save the file to your computer. Open it from there. |
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Blues - Bb, F, G, D
Dorian Minor - C, F, A, E |
Scale syllabus and construction for these and many more scales can be found in Jazz Aids Handbook by Jamey Aebersold. |
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"Summertime” - Vol. 54
(Play the melody the first time
through the form, improvise/ad
lib the second time.)
"Watermelon Man" - Vol. 54
(Play the melody the first time
through the form, improvise/ad
lib the second time.) |
Jamey Aebersold Jazz |
| Bass Trombone |
Note: In the event that no one auditions for Bass Trombone. The fourth highest score will be selected for the position. |
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Etude - If the etude does not open, right click and save the file to your computer. Open it from there. |
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Blues - Bb, F, G, D
Dorian Minor - C, F, A, E |
Scale syllabus and construction for these and many more scales can be found in Jazz Aids Handbook by Jamey Aebersold. |
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"Summertime” - Vol. 54
(Play the melody the first time
through the form, improvise/ad
lib the second time.)
"Watermelon Man" - Vol. 54
(Play the melody the first time
through the form, improvise/ad
lib the second time.) |
Jamey Aebersold Jazz |
| Guitar |
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Etude - If the etude does not open, right click and save the file to your computer. Open it from there. |
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- Melody, Comping, & Improvisation
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"Summertime" - Vol. 54
"Watermelon Man" - Vol. 54
- Play three times. Play the melody the first chorus, comp the second chorus and improvise the third chorus on both tunes.
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| Piano |
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Etude - If the etude does not open, right click and save the file to your computer. Open it from there. |
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- Melody, Comping, & Improvisation
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"Summertime" - Vol. 54
"Watermelon Man" - Vol. 54
- Play the melody with the right hand and comp with the left hand the first chorus, improvise with the right hand and comp with the left hand the second chorus on both tunes.
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Jamey Aebersold Jazz |
| Bass |
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Etude - If the etude does not open, right click and save the file to your computer. Open it from there. |
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"Summertime" - Vol. 54
"Watermelon Man" - Vol. 54
- Play twice. Construct a walking bass line the first chorus and improvise the second chorus on both tunes.
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| Drums |
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Etude - If the etude does not open, right click and save the file to your computer. Open it from there. |
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- Styles - 24 measures each
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- Swing - medium tempo
- Swing - fast tempo
- Latin/Bossa Novo - medium tempo
- Rock - medium tempo
- Ballad - switch to brushes after 12 measures - slow tempo
- Funk - medium tempo
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"blue Minor" - Track 12
- When you record your audition turn down the left channel to record without the drum track.
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Jazz Conceptions by Jim Snidero. Published by Advance Music.
Can be purchased at Art's Music or Jamey Aebersold Jazz
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