The Mundelein High School Jazz Ensemble is one of two curricular jazz bands that are audition-based and open to all 9th through 12th grade students. Throughout the school year the band performs over a dozen times in a variety of venues including concerts at the school, jazz festivals, and music clubs in the Chicagoland area including Fitzgerald’s Nightclub in Berwyn, Nellies in Palatine, and The Jazz Showcase in Chicago.
In the past several years the Mundelein High School Jazz Ensemble has been named Honor Band at the Purdue Jazz Festival (2018-2022), Eau Claire Jazz Festival (2014), has been selected to perform three times at the Illinois Music Education Conference (2016, 2020, 2024) and selected to perform at 75th Annual Midwest Clinic (2021).
2022-2023 Mundelein Jazz Ensemble Repertoire
(Our) Love is Here to Stay -- Gershwin, George arr. Riddle, Nelson (Vocal)
A Sound for Sore Ears -- Heath, Jimmy
Blues for Mr. P. -- Martin, Jim
Caravan -- Tizol, Juan & Ellington, Duke arr. Wasson, John
Chicken Scratch -- Berg, Kris
Cold Peanut Butter -- Hall, Scott
Corazon -- King, Carol arr. Stapleton, Bill
Denial -- Patterson, Ben
F.M. -- Mays, Lyle
Film Noir #1 -- Walden, Chris
Georgia on My Mind -- Carmichael, Hoagy arr. Peterson
Groove Blues -- Menza, Don
Harlem Airshaft -- Ellington, Duke
Intrepid Fox, The -- Hubbard, Freddie arr. Richards, Eric
Jack the Bear -- Ellington, Duke
Just Friends -- Klenner, John & Lewis, Sam arr. McConnell, Rob
My Dear -- Neu, Andrew
Night in Tunisia, A -- Gillespie, "Dizzy" arr. Nestico, Sammy
Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square, A -- Maschwitz & Sherman, arr. Mantooth, Frank
Old MacDonald -- arr. Nash, Ted
Portrait of Sidney Bechet -- Ellington, Duke
Say What!? -- Cassity, Sharel arr. Mossman, Michael Philip
Sing Sang Sung -- Goodwin, Gordon
Summertime -- Heyward & Gershwin, arr. Morey, Brad
Tall and Lanky -- Coffin, Jeff arr. Zvacek, Bret
That Warm Feeling -- Nestico, Sammy
Time after Time -- Kahn, Sammy & Styne, Jule arr. Schamber, Don
To the Top -- Patterson, Ben
Union -- Le Boeuf, Remy
Winter Wonderland -- Bernard arr. Marsch, Carol & Langford, Paul (Vocal)
You 'N Me -- Nestico, Sammy