The Jazz Ensemble Companion: A Guide to Outstanding Big Band Arrangements Selected by Some of the Foremost Jazz Educators

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Revisit favorite arrangements, discover new ones, and inspire your jazz ensemble with sound and adventurous music to play. This new book recommends and analyzes sixty-seven quality jazz arrangements recommended by eighteen of the foremost jazz experts in the field today, including directors and professors from high schools and colleges across the country, including the Houston High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Bloomington High School, Fiorello La Guardia Performing Arts High School, Juilliard School, Berklee College of Music, and Harvard University.

Listed alphabetically, each analysis includes information on instrumentation, ranges, playability, and requirements for rendering the score.

This book includes eight indexes of musical features to help instructors select repertoire and teaching topics, five indexes for quick navigation and reference, three appendices on survey data results, a glossary, a bibliography, a list of jazz ensemble music publishers, and a general index.

Reviews

A passionate and detailed study of quality literature for jazz ensemble. Helpful to jazz band directors and arrangers alike. Highly recommended ! -- Frank L. Battisti, conductor emeritus, New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble
Michele Caniato's observations into why some arrangements/compositions pass the survival test of history are indeed insightful. -- Phil Wilson, trombonist, composer, and arranger
A solid and concise guide for all jazz band directors to a more meaningful awareness of, understanding of, and approach to the large ensemble jazz canon. -- Justin DiCioccio, Jazz Artist, Performer, Conductor, Pedagogue, Clinician; Associate Dean Emeritus, Manhattan School of Music Jazz Arts Program
Michele Caniato has carried out an impressive job! The wealth of information presented here, the detailed analyses of essential big band repertoire, and tips for rehearsing the ensemble make this book a must for all jazz educators, band directors, arrangers and composers. -- Jere Laukkanen, composer, arranger, conductor, and head of the degree program in pop and jazz music, Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied S
A compelling approach in the world of jazz education: thoughtful, highly intelligent, insightful. I recommend this publication to educators and musicians alike. -- Michael Abene, Grammy Award-winning composer/arranger and music director of the WDR Big Band of Cologne, Germany

A passionate and detailed study of quality literature for jazz
ensemble. Helpful to jazz band directors and arrangers alike. Highly
recommended !

-- Frank L. Battisti, conductor emeritus, New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble

Michele Caniato's book is sure to serve as an invaluable resource for directors seeking guidance and new ideas to enhance the quality of their jazz ensemble's repertoire and performance.
Check it out!

-- Chuck Owen, professor of jazz studies, University of South Florida-Tampa
Jazz ensemble directors searching for new material will find plenty of possibilities here. -- August 2010 * Teaching Music *

Author Bio

Michele Caniato is an active composer, conductor, and educator. He has been directing jazz ensembles since 1991 and is an Associate Professor of Music at Fitchburg State College in Massachusetts.