2024 All-State Jazz Ensemble

Director
Christopher Dorsey
Dillard School of the Arts (retired)

Repertoire
To be selected from:
Blues Backstage - Recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra, arr. Frank Foster, trans. David Berger

15 Minutes Late - John Clayton

Symphony in Riffs - Benny Carter

Us - Mel Lewis and Thad Jones

Misty (Emocionado) - Michele Fernandez

Chinoiserie - Duke Ellington


2024 Honors Jazz Ensemble

Director
Ron Carter
Professor Emeritus, Northern Illinois University, and Carter’s Jazz Clinics, LLC 

Repertoire
To be selected from:
Groove Merchant – Jerome Richardson arr. Thad Jones

Body and Soul – Edward Heyman, John Green, Robert Sour, and Frank Eyton, arr. George Stone

The Neighbor from Naylor – Bryan Carter

Bridging the Gap – Melton Mustafa

Arange Drank – Paul Baker


2024 Honors Jazz Combo

Director
Bryan Carter
Musician, Composer and Arranger/Jazz at Lincoln Center

Repertoire
To be selected from:
After You’ve Gone - arr. Nicholas Payton, Bryan Carter

Where You Need To Be - Lucas Pino

Alamode - Curtis Fuller

Una Mas - Kenny Dorham, arr. Don Sickler

The ILMEA Blues - Composed by the Students