Partituras para Big Band

Brisk jazz waltz version of the Christmas standard. Solos for trumpet, trombone, and a sax soli. Trumpet goes to high E.5,4,4,P,B,D.

This version of Jingle Bells will be a fun holiday favorite, especially for the Tijuana Brass fans. No solos, Trumpet range G# top of staff. 5,4,4,G,P,B,D.

Beginning with a moderate waltz chorale, this wonderful old tune finds its groove as a bossa nova alternating with a jazz waltz. The C minor changes for solo trombone is in the relaxed bossa style. Th...

There are quite a few charts in the Kenton Library that stand out because of their extreme originality. This is one of them. It is also a very demanding and exciting chart. The melody and harmonic str...

Corner Pocket was written by the unsung hero of the Count Basie band, Freddie Green, and it's title is a reference to the place that Green called his own - the corner pocket of the rhythm section. We...

Bill Holman's Great Big Band was a sensational ensemble! That album has just been re-issued on Mosaic Records. This chart is an example of Bill's talent for investing old material with brilliant new i...

As recorded on the brilliant CD Afrique by the Count Basie Orchestra, this chart was originally written for a Jimmy Smith album. It's a 12/8 Blues feel, with room for piano, trumpet and alto saxophone...

Oliver had a great feel for the funky jazz style which was so popular. This chart features tenor sax throughout, and was recorded on the Fantabulous album. It is a very easy chart to play, and it woul...

As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on 'Live at the Tropicana'

One of Kenton's most important compositions. It moves through a series of moods, tempos, styles, and features each section in a way that best describes the Kenton Sound of the 1940's and beyond. A mus...

This is a new edition (Finale computer notation) of this wonderful composition. It is available with a full score for the first time. Exactly as recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on the Kenton '76...

Recorded in 1954 for the recording Kenton Showcase this chart is an alto saxophone feature throughout. It was originally recorded by Lee Konitz. Yet another wonderful Holman feature chart. (condensed...

Another amazingly futuristic piece from Rugolo's great mind. An outstanding example of the classical side of the late '40's Kenton bands written in 1947. A great (unusual) addition to any Kenton progr...

This was one of the early charts of Hank's recorded by Kenton. It is recorded on the Live at Butler University CD. (available from Sierra Music). It opens with bass setting the tempo and meter in 9/4....

Originalarrangement von der CD 'In A Personal Mood'

Originalarrangement von der CD 'In A Personal Mood'

Originalarrangement von der CD 'Swing it! - Vol. 2'

Originalarrangement von der CD 'Swing it! - Vol. 2'

Originalarrangement von der CD 'Swing it! - Vol. 1'

Originalarrangement von der CD 'Gospel Face'

Originalarrangement von der CD 'Big Band Boogie'

This version of You Make Me Feel So Young is the one performed by Frank Sinatra with the Count Basie Orchestra on the 'Sinatra at the Sands' album, later re-issued on the Reprise collection, and it is...

Ella Fitzgerald recorded this song many times in her career, and we offer you what we feel to be her finest version, from the 1960 Billy May collaboration album 'Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook'. This...

The Andrews Sisters recorded this chart with the Jimmy Dorsey orchestra in November 1938, and it went on to be a big hit for them. We have transcribed the original chart, but have scored it for 8 Bras...

I'm Beginning To See The Light is a popular tune, recorded by most of the great vocalists. Our offering here is the Harry James version originally sung by Kitty Kallen. The chart is unusual in that it...