2023 Nebraska All-State Jazz Band

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Audition Manuals

ALL-STATE JAZZ BAND CONDUCTOR BIO

Tito Carrillo, trumpet, composer, educator, is a native of Austin, TX, born of a Puerto Rican father and Mexican-American mother, and his music blurs the lines between Afro-Caribbean music traditions and modern jazz. He manages to meld such influences as Freddie Hubbard, Miles Davis, and Woody Shaw with many rhythmic styles from the Afro-Latin diaspora, inspired to do so by artists such as Miguel Zenón, Danilo Pérez, and David Sanchez. Carrillo came to prominence in the mid 90’s in Chicago’s rich jazz and Latin music scenes, becoming a top call soloist, sideman, and bandleader. He has toured and recorded with Willie Pickens, Ryan Cohan, Kurt Elling, Juan Pastor’s Chinchano, Cuban flutist Orlando “Maraca” Valle, Quincy Jones, and Phil Collins. His critically-acclaimed solo debut album Opening Statement was released on the Origin Records label in 2011. His latest album Urbanessence on Origin Records was released in October 2022 to rave reviews, and Raúl de Gama of Latinjazz.net writes, "Mr. Carrillo's tone soars, elegant and bright as he seems to reach the rarified realm of spirituality in music." Tito Carrillo was the full-time professor of jazz trumpet at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 2006-2023. In fall of 2023 he accepted a position as the full-time professor of jazz trumpet at Texas State University in San Marcos.

2023 ALL-STATE REGISTRATION AND AUDITION DATES

August 14 - September 4: All-State registration for students open ($25 application fee).

September 5 - September 11: Late registration for All-State available ($50 application fee).

September 11 @ 11:59 p.m. CST: Registration closed, no more applications accepted.

September 13 - September 23 @ 11:59 p.m. CST: Website portal opens and closes for instrumental audition uploads.

October 16 @ 8:00 a.m. CST: All-State selections announced.

2023 ALL-STATE JAZZ BAND REPERTOIRE

TITLE	COMPOSER	PUBLISHER
But Not for Me	arr. Bob Mintzer	Out of print
Miss Missouri	Benny Carter	Sierra Music
Jody Grind	arr. John Clayton	Hal Leonard
Part II: And Me	Ayn Inserto	Ayn Inserto
Oye Como Va	Tito Puente / arr. Michael Philip Mossman	Hal Leonard
Four	arr. Mike Tomaro	Hal Leonard

2023 AUDITION MATERIALS

The following audition materials for the 2023 All-State Jazz Band are broken down by instrument. Click each link to download the audition materials.

New this year for jazz drum set auditions: a click track has been added to the solo breaks in the jazz drum kit play-a-long tracks to aid students in navigating that particularly challenging part of the audition. In addition, ALL drummers will submit the auxiliary percussion audition excerpt this year instead of having a separate audition for aux. perc. The judge will select a primary drum set player who will mostly play drum kit and possibly some auxiliary percussion, and a secondary drum set player who will mostly play auxiliary percussion and some drum kit.

All etudes should be performed with the provided play-a-long tracks. Scales and drum set style patterns should be performed unaccompanied.

VIBRAPHONE

Scales	Etudes	Etude Tracks
Vibes Jazz Scales Set C	Vibes Audition Etude C-1	Vibes Etude C-1 Track
	Vibes Audition Etude C-2	Vibes Etude C-2 Track

TRUMPET

Scales	Etudes	Etude Tracks
Trumpet Jazz Scales Set C	Trumpet Audition Etude C-1	Trumpet Etude C-1 Track
	Trumpet Audition Etude C-2	Trumpet Etude C-2 Track
	LEAD Trumpet Audition Etude C-1	LEAD Trumpet Etude C-1 Track

TENOR TROMBONE

Scales	Etudes	Etude Tracks
Ten. Trombone Jazz Scales Set C	Ten. Trombone Audition Etude C-1	Ten. Trombone Etude C-1 Track
	Ten. Trombone Audition Etude C-2	Ten. Trombone Etude C-2 Track

BASS TROMBONE

Scales	Etudes	Etude Tracks
Bass Trombone Jazz Scales Set C	Bass Trombone Audition Etude C-1	Bass Trombone Etude C-1 Track
	Bass Trombone Audition Etude C-2	Bass Trombone Etude C-2 Track

PIANO

Scales	Etudes	Etude Tracks
Piano Jazz Scales Set C	Piano Audition Etude C-1	Piano Etude C-1 Track
	Piano Audition Etude C-2	Piano Etude C-2 Track

GUITAR

Scales	Etudes	Etude Tracks
Guitar Jazz Scales Set C	Guitar Audition Etude C-1	Guitar Etude C-1 Track
	Guitar Audition Etude C-2	Guitar Etude C-2 Track

DRUM KIT & AUX PERCUSSION

Kit Style Patterns	Etudes	Etude Tracks
Drum Kit Style Patterns Set C	Drum Set Audition Etude C-1	Drum Set Etude C-1 Track (with click)
	Drum Set Audition Etude C-2	Drum Set Etude C-2 Track (with click)
	Aux Perc Etude C-2	Aux Perc Etude C-2 Track

BASS (ACOUSTIC OR ELECTRIC)

Scales	Etudes	Etude Tracks
Bass Jazz Scales Set C	Bass Audition Etude C-1	Bass Etude C-1 Track
	Bass Audition Etude C-2	Bass Etude C-2 Track

BARI SAX

Scales	Etudes	Etude Tracks
Bari Sax Jazz Scales Set C	Bari Sax Audition Etude C-1	Bari Sax Etude C-1 Track
	Bari Sax Audition Etude C-2	Bari Sax Etude C-2 Track

TENOR SAX

Scales	Etudes	Etude Tracks
Tenor Sax Jazz Scales Set C	Tenor Sax Audition Etude C-1	Tenor Sax Etude C-1 Track
	Tenor Sax Audition Etude C-2	Tenor Sax Etude C-2 Track

ALTO SAX

Scales	Etudes	Etude Tracks
Alto Sax Jazz Scales Set C	Alto Sax Audition Etude C-1	Alto Sax Etude C-1 Track
	Alto Sax Audition Etude C-2	Alto Sax Etude C-2 Track