Double Bass College Audition Tunes

[NicholasF]

So far I have:

Celestial Chant (McCoy Tyner) with solo
Blue Bossa (Real Book altered) in 3
Ebony Sillhouette (Cab Calloway) with all "solo"s


I did transcribe the first and last songs btw, I'm pretty good at it
What else should I begin to prepare?
I'm trying to pick songs that arnt done usually so I can be noticed

 

[LeoSash]

Well blue bossa in my college has been done a bunch of times, but don't let that discourage you. If you have a teacher, work out some of these with him/her, they've probably been around the block and can help a ton. If not, what i had to do for my lesson audition was:

1.Scales (i got 1 scale, 2 octaves, and it would be great if you knew a good amount of scales)
2.Audition Pieces: If its jazz, they should supply a drummer and a pianist if its classical, then you're generally by yourself. Just play them and comp and solo.
3.Sight-reading: They'll throw an etude or something to that extent and you have to read it to the best of your ability.

Trying to be as general as possible because it could be slightly different.

Edit: I didn't know i was in DB forums lol. I did this on electric, but its generally what i listed.

 

[NicholasF]

I can play all my scales 2 octives, I'm really good at sightreading. Its just one of the songs I'm looking at, I'm wondering if I need a balad or a fast song, maybe a song in a clave to show I can use tumbao?