For use with Jazz Expressions™ curriculum or in any jazz class, Hooking the Flavors focuses on improvising on three seventh chords: Major 7th, Minor 7th and Dominant 7th. Arranged by Victor Lopez and composed by José Diaz, Hooking the Flavors is the ideal vehicle to teach these three chords. The hip melody outlines each chord so the student can see, hear and understand the similarities and differences. The rhythm section plays a simple straight-eighth-note pattern groove throughout. Optional parts for flute, clarinet, horn, baritone horn, tuba, AND violin, viola, and cello. (3:49)