(Level 4) This is a great chart for teaching improvisation and learning blues changes. There is plenty of space for scatting as well as a soli chorus of great unison scat. This chart climaxes with an ensemble tutti before returning to the head. Featuring solo lines for alto and baritone voices that can be performed as individual solos or as a section solo. This great Coltrane classic includes original lyrics written by the arranger. SSAATB with rhythm.

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JERRY TOLSON, Associate Professor of Jazz Studies and Music Education, directs jazz ensembles and teaches jazz pedagogy and history classes at the University of Louisville. A graduate of Drake University and the University of North Texas, Tolson is a clinician, adjudicator, guest conductor and jazz camp instructor throughout the country as well as an organizer and presenter of jazz festivals and educational activities. Tolson composes and arranges for both instrumental and vocal jazz ensembles. In addition to his vocal works published by UNC Jazz Press, he is an author and consultant for the Alfred Music Jazz Expressions Method. Performing on keyboards, woodwinds and vocals, Tolson leads three groups and has recorded two CD's with his jazz quintet. He has worked with Delfeayo Marsalis, Kevin Mahogany, Sunny Wilkinson and Phil Wilson as well as popular artists such as The Temptations, Four Tops and Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme. Honors include Who's Who Among American Teaches, Kentucky Music Educators' 'College Teacher of the Year,' and the University's "Distingusihed Faculty Service Award." Tolson's professional memberships include the American Federation of Musicians, CMS, NBA, MENC, ASCAP and IAJE.