WORKS:

DOUBLE DOUBLE

Commissioned by the

South Carolina Band Directors

Association for the 2026

SCBDA All State Jazz Band


[PDF with complete score and all parts will be sent on receiving payment. 11x17 score available on request.]


Commissioned by the South Carolina Band Directors Association and composed for the 2026 SCBDA All State Jazz Band and to honor the memory of South Carolina music educator Phil Thompson. Phil was more than a woodwind doubler—he was a double doubler, and was a major influence on many jazz educators in the state.

 

This begins as a ballad recalling the feeling and mood of a piece of mine that Phil performed with the Charlotte Philharmonic Orchestra. Then the drums introduce a swing tempo and the chart recalls music from our time together as students at the University of North Texas (way last century).

 

There are two solo sections [repeat for more]: 

m.118:  Two soloists: chords in Tenor 1 1x-2x, then Trumpet 4 3x-4x. Backgrounds only 2nd and 4th time. 

m.138: Interlude should start soft and build

m.158: More space for solos: chords in TB 1. Backgrounds as marked.

 RHYTHM SECTION:  I have included voicing suggestions—there are a lot of chords that might not be familiar. Play what is needed for accompanying the soloists. Guitar and piano—if you need any help, contact me: bligon@mozart.sc.edu.

[Guitar part with TAB is available on request.]

 



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using the SCBDA MS 
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iRealPro is the app I illustrated with accompaniment playback. I will send playback files for all three etudes—email me. more info: iRealPro

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Jazz etudes for all levels based on common jazz progressions. 
Great companions to the study of jazz improvisations. 
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JAZZ TRANSCRIPTIONS

Collection of Jazz Transcriptions.
Updated collection formerly housed at USCJazz: sc.edu/music/jazz
Includes transcriptions from: 
Bill Evans, Joe Pass, Wes Montgomery, Keith Jarrett, John Scofield, Clifford Brown, Lou Donaldson, Tom Harrell, Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, Woody Shaw, Blue Mitchell, Michael Brecker, Chris Potter, Sonny Rollins, and more.
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Accessible and challenging jazz arrangements for Jazz Guitar Ensembles
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ADDITIONAL PUBLISHED WORKS

A list and links to other Bert Ligon published works for various jazz ensembles.
ADDITIONAL WORKS
“Once a decade, a theory treatise is written for jazz educators, the Comprehensive Technique for Jazz Musicians is such a text as it contains an anthology of technical, compositional and theoretic exercises as well as an anthology wealth of musical examples. What makes this treatise so interesting is that it is written expressively for the performer.”  – IAJE Journal

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A list and links to other Bert Ligon published works for various jazz ensembles.
“We start out playing by ear, learning everything we can, and finally end up playing by ear again.”
—Lee Konitz
“Jazz in not just, ‘well this is what I feel like playing.’ It’s a very structured thins that comes down from a tradition and requires a lot of thought and study.”
—Wynton Marsalis

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