Partituras para Big Band

A rare chart from the Artie Shaw band, Jungle Drums is a medium tempo Clarinet & Tenor Sax feature, and is a throuroughly melodic interpretation of Ernesto Lecuona's original Beguine. Provided that yo...

Adapted from the 1956 recording, El Manisero (the Peanut Vendor) remains one of Stan Kenton's most enduring hits, and is a feature chart for lead Trombone (who solos for the first minute of the chart)...

Lovers of Billy May will love this chart too. A punchy 4 measure lick opens the arrangement, and it is re-stated during the chart too, helping to cement the structure of the piece. There are some May...

La Rubia was written by Perez Prado, and is an Alto Sax feature latin chart in F minor. Although an easy chart to play, it is nevertheless very effective and has the trademark Prado unison sax lines w...

Here is Artie Shaw's version of the old Hickman & Williams tune, Rose Room, though we have adapted it for 8 brass from the original 6. The chord progressions of this tune were later used by Ellington...

A straight-ahead Waltz in a stock style. No solos apart from a short Piano solo, just good sectional interplay and use of brass mutes for tonal colour.

A straight-ahead Waltz in a stock style. A short ad-lib Piano solo in the middle. Good sectional interplay and use of brass mutes for tonal colour.

A straight-ahead Waltz in a stock style. A short Trumpet solo and good sectional interplay. All Saxes double Clarinets.

A straight-ahead Waltz in a stock style. No solos, just good sectional interplay. Lead Alto doubles Clarinet, Baritone doubles Alto.

God Bless the USA is a patriotic vocal choral piece with a reduced instrumental line up of 2 saxes, 2 trombones, 2 trumpets, strings and rhythm section. The vocal is scored in the key of C for male so...

The Kid From Red Bank, a reference to Mr Basie himself, is one of the great tracks from the Basie band of the 1950's, and one of a series written and arranged for the band by Neal Hefti to be found on...