Skip to Videos All | Four Simple Arranging Techniques | Jazz Composers Presents | Jazz Composers Presents, John Yao on Composing Group Improvisation Trombonist and composer John Yao explores incorporating collective improvisation into large ensemble jazz using his pieces "Hellgate," "Not Even Close," and "Ode To The Last Twinkie." Four Simple Arranging Techniques, Part 8: Combined Arrangement Four Simple Arranging Techniques, Part 7: How to Arrange with Shell Voicings Four Simple Arranging Techniques, Part 6: Understanding Shell Voicings Four Simple Arranging Techniques, Part 5: How to Harmonize a melody with 3rd's/6th's Four Simple Arranging Techniques, Part 4: Understanding Harmonizing with 3rd's or 6th's Four Simple Arranging Techniques, Part 3: How to write a Jazz Arrangement with Unisons Four Simple Arranging Techniques, Part 2: Understanding Unison Textures in music Four Simple Arranging Techniques, Part 1: How to start your Jazz Arrangement - Analysis Four Simple Arranging Techniques, Intro Trailer: Four Simple Arranging Techniques Jazz Composers Presents, Building Blues Melodies from Twelve Tone Rows Jazz Composers Presents, Generating Melodic Material