Angelo Candela

Smart Alec is a simple 12 bar blues in F. The melody is catchy and fun to play. Here is a chance to give everyone in the band a chance to improvise. 5 saxes, 4 trpt, 4 bones, guitar, piano, bass, drum...

Sierra is a fun loving samba with a simple yet harmonically conceptual melody. There are only 4 chords to improvise on, making it a great tune for beginners, and advanced players, to explore.5 saxes,...

Montuno comes from Cuba and musically refers to a repeated pattern. This is the case in the piano part. Candela (conDayla) is a candle or flame and commonly translated as hot as in sexy. This chart is...

Some Other Rhythm is based on rhythm changes with some alterations. The bridge changes are D7 (b5), Db7 (b5), C7(b5), B7(b5), 2 measures each, which gives the improviser a chance to broaden both melod...

Renaissance Man is a shuffle/swing AABA chart in G minor. The trombones have the melody the first A section (cued in the tenor saxes) then moves to trumpets with the saxes soli on the bridge. The chor...

The Clincher features an ostinato bass line that sets up an ascending arpeggio in the melody which winds its way back down and repeats the figure again creating an 8 bar phrase. AABA form. Trumpet ran...