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PIECES (See syllabus for exam requirements)

Group A (accompanied)Available In

1. Impressions OR Maiden Voyage OR Song for my Father OR Cantaloupe Island OR Footprints [head + 2 choruses]

Aebersold

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2. First Flower

Genna

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3. Embraceable You

Gershwin

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4. Anthropology [tempo to be faster than marked]

Gillespie/ Parker

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5. Stompin’ at the Savoy [with improv.]

Goodman, Webb & Sampson

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6. Uptown

Holcombe

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7. Riffin’ on Down

Holcombe

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8. Fly Me to the Moon [with improv.]

Howard

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9. The Girl from Ipanema, no. 7

Jobim

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10. A Bear in my Shed, no. 6

Miles

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11. Candlelight

Miles

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12. Early Bird, p. 14 OR Hum!, p. 25

O’Neill

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13. Some of these Days

Parker

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14. Situation Comedy

Rae

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15. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You

Washington/Bassman

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16. Bebop

A Wilson

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17. After Charlie … Joe

J Wilson

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18. Bebop [play an octave higher and impro over the form]

J Wilson

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19. Squiffy's Song

Wood

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20. Tea for Two

Youmans/Caesar

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Group B (unaccompanied)Available In

1. Latin Dance OR Charming Snakes

Buckland

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2. Scats

A Hart

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3. Etude in C, p. 4 OR Etude in G, p. 29 [omit repeat]

Holcombe

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4. One Time no. 1 OR Bluesangle no. 11

Mower

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5. Burn, Burn, Burn

Nightingale

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6. Hard Rock Blues, no. 36

Rae

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7. Basic Blues Etude in the Key of F

Ruwe

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8. Waltz Me Blues, no. 19

Sands

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9. No. 25 (from Easy Jazz Singles)

Stokes

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StudyAvailable In

1. No Joke! OR Second Wind

Rae

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2. Rahsaan OR Yusef OR Nestor

Wilson

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Also RecommendedAvailable In

1. Scales and Arpeggios

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2. Sight Reading

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3. Aural Tests

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