Where can we get jazz sheet music that will fit our group?

My friends and I have formed a small jazz ensemble and we are wondering what music to play. We have a bass, piano, drums, alto sax, trumpet and maybe a trombone if the music calls for one. Also how and where can a couple of high school students get music without spending too much? Thanks.Where can we get jazz sheet music that will fit our group?
OMG! COOL! I will try to help as much as I can, cause I'm a pianist and alto saxophonist!





Slow, song mostly for your saxes, but would work for your group...It's called ';MISTY'; by: Stan Getz-


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6np1zhRa鈥?/a>





Great jazz band-Tijuana Brass-


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_KDPUTyD鈥?/a>


Tijuana Brass-


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9heUjfOw鈥?/a>


Tijuana Brass-


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV50GNmTV鈥?/a>








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Thousands of sheet music for free (and printable!) got to this site and make an account:


http://sheetmusicpublicdomain.com/?place鈥?/a>


-When you made your account, search for jazz music! (don't forget the ones I listed!)








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Go to a local family music store, talk to an older sales person (in their 50's or 60's), ask them about their favorite jazz bands, and research those band names!


ALSO, if you have an older grandparent, relative, or friend of your parents who listened to that kind


of music - ask them!





My grandpa just died in January...he loved music...My mom said that was all she listened to when she was a little girl...most of this advice CAME from my mom actually, lol.





....that's all the best advice you could possibly get from one musician to another! (...and from my mom! lol)


Good luck! :DWhere can we get jazz sheet music that will fit our group?
Here's What My Jazz Quintet Does:


1. Get a ';RealBook'; They are essentially the bible of Jazz Musicians. It has hundreds of Jazz, Latin, Ballads, and Funk tunes in it. For each song. there is the ';Head'; (or the melody), and chord symbols. Learn the melody and add harmony based on the chord symbols. Then, usually, the musicians solo over the chord changes, and then play the ';Head'; again and end the tune. They are available at virtually any music store. (Honestly your best bet)





2. Write Your Own Songs: (Think of something simple, like a waterfall, and go to the piano and play a few simple chords that remind you of a waterfall. Then add instrument and instrument and create a simplistic melody and add harmony's (3rd, 4th, 5th of the root note, sound nice) You will be surprised at how easy music and ideas will come to you.





3. YouTube: Believe it or not, if you guys are good at hearing notes and being able to play them on your instruments without music, you can learn a lot of cool tunes and use them as ideas for your own songs.





4. Google Search: There are some really cool free charts on the web. Search for ';Free Sheet Music Jazz'; or something along those lines.
http://www.fhsmn.com/ProductDetail.aspx?鈥?/a>





You can order the parts individually, so that you will not have to pay for additional parts that you don't need.