The Cooper Jazz Band is the Varsity Performing Jazz Ensemble at Cooper High School. It consists of students from ninth through twelfth grade, and membership is through audition. The bands perform regularly at community events such as the Kiwanis Pancake Day, the AEF Cajunfest Artwalk and the HEB Feast of Sharing. In addition to these events, the Cooper Jazz Bands perform in festivals throughout the state.
Personnel 2020-2021 Coming Soon! Currently we are looking for several members to join the jazz band, Saxophone, trombone, trumpet, piano, guitar, and drums.
Listening is an important part of getting better at playing it! If you’d like to expand your listening, search for these players, groups, and tunes:
Saxophone
Eric Marienthal
John Coltrane
Charlie Parker
Joshua Redman
Sonny Rollins
David Sanborn
Michael Brecker
Chris Potter
Trumpet
Freddie Hubbard
Clifford Brown
Lee Morgan
Miles Davis
Chet Baker
Roy Hargrove
Wynton Marsalis
Arturo Sandoval
Maynard Ferguson
Trombone
Bill Watrous
JJ Johnson
Carl Fontana
Andy Martin
Dave Steinmeyer
Curtis Fuller
Trombone Shorty
Wycliffe Gordon
Piano
Bill Evans
Oscar Peterson
Herbie Hancock
Billy Taylor
Christian Sands
Guitar
Freddie Green
Jim Hall
Al Demiola
Lee Ritenour
John McLoughlin
Bass
Jaco Pastorious
Cleveland Eaton
Ray Brown
John Clayton
Christian McBride
Drums
Sonny Payne
Butch Miles
Peter Erskine
Gregg Field
Buddy Rich
Gene Krupa
Big Bands:
Count Basie Orchestra
Duke Ellington Orchestra
Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band
Stan Kenton (his bands had multiple names)
The Buddy Rich Band
Univ. of North Texas One O’Clock Lab Band
The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
Jazz at Lincoln Center Big Band
Common Jazz Standards:
Just Friends
Autumn Leaves
Four
C Jam Blues
I’ve Got Rhythm
So What
Invitation
Joy Spring
In A Sentimental Mood
There Will Never Be Another You
Have You Met Miss Jones
All of Me
Tenor Madness
Sonnymoon For Two
All The Things You Are
Caravan
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
Fly Me to the Moon
On Green Dolphin Street
Take the A Train
The Blues Walk
Sweet Georgia Brown
Personnel 2020-2021 Coming Soon! Currently we are looking for several members to join the jazz band, Saxophone, trombone, trumpet, piano, guitar, and drums.
Listening is an important part of getting better at playing it! If you’d like to expand your listening, search for these players, groups, and tunes:
Saxophone
Eric Marienthal
John Coltrane
Charlie Parker
Joshua Redman
Sonny Rollins
David Sanborn
Michael Brecker
Chris Potter
Trumpet
Freddie Hubbard
Clifford Brown
Lee Morgan
Miles Davis
Chet Baker
Roy Hargrove
Wynton Marsalis
Arturo Sandoval
Maynard Ferguson
Trombone
Bill Watrous
JJ Johnson
Carl Fontana
Andy Martin
Dave Steinmeyer
Curtis Fuller
Trombone Shorty
Wycliffe Gordon
Piano
Bill Evans
Oscar Peterson
Herbie Hancock
Billy Taylor
Christian Sands
Guitar
Freddie Green
Jim Hall
Al Demiola
Lee Ritenour
John McLoughlin
Bass
Jaco Pastorious
Cleveland Eaton
Ray Brown
John Clayton
Christian McBride
Drums
Sonny Payne
Butch Miles
Peter Erskine
Gregg Field
Buddy Rich
Gene Krupa
Big Bands:
Count Basie Orchestra
Duke Ellington Orchestra
Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band
Stan Kenton (his bands had multiple names)
The Buddy Rich Band
Univ. of North Texas One O’Clock Lab Band
The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
Jazz at Lincoln Center Big Band
Common Jazz Standards:
Just Friends
Autumn Leaves
Four
C Jam Blues
I’ve Got Rhythm
So What
Invitation
Joy Spring
In A Sentimental Mood
There Will Never Be Another You
Have You Met Miss Jones
All of Me
Tenor Madness
Sonnymoon For Two
All The Things You Are
Caravan
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
Fly Me to the Moon
On Green Dolphin Street
Take the A Train
The Blues Walk
Sweet Georgia Brown