Welcome to Baker's Jazz and More
We are a music publishing and retail company specializing in high quality original Jazz and Salsa charts for jazz ensembles of all levels and marching bands.
This music is available through Baker’s Jazz And More, RBC Music, Pender’s Music Co., and J.W.Pepper & Son, Inc..
Click Charts to browse our entire catalog and listen to mp3 excerpts (1-2MB) or full length recordings (5-8MB) of the piece. Read our monthly newsletter, The BJAM Session, and learn about our Composers as well as upcoming Events across Texas.
Finally, you can Contact us to Place an Order (we strongly encourage this!) or just to say hello or even “what were you thinking?!” Seriously, we’d love to hear from you and are eager to work with you to meet your needs, including additional or alternate parts for non-traditional instrumentation or possibly a commission for a custom chart written specifically for your band.
News and Updates
BREAKING NEWS!
BJAM music will soon be available through J.W. Pepper & Son, Inc.. Look for our music in their catalog this summer.
Master trombonist Ron Wilkins has just returned from the Four State Bandmasters Conference where he was the guest clinician and led the Honors Jazz Ensemble in concert before an audience of 1,100 band directors and jazz fans. Included on the program were BJAM tunes “This Band Needs a Blues, Blues”, “BJAM Blues”, and “Sambalais”. Ron will also be programming other BJAM charts at his upcoming clinics and appearances throughout the coming year.
Mike Vax recently led the Arkansas All State Jazz Band in February and BJAM’s “Riffin’ on the Duke” was amongst the charts used for that concert. Thank you Mike!
Paul Baker’s “Strollin’ with Sammy”, formerly a BJAM chart and now published by Belwin Jazz/Alfred Music, is #13 in the Top 20 sales in its category at J.W. Pepper.
It seems that word of our music is spreading. We hope you’ll tell your fellow directors about any BJAM music you’re playing, and we look forward to working with you all in whatever way we can be of help to you and your program. We are also happy to be able to refer customers to Pender’s Music, RBC Music, and now J.W. Pepper & Son, Inc..
NEW MUSIC Our new Combo Series of charts has caught a lot of attention. Unlike other charts that are simply unison lines or are arranged for specific instruments, BJAM’s Combo Series has flexible instrumentation so that the arrangements are playable by any combination of horns + rhythm section. This makes them suitable for smaller jazz bands, too, and encourages students’ exploration of arranging concepts. They’re good and good for you, too!
Finally, we finally have a website up for the Baker’s Dozen Big Band. Check out the Sounds page for some BJAM music.