This is the first in a planned set of tutorials showing you how to arrange music for jazz ensemble. In this video I cover 'interchangeable chords' and the orchestration technique: closed voicing for 13 horns.

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Watch all of the other lessons in the series:    • Big Band Arranging SECRETS REVEALED  

Credits:
Will Vargas - alto sax 1 & 2, tenor sax 1 & 2, bari sax
Michael Briones - trombones 1, 2, 3
Robert Todd Jr. - bass trombone
Elliot Deutsch - trumpets 1, 2, 3, 4
Musical example is a shout chorus for "Jazzytown Express" written by Elliot Deutsch
Audio mixed by Elliot Deutsch
Video edited by Elliot Deutsch
Thank you to Jason Lee for a ZOOM lesson on mixing a large jazz ensemble.
Thumbnail photo by Matt Akana

All of the background music was recorded by the Pandemonium Big Band.
The Cassowary:    • The Cassowary (homage to The Chicken)  
Pandemonium, Pt. 1:    • Pandemonium, Pt  1 feat. Dan Kaneyuki  

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