Partituras para Big Band

Travelogue through samba, rock, free and straight-ahead sections. Flute and soprano doubles.

Latin jazz/fusion in a driving 3/4 pass out the percussion! Doubles.

Inspired by the work of McCoy Tyner. One soprano double.

Contemporary fusion fantasy - from delicate to intense. One soprano double.

Completely different arrangement from Series X version, doubles.

An unusual sound and style for big band. Doubles.

Chorale-like intro leads into jazz samba. Solos for tenor and piano or guitar. Features different themes, stop-time segments. A great chart.

Unusual composition written in 4/4+3/8, feels like 1 1/8. Starts with a bluesy call and response between trombones and bass. Players should check out how Dave Holland's Big Band treats odd-meter rhyth...

An opening free-style piano solo which progresses to set up a groove in the left hand. Tempo should be about 100bpm. Solo section open, backgrounds on cue. After solo piano returns with gospel/blues s...

Meant to be performed up-tempo, at least 220bpm. Style is very contemporary. Features intricate lines over ostinato type bass figure. Solos are more free-style over walking bass lines. Potential for g...

5 sax, 4tpt., 4 tbn., guitar piano, bass, drums, opt. marimba. Odd-meter rock, Afro-Cuban. Tempo: mm=120 (slightly faster during 12/8 section). Tpt range Ab (1st ledger line). Soloist: alto 1, tenor 1...

5 sax, 4tpt., 4 tbn., guitar piano, bass, drums. Contemporary odd-meter Afro-Cuban. Tempo: mm=124. Tpt range G (top of staff). Soloists: tenor 1, alto 1, tpt. 4. Sets up with a piano/bass obstinate-dr...

5 sax, 4 tpt., 4 tbn., guitar piano, bass, drums. Driving even eighths, 'afro-samba' with strong, uplifting theme. Tempo: mm=188. Tpt range: D. Soloists: solo changes written for Alto 1, Tenor 1, Tpt....

5 sax, 4 tpt., 4 tbn., guitar piano, bass, drums. Half-time shuffle-funk, with gospel overtones and lots of contrapuntual energy. Tempo: mm=200. Tpt range: D. Soloists: Solo changes written for Alto 1...

5 sax, 4 tpt., 4 tbn., piano, bass, drums, opt. vibes. Hip-hop contemporary jazz style. Tempo: mm=180. Tpt range Bb. Soloists: alto 1, tenor 1, tpt. 2. Contemporary jazz played over a straight-forward...

Nice arrangement of Johnny Warrington-Ruby Fisher chart. Ballad featuring trombone.

Ballad featuring trombone with x-time feel of this Johnny Warrington-Ruby Fisher chart.

Lew's exciting Latin-tinged blazer dedicated to his New York base. Tenor, trumpet & trombone solos punctuate this one.

In this Johnny Warrington-Ruby Fisher tune, Anderson sets woodwinds and muted trumpets over a samba rhythm with extended Flugelhorn and brief tenor solos. Saxes dbl. flute, clarinet. Recorded by the L...

A 4/4 modern original featuring the sax section and solos for lead tenor and guitar. A great set closer, this exciting tune explores a somewhat non-convention approach to big band formal structure and...

Bebop line with extremely angular & modern sounding chart. Theme is stated in octave line by flute, trombone & string bass. Lead alto dbl. flute. 10 brass.

Fast samba. Bitonals & unusual harmonic progressions. Lots of 'blowing' space. 10 brass.

A modern type tune with bitonals & a form that has straight combined with Latin. Based on the changes to 'Soon'. Reminiscent of 'Birth of the Cool' arrangements. Solo trumpet & tenor. No dbls. 10 bras...

A Lush, sensual melodic ballad a la Johnny Hodges followed by a long, open development section featuring soprano in a quasi-Coltrane section. Sax dbls. 10 brass (include tuba) Solos for Alto sax/Sopra...

Your dog may ignore it completely, but your Trbn sec. may eat up this jazz waltz. The chart incl. plenty of ens solis for the bones as well as solos for 2 players & the Piano. The chord chgs are not e...