Big Band con solista

Featuring the saxophone section in an exciting swing groove, this unique 24-bar blues opener grabs the attention of audiences right from the start. The composer offers the option of tailoring the leng...

Featuring the saxophone section in an exciting swing groove, this unique 24-bar blues opener grabs the attention of audiences right from the start. The composer offers the option of tailoring the leng...

With solo space provided for trumpet, this terrific swing shuffle with solid orchestration will help any advancing group sound its very best! Ample horn articulations are provided throughout, and audi...

With solo space provided for trumpet, this terrific swing shuffle with solid orchestration will help any advancing group sound its very best! Ample horn articulations are provided throughout, and audi...

Feature your drummer in this original work paying tribute to drummer Danny D'Imperio, whose experience is 'deep' as he has played with Woody Herman, Maynard Ferguson, Chuck Mangione, the Vanguard Orch...

Feature your drummer in this original work paying tribute to drummer Danny D'Imperio, whose experience is 'deep' as he has played with Woody Herman, Maynard Ferguson, Chuck Mangione, the Vanguard Orch...

Composed for the 2012 Jazz Cruise™ to feature New York bass trombonist Jennifer Wharton, this swing chart for proficient groups showcases a valuable, yet often overlooked member of the big band. The m...

Composed for the 2012 Jazz Cruise™ to feature New York bass trombonist Jennifer Wharton, this swing chart for proficient groups showcases a valuable, yet often overlooked member of the big band. The m...

This tune was written by Louis Armstrong and used by him as his theme tune for a number of years. This version is from the Harry James book, and is not only a great Trumpet feature, but a really rare...

Taken down from the original 1936 Fletcher Henderson chart for the Benny Goodman Orchestra, our transcription is faithful to the BG chart except that we have augmented the brass to 8 voices from the o...

This is recorded on the Tonight Show Band CD Once More With Feeling (Amherst Records). Tommy does it again with a marvelous chart on this classic Mercer Ellington tune. This medium shuffle features so...

This wonderful, melodic Mercer Ellington tune is beautifully arranged by Tommy Newsom, and it is recorded on the Tonight Show Band CD 'Once More With Feeling' (Amherst Records). This wonderful chart f...

Ernie Wilkins was one of the most successful contributors to Maynard Ferguson's amazing big band library. This original is an alto saxophone feature set in a slow, swinging tempo, with a really clever...

Recorded by the Tonight Show Band on 'Volume One, The Tonight Show Band with Doc Severinsen,' this is a great chart on a classic jazz standard. This is pretty much a feature for alto saxophone, but th...

Neil brings us yet another brilliant, original piece in the ECM style. This chart is full of exciting textures and colors set in a moderate jazz feel/tempo. There is solo space (written and improvised...

Bob took the wonderful small group recording of this fun tune (on the CD 'Jazz Giant' - Contemporary) and turned it into a very special big band arrangement. He also took Benny Carter's alto saxophone...

Inspired by a similarly-titled original Bob Curnow composed for the great Doc Severinsen, 'The Doctor Is In' was written for trumpeter extraordinaire Dr. Vern Sielert. Set in a medium-up swing feel, t...

Oliver Nelson arranged this tune to feature the legendary Art Farmer and was recorded on the album 'Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra'. It has been edited to be played with traditional instrument...

Here is the magnificent Slide Hampton arrangement of this timeless Thelonious Monk composition as recorded by the Maynard Ferguson Orchestra. It has all the elements you would expect from a gorgeous b...

We are excited to put into print this terrific swingin' Al Cohn arrangement as played by the Maynard Ferguson Big Band on their album, 'Come Blow Your Horn'. Also available in an edited version, it fe...

We are excited to put into print this terrific swingin' Al Cohn arrangement as edited to include 5 saxes, 4 trumpets, and 4 trombones. It was originally played by the Maynard Ferguson Big Band on the...

This chart is from the I REMEMBER BILL - a tribute to Bill Evans CD arranged and conducted by Don Sebesky! All of these incredible pieces require a mature band, soloists and woodwind doublers. Althoug...

This is a great drum set feature, but it also has room for solos for Tenor Sax, Trumpet and Guitar (or Piano). The chart starts with 8 bars of Fast Swing from the drums. Then full ensemble figures bou...

Here is another chart written for Stan Kenton (in the mid-1950's), that was never recorded by the band. It is a sensational piece, a real flag-waver which features alto saxophone from top to bottom. G...

Written for and recorded by the Buddy Rich Band on the Big Swing Face CD, this wonderful chart features trumpet (a la Bobby Shew on the CD) and alto saxophone (a la Quinn Davis on the CD). Alto Sax 2...