R.D. Parker Adrenaline Jazz

​Click Here for the Adrenaline Jazz Band Course Outline.
Click Here for Jazz Band Listening Logs​ forms.

Adrenaline Jazz at the 2026 Brandon University Jazz Festival
     1. Bye Bye Blackbird, arr. Dave Rivello
     2. The Mooche by Duke Ellington
     3. On Green Dolphin Street, arr. Wolpe

Recording Links

Queen Bee by the Count Basie Big Band
​Queen Bee by Sammy Nestico
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Birdland by Weather Report
​Birdland - arr. Larry Kerchner

True North by Mike Dana
True North by 2015 All Southern Jazz Honor Band (video)

Tiger of San Pedro by the John La Barbera Big Band
Tiger of San Pedro - arr. Paul Lavender

Bye Bye Blackbird by Dean Martin
Bye Bye Blackbird by Miles Davis
Bye Bye Blackbird - arr. Dave Rivello
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On Green Dolphin Street by Miles Davis
On Green Dolphin Street by John Coltrane (video)
On Green Dolphin Street @ Learn Jazz Standards.com
On Green Dolphin Street - arr. Dave Wolpe
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The Mooche by Duke Ellington (1930 Transcription)
The Mooche by Duke Ellington (video)
The Mooche by the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra

Ain't No Sunshine by Bill Withers
Ain't No Sunshine - arr. Rick Stitzel

The Sidewinder by Lee Morgan
The Sidewinder - arr. Paul Murtha

Mr. P.C. by John Coltrane
Mr. P.C. - arr. Terry White
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Mountain Aire by Maria Schneider

Important Dates - 2025/2026

September 24th, 2025
         Thompson Music Parents AGM - RDPC Band Room
November 1st - 2nd, 2025
         The NorMan Jazz Festival - Thompson
December 11th, 2025 
         Winter Choral & Jazz Concert - Letkemann Theatre @ 7pm
March 10th, 2026
         the Underground Spring Swing Thing - RDPC Cafeteria @ 7pm
March 12th -15th, 2026
         The Brandon Jazz Festival - Brandon University
April 9th, 2026
         Thompson Festival of the Arts Performance - RDPC
June 1st, 2026
         41st Annual Cabaret - Letkemann Theatre @ 7pm

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