Your students will riff from the rafters with this collection written specifically for classroom instruments. Styles that groove like dixie, swing, bebop and hard bop are introduced in a sequence that reflects the overall historyof jazz as well as levels of difficulty. Scat singing is optional but can add a boppin' alternative to playing instruments so all students can participate. Basic drumming feels are included for even more play-along opportunities.Stand back and let the music-making begin. Swing, stomp and riff until everyone is in the groove! Full scores and helpful teacher tips with optional unpitched percussion ostinatos are provided, along with digital access toplay-along audio recordings and separate PDFs of the Orff instrument and recorder parts. Songs include: Saints' Stomp, Riff Raff, Swing's the Thing, Boppin' Robin, A la Mode, Hard Bop Candy. Suggested for grades 4-8.