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Music Photographers At A Concert

Audition Information

Saxophone Section for the Blue Note Big Band

What to prepare

For all instrumentalists minus drums:

  • Prepare 2 audition pieces, or varying styles, between 30-45 seconds

  • Sightreading

  • Major, Natural Minor, Mixolydian and Dorian scales (all 12)

  • (Optional) Improvisation to a jazz standard of your choice

For drummers, please prepare to play 4-8 bars of the following styles:

  • Swing

  • Shuffle

  • Bossa Nova

  • Funk

  • Pop/Rock​

Also prepare 2 songs of contrasting styles

For vocalists, please prepare the following:

  • 2 songs of different styles. Verse/Chorus or 1:00 of singing time

One of our vocalists in the Blue Note Big Band

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