Duke Ellington

One of the trademark tunes from the Duke Ellington library, this familiar jazz classic is solidly scored for young players in this terrific arrangement by Mark Taylor. When it comes to playable charts...

Here is a creative chart in the little big band format on Duke Ellington's classic swing tune. Solos are included for tenor sax and trumpet.

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This stately, bluesy, mood piece from 'The Queen's Suite' is an exquisite composition that swings ever so slightly in its regal tone.

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Jeep's Blues is one of many blues lines written by Ellington's star alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges. This one was for an Ellington small group recording under Hodges' name in the late 1930's. It's basi...

Jeep's Blues is one of many blues lines written by Ellington's star alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges. This one was for an Ellington small group recording under Hodges' name in the late 1930's. It's basi...

Juan Tizol's Moon Over Cuba started life with the title of Puerto Rican Girl. Although the copyright date is 1939, the only performance of this piece is the Victor recording from 1941. This obscure pi...

Juan Tizol's Moon Over Cuba started life with the title of Puerto Rican Girl. Although the copyright date is 1939, the only performance of this piece is the Victor recording from 1941. This obscure pi...

This fun and upbeat medium shuffle blues will make your audience want to get up and dance. Let your students shine with a soli for each horn section.

Medium shuffle blues with a soli for each horn section.

Introduce your students to the legendary Strayhorn/Ellington duo with this bluesy waltz that includes piano, flugelhorn, and alto solos. Challenging ensemble parts.

Bluesy waltz with piano, flugelhorn and alto solos. Challenging ensemble parts.

Includes five movements: 'Morning Mood,' 'Hall of the Mountain King,' 'Solvejg's Dance,' 'Ase's Death,' and 'Anitra's Dance.' Instrumentation is 5 saxes (clarinet doubles), 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, pi...

Includes five movements: 'Morning Mood,' 'Hall of the Mountain King,' 'Solvejg's Dance,' 'Ase's Death,' and 'Anitra's Dance.' Instrumentation is 5 saxes (clarinet doubles), 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, pi...