Category: JAZZ CHOIRS
Composer: Esperanza Spalding
Arranger: Kerry Marsh
Publisher: Self-published
Edition: N/A
Voicing: SSAA w/ rhythm section
Setting: NA
Reviewer:
Ryan Deignan
University of Minnesota – Duluth
R&R Chair Jazz Choirs
rdeignan@d.umn.edu
Virtuoso jazz bassist and vocalist Esperanza Spalding released this funk tune on her second studio album in […]
Category: JAZZ CHOIRS
Composer: Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar
Arranger: Rosana Eckert
Publisher: Anchor Music Publishing
Edition: NA
Voicing: SATB w/ rhythm section
Setting: NA
Reviewer:
Ryan Deignan
University of Minnesota – Duluth
R&R Chair Jazz Choirs
rdeignan@d.umn.edu
Grammy-winning vocalist and composer/arranger Rosana Eckert sets this well-known standard in a medium […]
Category: JAZZ CHOIRS
Composer: Amanda Taylor
Arranger: Amanda Taylor
Publisher: Self-published
Edition: NA
Voicing: SSATB
Setting: NA
Reviewer:
Ryan Deignan
University of Minnesota – Duluth
R&R Chair Jazz Choirs
rdeignan@d.umn.edu
Best known as a stellar soprano in the professional groups säje and Groove for Thought, Amanda Taylor is also an […]
Category: JAZZ CHOIRS
Composer: Jack Stratton
Arranger: MaryAnne Muglia Smith
Publisher: Self-published
Edition: NA
Voicing: 7-part SATB
Setting: NA
Reviewer:
Ryan Deignan
University of Minnesota – Duluth
R&R Chair Jazz Choirs
rdeignan@d.umn.edu
The American funk band Vulfpeck has developed an almost cult-like following since its founding in 2011. Among the […]
Category: JAZZ CHOIRS
Composer: Stephen Sondheim
Arranger: Drew Lewis
Publisher: Anchor Music Publications
Edition: LEW-B3-4072
Voicing: SSATBB
Setting: NA
Reviewer:
Ryan Deignan
University of Minnesota – Duluth
R&R Chair Jazz Choirs
rdeignan@d.umn.edu
In 2020, California director and teacher Drew Lewis arranged the late Sondheim’s famous ballad as an exercise for […]
Category: JAZZ CHOIRS
Composer: Ginny Carr
Arranger: Ginny Carr
Publisher: Anchor Music Publications
Edition: GCA-S3-3609
Voicing: SATB
Setting: NA
Reviewer:
Ryan Deignan
University of Minnesota – Duluth
R&R Chair Jazz Choirs
rdeignan@d.umn.edu
This original swing tune could have come straight out of the 40s! A great lyric, catchy melody, and […]
Category: JAZZ CHOIRS
Composer: Rosana Eckert
Arranger: Eckert
Publisher: JW Pepper
Edition: –
Voicing: Three-part mixed (optional Baritone)
Setting: Level: Medium Easy (Level 2). Medium Swing with Rhythm Section (piano bass, drums)
Reviewer:
Jennifer Parker
Inver Hills Community College
R&R Chair Jazz Choirs
This is a […]
Category: JAZZ CHOIRS
Composer: Mercer/Mundy/Young
Arranger: Kerry Marsh
Publisher: SkyTracks
Edition: –
Voicing: SSA
Setting: Level 2 (Starter Series). Medium Swing with Rhythm Section (piano, bass, drums)
Reviewer:
Jennifer Parker
Inver Hills Community College
R&R Chair Jazz Choirs
I love, love, love that Kerry has taken this […]
Category: JAZZ CHOIRS
Composer: Goldmacher/Eldridge
Arranger: Peter Eldridge
Publisher: SkyTracks
Edition: –
Voicing: SSATB
Setting: Level 3
Reviewer:
Jennifer Parker
Inver Hills Community College
R&R Chair Jazz Choirs
This is hauntingly beautiful and remains very true to the original recording. The arrangement introduces the duet, originally sung […]
Category: JAZZ CHOIRS
Composer: Rosamond Johnson and James Weldon Johnson
Arranger: Jarrett Johnson and Alvin Chea
Publisher: SkyTracks
Edition: –
Voicing: SATBB
Setting: Level 3.5
Reviewer:
Jennifer Parker
Inver Hills Community College
R&R Chair Jazz Choirs
This is an award-winning arrangement of the African-American National Anthem. This […]