good jazz charts? that's a really open ended question... left up to a lot of personal taste. frankly (and I don't mean to be rude here) but I can't stand jazz meant for high school bands. It just seems too cheesy, and in fact it is cheesy when I heard a Dominic Spera track on the Simpsons. Back to your question... right now I'm listening to NIN - head like a hole, and before that it was Modest Mouse, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. NO I'm not really into that music, but I like to keep things as broad and diverse as possable. Who knows where insperation will come from next, it could be some Weather Report, or Mozart, or even Phish. sorry I side tracked this thread. Back in high school my band played most of the "Chops Don't Fail Me Now" cd. We also did Fireshaker with a GREAT trumpet player. In fact we were blessed with good players. I held my own, we had a great Alto player, a few tood bones, my fresh and soph year we had 2 all state trumpet players, a all state drumer, and some great keyboard players. Music is a lot of fun when you're around good talent.