Novello Just Voices Jazz
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Essential Information About This Book
Essential Information About This Book
- Beginner-friendly: simple a cappella arrangements designed to confidently explore 3-part choral singing.
- Highly flexible: each song can be performed by either an SSA or SAT choir, ideal for adapting to your ensemble.
- Rehearsal made easy: includes full piano reductions to work on entrances, intonation, and rhythm before singing unaccompanied.
- Essential jazz repertoire: 10 timeless standards to establish style, swing, and ensemble listening.
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Summary of This Book
Just Voices Jazz is a collection designed as a launching pad into three-part a cappella choral singing. The approach is progressive and accessible: harmonizations remain clear, vocal lines are crafted for beginner singers, and the writing encourages the development of stable pitch accuracy and active listening between sections, two essential skills for singing without accompaniment.
The great strength of this volume lies in its versatility: each piece can be sung interchangeably by an SSA (equal voices) or SAT (mixed) choir. Whether you lead a school choir, an amateur ensemble, or a vocal workshop, you can work on the same program with different voice distributions without losing harmonic balance. For rehearsals, the included piano reductions help secure entrances, check chords, establish groove, and isolate challenging passages before moving to a fully a cappella performance.
The repertoire highlights jazz with ten well-known titles, particularly effective for approaching phrasing, syncopation, tempo maintenance, and ensemble cohesion: "Ain't Misbehavin'", "Come Fly With Me", "Don't Know Why", "Fever", "Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)", "If I Had You", "Stormy Weather", "T'aint What You Do (It's The Way That You Do It)", "Take The 'A' Train", and "The Girl From Ipanema (Garota De Ipanema)". A perfect selection to build a first jazz choral score program in three voices that is musical, motivating, and immediately rewarding in concert.
Technical specifications
| Musical Genre | Jazz, Blues, Soul | Publication | Sheet music |
| Composer | Various (Fats Waller, James Van Heusen, Jesse Harris, Bart Howard, Harold Arlen, Billy Strayhorn, Antonio Carlos Jobim, and others) | Genre | Jazz score (a cappella choral singing) |
| Instrumentation | 3-part a cappella choir (SSA or SAT) with piano reductions for rehearsal | Difficulty | Beginner |
| Collection | Just Voices | ||
Questions frequently asked
Is Just Voices Jazz suitable for a beginner choir?
The three-part writing is designed for beginner singers, featuring clear harmonizations and accessible vocal lines. The focus is particularly on stable intonation and listening between sections.
Which vocal ensembles can perform these arrangements?
Each piece can be performed by an equal-voice SSA choir or by a mixed SAT ensemble. This selection thus suits different vocal formations.
Do the scores include piano accompaniment?
Piano reductions are included for rehearsals. They help secure entries, check chords, and work on challenging passages before performing a cappella.
What songs are included in Novello Just Voices Jazz?
The collection features 10 titles, including Ain't Misbehavin', Fever, Take The 'A' Train, and The Girl From Ipanema. It also includes Come Fly With Me, Don't Know Why, Fly Me To The Moon, and Stormy Weather.
What style of jazz is covered in this choral collection?
The program is rooted in jazz, blues, and soul genres. The pieces allow working on phrasing, syncopation, and tempo maintenance in a vocal ensemble.



