Welcome to Baker's Jazz and More
A music publishing company specializing in high quality original Big Band Jazz and Salsa charts.
This music is available exclusively through Baker’s Jazz And More. We are the “sole source”, and we will be happy to work with you and your school district to get set up as a vendor so that you can deal directly with us.
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 Concerts 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
It’s that time again – the Texas Bandmasters Association convention in San Antonio is almost here. We have some major announcements to make, so let’s get right to it.
First, Baker’s Jazz And More has grown and now offers the “And More” in addition to our Jazz catalog. What does that mean? BJAM now offers MARCHING BAND MUSIC. We have three new ORIGINAL stand tune titles from the jazz salsa library of Robert “Beto” Skiles. These are proven crowd pleasers guaranteed to have your fans up and moving. We will have more information on this website soon. In the meantime, if you’re at the TBA convention on July 27-29, be sure and drop by our booth to see scores and hear MIDI recordings.
Speaking of TBA, we’re in booth #819 so please come on by and say hello.
Our other BIG announcement is that all BJAM music is now available through RBC Music Co. of San Antonio. If they don’t have it in stock, it can be ordered and shipped quickly.
The Pre-TBA/August issue of the BJAM Session is currently being sent out and will also available online shortly in the BJAM Session Newsletter section of this website.
Finally, the Texas Chapter of the former IAJE has now re-formed as the Texas Jazz Educators Association. It’s first meeting will be held at the TBA convention on Monday July 28th at 9:30am in room 212. In addition to the TJEA officers, both Mary Jo Papich and Lou Fischer are scheduled to attend as representatives from the newly forming Jazz Educators Network (JEN). Much is happening in the world of jazz education, both in Texas and nationally. Be sure to attend this meeting if possible. The success of these groups and their endeavors depends on everybody’s support and involvement. For further information about TJEA or JEN or anything to do with Jazz Education in Texas, please contact Alex Parker, Director of Jazz Studies at Baylor University, 254-710-4625 or by email at Alex_Parker@baylor.edu.