Jazz Jury Requirements
At the end of each semester, every Jazz Studies major at SSU must perform a "jury" for a panel of faculty. The 10-minute jury performance will consist of one jazz standard from the following list and one item recommended by your private lesson instructor.
The jazz standard may be performed with a live rhythm section or a Jamey Aebersold-style play along recording-the melody and chord progression must be memorized.
Drummers must perform their jury with at least two other players.
Your "position" on the list is determined by your projected graduation date-i.e. first semester freshmen start with the first five tunes; a transfer student with a projected 5-semester plan would begin at "2/2." All five tunes from each semester are eligible- the faculty panel will determine which standard to perform.
Freshman Year - 1/1
- So What
- Blue Monk
- Summertime
- Blue Bossa
- Maiden Voyage
Freshman Year - 1/2
- Take the A Train
- Song for My Father
- All Blues
- Footprints
- Cantaloupe Island
Sophomore Year - 2/1
- Billie's Bounce
- Killer Joe
- Ladybird
- The Girl From lpanema
- A Night in Tunisia
Sophomore Year - 2/2
- Anthropology
- Autumn Leaves
- Alone Together
- Have You Met Miss Jones
- All the Things You Are
Junior Year - 3/1
- Freddie Freeloader
- What is This Thing Called Love?
- Just Friends
- How Insensitive
- Someday My Prince Will Come
Junior Year - 3/2
- Stella by Starlight
- You and the Night and the Music
- Up Jumped Spring
- Body and Soul
- Yesterdays
Senior Year - 4/1
- 'Round Midnight
- Along Came Betty
- Isfahan
- Cherokee
- Donna Lee
Senior Year - 4/2
- Confirmation
- Take Five
- Peace (Horace Silver)
- Dolphin Dance
- Giant Steps
Day of the Jury
- Professional dress is expected.
- Arrive to the jury room warmed up, and prepared with all equipment.
Jury Evaluation
- The adjudication panel uses a rubric to evaluate the jury performance.
- The passing score for students in the B.M. degree program is 75%.
- The passing score for students in the B.A. degree program is 65%.
- The jury grade counts as 25% of the student’s private lesson grade.