LIVE AUDITIONS. is your choice which swing standard you choose from the list. A playa-long will be provided at the time of the audition.

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1 LIVE AUDITIONS Yu will be asked t: 1. Play a rll frm pian t frte n the snare drum 2. Sightread a big band chart 3. Perfrm ne Medium Temp Swing OR ne Up Temp Swing. It is yur chice which swing standard yu chse frm the list. A playa-lng will be prvided at the time f the auditin. 4. Perfrm ne Latin standard OR a cmpsitin frm the Favrite Style categry. TO BE CLEAR: Yu will be perfrming TWO sngs ttal fr yur auditin: ne frm either SWING categry and anther frm either the LATIN r ALTERNATIVE STYLE categry. VIDEO AUDITIONS In yur vide, please: 1. Play a rll frm pian t frte n the snare drum 2. Perfrm ONE medium temp swing OR up temp swing standard frm the sng list belw with a play-a-lng r a live band. It is yur chice which swing standard yu chse frm the list. 3. Perfrm ne Latin standard OR a cmpsitin frm the Favrite Style categry. TO BE CLEAR: Yu will be perfrming TWO sngs ttal fr yur auditin: ne frm either SWING categry and anther frm either the LATIN r ALTERNATIVE STYLE categry.

2 SONG LIST Chse a MEDIUM SWING OR an UP TEMPO SWING standard t perfrm fr yur auditin. This is cmpletely YOUR chice. Medium Swing Have Yu Met Miss Jnes (80 Beats Per Measure) *Suggested Listening: Smkin with the Chet Baker Quintet; Ray Brwn Tri: Live frm New Yrk t Tky Autumn Leaves (65 beats per measure) Suggested Listening: Wyntn Kelly Smeday my Prince Will Cme; Chet Baker: She Was Gd t Me Blue Mnk (72bpm) Suggested Listening: Thelnius Mnk We See; Thelnius Mnk, Live at Carnegie Hall There Will Never Be Anther Yu (70bpm) Suggested Listening: Chet Baker Sings; Snny Rllins Snny Meets Hawk! Up Temp Swing Fur (100bpm) Suggested Listening: Miles Davis Wrkin Ole (120bpm) Suggested Listening: Bill Evans Everybdy Digs Bill Evans; Miles Davis Relaxin Ornithlgy (105bpm)

3 Suggested Listening: Bud Pwell The Amazing Bud Pwell Vl. 1; Charlie Parker Live at Stryville Mment s Ntice (120bpm) Suggested Listening: Jhn Cltrane Blue Train Chse (yur chice) a LATIN OR an ALTERNATIVE STYLE sng t perfrm fr yur audtitin. This is cmpletely YOUR chice. Latin Caravan (100bpm) Suggested Listening: Dexter Grdn Our man in Paris; Stan Getz The Girl frm Ipanema; Bud Pwell The Amazing Bud Pwell Vl. 1 Mamb Inn (105bpm) Suggested Listening: Grant Green The Latin Bit; Machit The Early Years One Nte Samba (92bpm) Suggested Listening: Dizzy Gillespie New Wave; Stan Getz Big Band Bssa Nva; Stan Getz Jazz Samba **Alternative Styles Cuntry and Western Rck Funk Highway Dn t Care Tim McGraw (Album: Tw Lanes f Freedm) American Wman Lenny Kravitz (Album: 5)

4 Hip Hp Gspel Mther Ppcrn James Brwn (Album: It s a Mther) Dillalude #2 Rbert Glasper (Album: Black Radi Recvered) I ll Keep Hlding On Kim Burrell (Album: Everlasting Life) Yu are welcme t be creative with these sngs in yur interpretatin as lng as yu meet the temp, meldy, frm and style requirements fr that particular sng. All temp markings (bpm= ) are based n the half nte AUDITION PLAY-A-LONG INSTRUCTIONS (These DO NOT apply t Alternative Styles play-a-lng) With each sng yu chse (frm abve list) t play, yu are expected t: 1. Play the meldy f each standard n the drums 2. Play the meldy with the indicated feel with a play-a-lng track that will be prvided at the auditin 3. Sl ver the frm *The suggested listening is prvided simply as a resurce fr varius versins f the sng. While the arrangements vary, the meldy and basic frm f the sngs are the same. The play-a-lng prvided at the

5 auditin will nly have the meldy with chrds with a basic bass line. **If yu chse ne f the alternative styles sngs, yu will play with the riginal track thus n temp marking is prvided.