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

Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me by the Duke Ellington Orchestra
Do Nothin' by Nina Simone 
Do Nothin' by Quincy Jones
Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me - arr. Lisa DeSpain
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Shiny Stockings by the Count Basie Orchestra
Shiny Stockings - arr. Greg Yasinitsky

Little Sunflower by Freddie Hubbard
Little Sunflower - arr. Mike Kamuf

What is This Thing Called Love by Ella Fitzgerald​
What is This Thing Called Love by the Cannonball Adderley Quintet
What is This Thing Called Love - arr. Alan Baylock

Beware the Moose in Love - Mike Dana

Important Dates - 2026/2027

September 28th, 2026
         Thompson Music Parents AGM - RDPC Band Room
November 14th - 15th, 2026
         The NorMan Jazz Festival - Thompson
December 9th, 2026 
         Winter Choral & Jazz Concert - Letkemann Theatre @ 7pm
March 16th, 2027
         the Underground Spring Swing Thing - RDPC Cafeteria @ 7pm
March 18th -21st, 2027
         The Brandon Jazz Festival - Brandon University
June 7th, 2027
         42nd Annual Cabaret - Letkemann Theatre @ 7pm

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