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ALABAMA ALL-STATE JAZZ BAND AUDITIONS

Alto Saxophone Tenor Saxophone Baritone Saxophone Trumpet (Lead and Section) Trombone
Bass Trombone Guitar Piano Bass Drums

DEADLINE FOR TAPE/CD SUBMISSIONS:
NOVEMBER 15, 2007
SEND TO:

SALLIE WHITE
HOOVER HIGH SCHOOL
1000 BUCCANEER DRIVE
HOOVER, AL 35244
205-439-1328
swhite@hoover.k12.al.us



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.

Selection for the Alabama All- State Jazz Band will be determined by a taped audition that students will prepare and send to the state IAJE President. Tone quality, musicianship, style, accurate tempos on etudes, and improvisational abilities will all be considered by the judges who listen to the tapes. Directors will be notified of the selected students approximately three weeks after the deadline. 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, and audition fee must be submitted to the IAJE president postmarked on or before November 15, 2007. The audition fee is $15.00 per student. Make checks payable to “Alabama IAJE”. Directors must be members of IAJE. Effective September 1,2006 ALL IAJE dues must be paid to the IAJE headquarters. Individuals wishing to attain or renew membership go to www.IAJE.org to do so. For active membership dues are now $70.

The audition material has been taken from the books and/or methods listed below. Etudes are now specifically composed for the Alabama All State Jazz Band and are available at the Alabama-IAJE website. 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 except drums: Duke Ellington, Volume 12, Play-A-Long and Recording Set by Jamey Aebersold
  • Drums only: Jazz Conception for Drums by Jim Snidero

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.jazzbooks.com

Your music dealer should be able to acquire these materials for your students.

 

IMPORTANT!!!

Effective September 1, 2006 ALL IAJE dues must be paid to the IAJE headquarters. Individuals wishing to attain or renew membership go to “www.IAJE.org” to do so. Dues are now:

  • Students - $30
  • Active - $70
  • Retired - $62 (age 62 and over)

Alabama IAJE 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.
  • Make sure the audition music is recorded at the proper level with the play-a-long recordings.
  • If recording to cassette, use a new, non-metal cassette tape. You may make a CD.
  • 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!
  • 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.
  • IMPORTANT!!!! Preview the CD/tape before you submit it.
  • The audition form is contained in the middle of the ABA handbook or can be downloaded here.

New this year! The etudes were composed as a big band chart. Below is a link to the score and a MIDI file for playback on your computer.
Score
MIDI File


Alto Saxophone    
Etude - If the etude does not open, right click and save the file to your computer. Open it from there.  
  • Scales (Concert Key)
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.
  • Improvisation
 "Perdido" - Vol. 12 (Play the melody the first time through the form, improvise/ad lib the second time through the form.)
"Satin Doll " - Vol. 12 (Play the melody the first time through the form, improvise/ad lib the second time through the form.)		 Jamey Aebersold Jazz
Tenor Saxophone    
Etude - If the etude does not open, right click and save the file to your computer. Open it from there.  
  • Scales (Concert Key)
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.
  • Improvisation
 "Perdido" - Vol. 12 (Play the melody the first time through the form, improvise/ad lib the second time through the form.)
"Satin Doll " - Vol. 12 (Play the melody the first time through the form, improvise/ad lib the second time through the form.)		 Jamey Aebersold Jazz
Bari Saxophone    
Etude - If the etude does not open, right click and save the file to your computer. Open it from there.  
  • Scales (Concert Key)
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.
  • Improvisation
 "Perdido" - Vol. 12 (Play the melody the first time through the form, improvis/ad lib the second time through the form.)
"Satin Doll " - Vol. 12 (Play the melody the first time through the form, improvis/ad lib the second time through the form.)		 Jamey Aebersold Jazz
Trumpet    
Etude (For both parts) - If the etude does not open, right click and save the file to your computer. Open it from there.  
  • Scales (Concert Key)
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.
  • Improvisation
 "Perdido" - Vol. 12 (Play the melody the first time through the form, improvise/ad lib the second time through the form.)
"Satin Doll " - Vol. 12 (Play the melody the first time through the form, improvise/ad lib the second time through the form.)		 Jamey Aebersold Jazz
Trombone    
Etude - If the etude does not open, right click and save the file to your computer. Open it from there.  
  • Scales (Concert Key)
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.
  • Improvisation
 "Perdido" - Vol. 12 (Play the melody the first time through the form, improvise/ad lib the second time through the form.)
"Satin Doll " - Vol. 12 (Play the melody the first time through the form, improvise/ad lib the second time through the form.)		 Jamey Aebersold Jazz
Bass Trombone    
Etude - If the etude does not open, right click and save the file to your computer. Open it from there.  
  • Scales (Concert Key)
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.
  • Improvisation
 "Perdido" - Vol. 12 (Play the melody the first time through the form, improvise/ad lib the second time through the form.)
"Satin Doll " - Vol. 12 (Play the melody the first time through the form, improvise/ad lib the second time through the form.)		 Jamey Aebersold Jazz
Guitar    
Etude - If the etude does not open, right click and save the file to your computer. Open it from there.  
  • Melody, Comping, & Improvisation

"Perdido" - Vol. 12
"Satin Doll " - Vol. 12

  • Play the melody the first chorus, comp the second chorus and improvise the third chorus on both tunes.
Jamey Aebersold Jazz
Piano    
Etude - If the etude does not open, right click and save the file to your computer. Open it from there.  
  • Melody, Comping, & Improvisation

"Perdido" - Vol. 12
"Satin Doll " - Vol. 12

  • 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.
Jamey Aebersold Jazz
Bass    
Etude - If the etude does not open, right click and save the file to your computer. Open it from there.  
  • Walking & Improvisation

"Perdido" - Vol. 12
"Satin Doll " - Vol. 12

  • Construct a walking bass line the first chorus and improvise the second chorus on both tunes.
Jamey Aebersold Jazz
Drums    
Etude - If the etude does not open, right click and save the file to your computer. Open it from there.  
  • Styles - 24 measures each
  • 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
 
  • Play-along

"Friends" - Track 14

  • When you record your audition turn down the left channel to record without the drum track.

Jazz Conceptions by Jim Snidero. Published by Advance Music.
Can be purchased at Art's Music or Jamey Aebersold Jazz

   
 


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