Mark Taylor

Arranged in a medium slow Basie style, this is a great chart for teaching ensemble balance and laid-back swing. Includes plenty of tutti ensemble playing, plus a Basie-like piano solo that's completel...

This tremendously popular song was recorded early on by Al Jolson in 1913 and was later a hit for Judy Garland in 1937. Mark's smooth chart is set in a medium Basie swing style with lots of tutti ense...

First introduced in 1928, this familiar song has gone on to become one of the most recorded standards of all time, including recently by Tony Bennett with Lady Gaga. This swingin' version for vocal so...

From Wayne Shorter's influential 1964 album Speak No Evil, this jazz standard is transformed here for young bands by Mark Taylor. The relaxed swing feel and harmonies of the original are all retained,...

Featuring a distinctive up-beat groove in 7/4 throughout (3+4), Mark's inventive original is a fabulous duet feature for trumpet and tenor sax. In between the duet statements and solos are full ensemb...

Written by jazz legend Thelonious Monk, In Walked Bud features a memorable melody and rollicking swing style sprinkled with unique 'Monk-isms' that his music is known for. This terrific version for ja...

Here's an exciting three-part work centering around "giants." Movement one is named for the Titans of Greek mythology. Movement two is called Panda Bear and movement three is T-Rex. Imaginative and fu...

Por fin existe una sinfonía de varios movimientos escrita para los músicos más jóvenes. Sus alumnos podrán saborear la sala de conciertos con esta obra afinada y caprichosa, y los subtítulos de cada m...

Por fin existe una sinfonía de varios movimientos escrita para los músicos más jóvenes. Sus alumnos podrán saborear la sala de conciertos con esta obra afinada y caprichosa, y los subtítulos de cada m...

One of the best-known Latin/Jazz compositions ever written! Mark has done a great job of making this Sonny Rollins classic playable by younger groups while maintaining the style of the original. Small...

Bring vibrant Caribbean energy and infectious big band drive to the concert stage with "St. Thomas"! This world-renowned masterpiece by jazz legend Sonny Rollins shines in an exhilarating samba settin...

George Shearing's classic from the 50's is arranged here in a moderate Latin style which is actually closer to the original version. Mainly scored for the full ensemble Mark includes a few meter chang...

Written as a solo vehicle for tenor sax, Mark has created a marvelous setting on this Hoagy Carmichael standard using a sensuous slow Latin groove. Very effective!

Written as a solo vehicle for tenor sax, Mark has created a marvelous setting on this Hoagy Carmichael standard using a sensuous slow Latin groove. Very effective!

With flowing melodies and a light bossa feel, Mark's arrangement of this standard is a wonderful feature for flugelhorn. The solo section includes a written sample, and the ensemble voicings and harmo...

Mark has taken this Irving Berlin favorite and crafted a marvelous setting for solo flugelhorn using a unique 3/4 samba feel. Beautifully supported by the ensemble, and all of the solo part is written...

Bring the unmistakable bossa nova flair of Rio de Janeiro straight to your concert stage! With "The Girl From Ipanema," Antônio Carlos Jobim’s world-famous masterpiece made immortal by jazz legends li...

Jazz Ensemble Library - Grade 4 This smooth and moderately paced bossa is a perfect feature for your flugelhorn soloist. The beautiful melody is in an easy range for this instrument and the ensemble l...

This medium tempo samba features a quartet of alto, tenor, trumpet and trombone on the melody along with clever counterlines from the rest of the ensemble. A recurring unison bass line riff holds it a...

This medium tempo samba features a quartet of alto, tenor, trumpet and trombone on the melody along with clever counterlines from the rest of the ensemble. A recurring unison bass line riff holds it a...