Joeking

Hi, I'm auditioning for a prestigious high school jazz band and play saxophone. Whats a song/solo that might impress enough to allow my to get into the first or second best band?

The Batlord

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Oriphiel

Contort Yourself

Or maybe Black and White by The Raincoats

Either will get you in for sure

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rubber soul

Good luck with the audition

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Akai

If it's a quick solo you need (in terms of length) then Grover Washingtons jr's solo 6mins into 'Lorans dance - Idris Mohammed' should do the trick.

It's big on the higher register so if you can pull it off they'll know you got chops.


If you need a whole track and you have the skill to play em then a dozen of the top of my head that I recommend would be;

Blue Train - John Coltrane
Ballade - Charlie Parker
Equinox - John Coltrane
Channel One Suite - Buddy Rich
Concerto - Glazunov
Birdland - Weather Report
Naima - John Coltrane
Body & Soul - Coleman Hawkins
Bird's Lament - Moondog
‘St Thomas’ - Sonny Rollins
The Chicken - Jaco Pastorius/Weather Report
Here's That Rainy Day - Stan Getz

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grindy

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Frownland

Don't join a school jazz band, they will poison your concept of jazz.

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The Batlord

That's what I was thinking. Sounds like maybe one step above the school band.

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Plankton

Here's a smooth jazzy number that might be a little bit more than entry level, but simple enough. A little call and response with sax and guitar:



...and here's a backing track for it with the sax removed so you can press play and do your thing over it:



Good luck!

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rubber soul

Actually my High School stage band wasn't half bad (Of course this was 1980 when they were actually supporting music in schools). I wouldn't expect them to play anything like Coltrane but I could see them doing Duke Ellington or some of the big band heroes like Goodman or Miller.

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