This sizzling crowd pleaser features four swing favorites from the thirties, forties, and fifties. A fantastic choice for concert or show choirs, Alan's hip five-minute arrangement really kicks!

Bossa nova (Portuguese for "new trend") is a musical genre that began in Brazil in the 1950s. The combination of samba rhythms, jazz sonorities, and lyrical melodies created a new, sophisticated style that was soon embraced by musicians worldwide. Here's a quintessential bossa nova on just three Latin words. Optional flute and/or vibraphone (available free online) add another smooth layer to this hip contemporary choral.

This classic song recorded in the 30's by Marlene Dietrich gets an update with this accessible setting which opens in a straight-forward 3/4 meter, then moves into a fun 4/4 swing.

Here is a great chart in the style of Krupa and Rich and a super hot arrangement. Try to sit still when you hear this--it can't be done. If you don't have a big band, the showtrax really brings the style alive.

Coffee keeps me buzzin' all day long. Gotta have a cup of coffee! Sound familiar? These and other java phrases are the basis for this jazzy swing number. Fun vocal rhythms, jazzy harmonies, and individual part-singing help your choir make the scene with the bean and create a wonderfully jittery performance! Available: SAB; StudioTrax CD.

This Grammy Hall of Fame song by Fats Waller is a standard in both the American popular song and jazz idiom. New York Voices mastermind Darmon Meader has created an arrangement that covers both of these areas with a new version for women.

This swinging Rodgers and Hart tune is classic vocal jazz. Includes a scat solo, which is written out or can be sung ad lib. The singers are definitely the stars here, though the arrangement can be done with a variety of accompaniments: piano alone, small instrumental combo, or full jazz ensemble.

Recorded by New York Voices on their Sing, Sing, Sing album, this contemporary Darmon Meader arrangement offers superb vocal jazz writing. Perform with the SoundPax or consider using the full jazz band accompaniment.

Hereis vocal jazz at its best, from one of todayis top arrangers. This well-conceived arrangement is in a traditional swing style, with lots of tight and tasty harmonies. Bass and Drum parts offered free, online.

Recorded by New York Voices on their album A Day Like This, this contemporary swing arrangement offers superb, challenging vocal jazz writing. Recording courtesy of MCGJazz.org.

Darmon Meader has achieved international recognition for his work with The New York Voices. Here he arranges this beautiful ballad in the style fitting of this iconic ensemble. Lush, contemporary jazz harmonies and styles define this arrangement with each vocal line featured as if they were soloists. Chord symbols are included for the accomplished jazz pianist but the realized piano part is worthy of the any player. This is a swing ballad that will leave your audience breathless.

Darmon Meader (of New York Voices fame) adds his vocal jazz touch to Duke Ellington's classic. The lazy, medium swing tempo is just right, and the full-sounding piano accompaniment supports the voices. Add a jazz trio (piano, bass, drums) with the SoundPax.

This arrangement of the Bobby Troup classic has been selected by ACDA as one of the Top Ten vocal jazz arrangements of all time. Now in a new edition, choirs of today can be introduced to this great jazz chart. Available: SATB, ShowTrax CD. Approx. Time: 3:00.

This song, made popular by Frank Sinatra in the movie A Hole in the Head, is a song of positive thoughts and acts. An ant moves a rubber tree plant, a ram destroys a dam and our troubles and hardships go away when the balloon is popped. The power of positive thinking. This song won the Oscar for Best Original Song at the 32nd Academy Awards in 1960 and its message is still award-winning.

The 1935 motion picture Top Hat introduced this Irving Berlin song to the world and it continues to be a popular standard for jazz performers. It features a vintage, bluesy swing that will showcase your singers at their best! Available separately: SATB, SAB, SSA, ShowTrax CD. Combo parts available digitally (tpt 1, tpt 2, tsx, tbn, syn, gtr, b, dm). Duration: ca. 3:35.

This song composed almost 70 years ago in France has become a jazz standard, performed and recorded by the most notable artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. This ballad setting captures a quasi-classical feel and a suggestion of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, that gives it a nostalgic quality and the hope that the audience might find bluebirds in the spring and in their hearts a song to sing. Available separately: SATB, SAB, SSA, ShowTrax CD. Rhythm parts available digitally (syn, gtr, b, dm). Duration: ca. 3:55.

Showcase your vocal jazz group with this accessible setting of the Ella Fitzgerald/Count Basie standard. Swing style, jazz harmonies, group scat and solo improvisation make this a great selection for developing style and technique.

The ultimate soft shoe song has been given novel twists and turns galore! This theme-and-variations arrangement includes the traditional soft shoe, a waltz, a jazz waltz, and a soap opera theme treatment! Perfect for your "novelty" slot in the concert.

This ACADEMY AWARDae winning ballad was originally featured in the film Calamity Jane starring Doris Day. This setting is filled with all the jazzy nuances you expect from the creative mind of Greg Jasperse. Optional repeats allow for scat or instrumental solos.

This classic swing tune was arranged for the Michigan All-State Vocal Jazz Ensemble. Beginning with the rubato intro just right for a soloist to stylize in their own way, it launches into a sweet swinging ensemble arrangement that is hip and contemporary and just right for an advanced vocal jazz choir.

Jay Althouse has put together a trio of jazz tunes for young choirs. It opens with a light swing number, followed by a traditional vocal jazz ballad, and closes with a tight, up tempo chart reminiscent of Route 66. Written specifically as teaching songs, these pieces are perfect for training your group in classic jazz styles. Nostalgically authentic; it's as if each of the short standards were written by Count Basie himself. Three great teaching tools for the price of one! SoundTrax features a professionally recorded jazz combo.

Songlist: Swingin' The Night, Nightingale, I-95

Jay offers a fresh, swingin', positive, and happy approach to this popular standard, originally sung by Doris Day in the '50s and later by many other pop and jazz artists. Great for concert, jazz, and show choirs.

Great jazz singers from Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra to Rosemary Clooney and Mel Tormé have covered this popular swing number from the '40s. Great for show/jazz groups as well as concert choirs.

Originally written for the 1937 movie A Damsel in Distress, this Gershwin classic was featured in the 1992 Tony Award-winning musical Crazy for You and has been recently revived as the title song of the 2012 Broadway hit. Jay's swingin' arrangement features tight harmonies and two brief solos.

A multitude of artists have recorded this iconic jazz tune, presented here in a fresh, samba style with tight harmonies and a stellar scat section.

Old MacDonald takes on a jazzy feel for young and developing choirs in this Shaw arrangement! An absolute must when introducing jazz to your singers, EIEIO now becomes a scat section with a chorus that allows for echoing and solo opportunities, if desired. Adorable on all levels!

Jam to this sassy '60s hit that was covered by Manhattan Transfer. A terrific chart by Kirby Shaw. Available: SATB, SAB, SSA, Instrumental Pak, ShowTrax CD. Performance Time: Approx. 3:00.

This super Manhattan Transfer hit is totally irresistible! Available: SATB, SAB, SSA, Instrumental Pak, ShowTrax CD. Performance Time: Approx. 2:56.

This Manhattan Transfer hit will put your choir on the jazz track! Hip '40s lyrics and the burnin' ShowTrax Cassette! Available: SATB, SAB, SSA, Instrumental Pak, ShowTrax Cassette. Performance Time: Approx. 2:25.

From Barry Manilow's 1987 album Swing Street, this hot Latin classic drew on the talents of Kid Creole and the Coconuts and makes a superb feature for vocal jazz and show choirs! Super feature for Latin percussion and choreography! Available separately: SATB, SAB, SSA, ShowTrax CD. Combo parts available as a digital download (tpt 1-2, tsx, tbn, gtr, b, dm). Duration: 2:45.

You'll capture the sound of an era when you perform this campy hit from 1963 at the zenith of the Bossa Nova craze! Opening with a two part call and response, it moves into a fully harmonized chorus with some clever lyrics that will create smiles all around.

This great bossa nova classic by the Brazilian artist Joao Gilberto completely captures the flavor of the 1960s. Smooth lines and the jazz infused samba give this setting its special appeal! Available separately: SATB, SAB, SSA, ShowTrax CD. Rhythm Section parts available digitally (gtr, b, dm). Duration: ca. 2:15.

Set in a medium swing, this jazz standard cooks from start to finish! Opening with unison vocals, it moves to two-part, then four-part jazz chords over a steady walking bass. The group scat chorus packs a punch and leads to a tasty modulation, final chorus and easy out for a super vocal jazz showcase. Available separately: SATB, SAB, SSA, ShowTrax CD. Rhythm Section parts available as a digital download (gtr, b, dm). Duration: ca. 3:10.

The famous Love Theme from The Godfather, this soft samba setting offers plenty of options to showcase your ensemble skills: blend, style, rhythm and a full group scat interlude, for a great vocal jazz change of pace!

This really cooks! Vocal jazz hits over a walking bass line, a swingin' ensemble scat chorus and a hot combo orchestration make this arrangement of the Frank Loesser standard a definite winner! Available separately: SATB, SAB, SSA, ShowTrax CD. Rhythm parts available digitally (gtr, b, dm). Duration: ca. 2:15.

Originally written by Johnny Mercer for The Pink Panther in 1963 and covered by Michael Bublé on his Call Me Irresponsible album from 2007, this uptempo classic sizzles with Latin fire. Available separately: SATB, SAB, SSA, ShowTrax CD. Combo parts available digitally (tpt 1, tpt 2, tsx, tbn, syn, gtr, b, dm). Duration: ca. 2:20.

The multi-talented Stevie Wonder scored a #1 hit in this joyous 1977 tribute to Duke Ellington, arranged here by Kirby Shaw. Available: SATB, SAB, SSA, Instrumental Pak, ShowTrax CD. Performance Time: Approx. 4:00.

Peggy Lee's sizzling sound is adapted for SSA in a sensational setting by Kirby Shaw. Available: SSA, ShowTrax CD. Performance Time: Approx. 3:05.

Flute and rhythm section bring charm to this jazz waltz setting of Henry Mancini's famous theme from the 1964 movie, most famously recorded by Andy Williams. Available separately: SATB, SAB, SSA, ShowTrax CD. Rhythm Section and Flute parts available as a digital download (fl, gtr, b, dm). Duration: ca. 2:55.

Famously recorded by Nat King Cole, Cleo Laine, Diana Krall and more, this heartfelt ballad will showcase the skill and technique of your vocal jazz ensemble at their best! Set in a laid-back 4, you will love refining the tasty harmonies and sensitive rhythmic nuance of this fabulous chart!

This bluesy standard, recorded by jazz greats Etta James, Dinah Washington and more, will be a perfect vehicle for displaying your group's soulful style. Available separately: SATB, SAB, SSA, ShowTrax CD. Combo part available digitally (tpt 1, tpt 2, tsx, tbn, gtr, b, dm). Duration: ca. 3:30.

Start a quiet fire with this mellow Latin jazz chart. Lush harmonies and fluid melodic lines are featured to create a great change of pace for any concert. English and Spanish lyrics included. Available: SATB, SAB, SSA, Instrumental Pak, ShowTrax CD. Performance Time: Approx. 3:30.

Turn up the heat with this dynamic dance number! Kirby Shaw fans the flames in this spicy Latin original. Available: SATB, SAB, SSA, Instrumental Pak, ShowTrax CD. Performance Time: Approx. 3:45.

This upbeat novelty from the '20s will have everyone stompin' their feet and clappin' their hands. Simple vocals with a vocal band middle section, fun lyrics, and the optional Dixieland accompaniment complete this happy package.Available separately: SATB, SAB, 2-Part, Instrumental Pak (parts for Trumpet, Clarinet, Trombone, Banjo/Guitar, Bass/Tuba and Drums) and ShowTrax CD. Performance Time: Approx. 3:00

This classic tune by the legendary singer/songwriter Hank Williams gets a jazz-flavored makeover that's brimming with personality and pizzazz.Available separately: SATB, SSA, TTB, ShowTrax CD and Instrumental ePak. Performance Time: Approx. 2:25.

Tony Bennet, Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra all recorded this 1930s classic. Great harmonies and vocal textures are highlighted in this Kirby Shaw setting. Performance Time: Approx. 2:40.Available separately: SATB, SAB, SSA, ShowTrax CD and Instrumental ePak (parts for Guitar, Bass and Drums).

Lambert Hendricks & Ross mastered the art of vocal bebop and this Jon Hendricks classic proves the point with its frantic tempo and the fast swing groove underneath. A vocal jazz tour-de-force!Available separately: SATB, SAB, SSA, Instrumental ePak and ShowTrax CD. Performance Time: Approx. 2:05.

Challenge your vocal jazz soloists with this madcap vocalese classic from the legendary group Lambert, Hendricks & Ross! It's a concert tour-de-force! Available separately: SATB, SAB, SSA, ShowTrax CD. Rhythm Section available digitally (gtr, b, dm). Duration: ca. 2:00.

The quiet emotion of this classic ballad will wrap your audience in a dreamlike spell of enchantment. Breathtaking! Available separately: SATB, SAB, SSA, ShowTrax CD. Rhythm section parts available digitally (gtr, b, dm). Duration: ca. 2:30.

No matter how you spell it, your vocal jazz group will love to perform this happy swing setting of the Natalie Cole classic! A wonderful way to build vocal skills while entertaining! Available separately: SATB, SAB, SSA, ShowTrax CD. Rhythm parts available as a digital download (syn, gtr, b, dm). Duration: ca. 2:25.

Your audiences will love this vampy '40s big band tune, originally recorded by Betty Hutton and covered by Bette Midler and Kelly Clarkson. A great novelty change of pace with attitude! Available separately: SATB, SAB, SSA, ShowTrax CD. Combo parts available as a digital download (tpt 1-2, tsx, tbn, gtr, b, dm). Duration: ca. 3:00.

Salute the great female jazz artists from the past, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and Peggy Lee, with this 10-minute medley of hits and showcase your own ensemble of stars of the future! Includes: Cheek to Cheek, Fever, God Bless' the Child. Available separately: SSA, ShowTrax CD. Rhythm parts available digitally (gtr, b, dm). Duration: ca. 9:45.

Your jazz singers will strut their stuff with this Sinatra standard from 1960! Nice 'n' easy is just what it is but with a kick that will electrify your stage! Available separately: SATB, SAB, SSA, ShowTrax CD. Combo parts available digitally (tpt 1, tpt 2, tsx, tbn, gtr, b, dm). Duration: ca. 3:25.

Two legends combined in this duet with Tony Bennett and Amy Winehouse in the final recording made before her death in 2011. Adapted for jazz choirs, this setting retains the bluesy, ballad quality of their popular recording.

From the 1946 animated classic Make Mine Music produced by Walt Disney, Benny Goodman and his orchestra provided the soundtrack that salutes swing music. A fun change of pace for jazz and show choirs! Available separately: SATB, SAB, SSA, ShowTrax CD. Combo parts available digitally (tpt 1, tpt 2, tsx, tbn, gtr, b, dm). Duration: ca. 1:50.

From Disney Channel artist Zendaya, this girl-power anthem encourages girls to look within to find their inner strength. The New Orleans style street beat energizes the track and this setting will be a super SSA showcase!

This great jazz standard has been recorded by Tony Bennett and many others. The Latin groove setting is great for developing style, diction and ensemble skills. Don't miss it!Available separately: SATB, SAB, SSA, Instrumental Pak (Trumpet I & II, Tenor Sax, Trombone, Guitar, Bass and Drums) and ShowTrax CD. Performance Time: Approx. 2:25.

Dreamy harmonies float above the flowing piano lines in this classic jazz ballad recorded most famously by Nat Cole and Natalie Cole. This rich setting will warm the hearts of all who hear it.Available separately: SATB, SAB, SSA, Instrumental Pak (parts for Guitar, Bass and Drums) and ShowTrax CD. Performance Time: Approx. 3:30

From the a cappella beginning into the walking bass accompaniment to the full swinging shout chorus, this chart is a straight-ahead vocal jazz feature that will bring life to every performance! Available: SATB, SAB, SSA, Instrumental Pak, ShowTrax CD. Performance Time: Approx. 4:00.

Set in a hot 1940's swing style, this uptempo original will really raise the roof! Live horns or the sizzling track, this chart is a great show choir feature. Available separately: SATB, SAB and SSA. Instrumental ePak and ShowTrax CD also available. Performance time approx. 2:35.