CMelodyMan
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Your Jazz Band Set-upIn your jazz band, how many people were in it, and at which instruments? At the jazz honor band we had 6 trumpets, a bass guitar, 6 saxes( 4 altos, 2 tenors including me :D , and a bari, percussion, 5 trombones, and a piano. At my school jazz band, there was 2 saxes, both altos, I was lead alto, 3 trumpets, two trombones, percussion, and a piano.
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JPSaxMan
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This year we have
Three altos
Two tenors
One bari
8-9 trumpets
One trombone
Three drummers
Two piano/base players
Maybe a guitar player
That's bout it. I think the director should cut a few trumpets because they SUCK! 
The two altos need improvement, the one alto has been doing it for a while but will be new to it in jazz band. My second tenor needs work for he'll be doin sax for only two years, and his ego gets in the way but that's all right...he'll get put in his place one day. 
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CMelodyMan
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Does your parish, oops, I mean county, have a Honor Jazz Band?
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JPSaxMan
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Well this is our school jazz band. Pffttt...an Honor Jazz Band...that's funny...not at the school I go to..no way José 
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CMelodyMan
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No, not for your school, for your parish or county.
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JPSaxMan
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Only thing we have is District and All-State jazz band and I might do District next year...wanted to do All-State but seemed pointless considering I didn't even do District.
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CMelodyMan
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Yeah, that's what I meant, District Jazz Band.
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Thomas
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This last year, the Jazz 1 setup was as follows:
- 2 Alto saxos (1 was me, of course)
- 2 Tenor saxos
- 1 Bari saxo
- 4 tromboners
- 4 trumpeters
- 1 guitarist
- 1 pianist
- 1 bassist
- 2 drummers
Over the past 2 years, Jazz 1 has steadily worked its way to rock bottom. Almost all the good players have graduated, and I only see a few people with hope for next year. Our trumpeters are sheepish, quiet people, which just puts the stereotype to s***. The one trumpet who could actually hit a high C has graduated this year, too. It will be a sax-dominated band next year.
I fear for the future of the music program at my school...  
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BuffaloBariSax
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Last year's setup was something like
Seven saxes:
Two altos
Three tenors (one on first, two on second)
Two Baris (but it was mainly me, as the other didn't show up)
Seven 'bones: Two on each except for 1st.
Six trumpets: Two on 2nd and 4th
Three pianists, one bass, two 'rummers.
That was our top jazz band. This is what it looks like this year.
Seven saxes: three altos, two tenors, two baris (i'd rather there be 1 bari and three tenors)
Five 'bones
Five trumpets
2 pianists, one bass, two 'rummers
We haven't had guitar for like three years.
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homeslice60148
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here it goes:
2 Clarinets (or Crumpets as we call them, since they play trumpet parts)
2 altos
2 tenors
3 bones
4 trumpets
1 Bass guitar
1 piano
2 percs (set and either auxilliary or vibes)
That's right, no Bari saxes. Strange, since one of the alto players is (probably) going to be the TX All-State Jazz bari. Go figure.
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JazZz
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My jazz band this year is:
2 alto's
2 tenor's
4 trombone's
5 trumpets
2 guitars
1 upright bass
2 drummers
2 pianists
not too big, but we have an amazing sound.
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There is a district jazz band, but i'll found out how big it is when I nail the audition in a week or two 
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Jacob
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Last year's jazz band set up (high school; senior year):
2 altos
2 tenors
1 bari
3 trombones
4 trumpets
2 pianists (switch off)
1 guitar (for part of the year)
1 bass
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Tully
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2 altos
2 tenors
1 bari
4 trumpets
4 trombones
2 bass (switch off)
2 guitars (switch off)
2 drummers (switch off)
1 piano
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alto-girl
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Our band's pretty small, but it's getting bigger...anyway, small is good.
2 altos
1 tenor
1 bari
4 trumpets
2 trombones
1 piano
1 drums
1 vibes
1 guitar
2 basses
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altosax4ever
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BIG!As we don't have auditions, we let everyone in, 
we have...
9  alto saxes (i'm lead: mrgreen: )
5 flutes
7 trombones
6 clarinets
4 tenor saxs
3 bari saxes
14 drummers (they alternate)
4 guitars
2 pianists (alternate)
3 vibes
We're more of a big band than jazz band...
remind me if I missed something....
O, and we do NOT have a soprano sax 
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JazZz
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Don't think 9 is a lot ha..last year in the unauditioned jazz band we had something like 20 alto's, 8 tenor's and 3 bari's... The reason for the huge number was the fact that in the unauditioned groups you had the chance to learn a new instrument for the fun of it as our teacher owned a million of everything. He did however make leads stay with their original instrument, so I was stuck teaching 10 kids in an afternoon class how to play sax twice a week for 3 months . The only kids by the end of it who didn't understand where the flute kids, which made no sense to me. Every time they messed up (honked) they just sat their giggling and thinking it was all funny that they could make a sound out of such a foreign thing =/
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Louis Scuderi
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We do have auditions, we only let 9 people in.
2 Tenors
2 Trumpets
1 Trombone
1 Flute
1 Piano
1 Bass
1 Drums
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altosax4ever
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Um....where's the alto?
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JPSaxMan
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Even 9 altos are way too many for a jazz band. 4 are considered at the edge. You only need two (one for each part). This is how District Jazz Band is setup, and if you don't make #2 (or #3 and maybe #4 depending on how many players will move from the instrument) you're out!
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Louis Scuderi
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| altosax4ever wrote: | | Um....where's the alto? |
No altos, four altos tried out, not one got close to making the cut.
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altosax4ever
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pathetic much? I'm so ashamed of my usergroup... 
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Tully
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I really enjoy playing in a one-on-a-part band. For one thing, it lets the lead player--myself--actually play lead!
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JPSaxMan
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Yes, Tully!!! I agree fully!!
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DdogonGod
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In Jazz I, we have as follows:
2 altos
2 tenors (1 being me)
1 bari
4 trombones (1 being a bass trombone, i believe it's called)
4 trumpets
1 bass (who plays upright 4 some songs n electric 4 others, depending on style)
1 drummer
1 pianist
I'm not sure 'bout Jazz II, which is open to any jazz instruments. I know the director doing Jazz II (we have two band directors) had to do some recruiting.
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Hiya
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1 Clarinet
1 Trombone
1 Bass
1 Guitar
1 Flute
1 Pianist
1 Vibes
2 Drummers
3 Trumpets
4 Altos
4 Tenors
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