Big Band con solista

Buddy Childers, that is! Willis wrote this for Buddy in 1954, and it is recorded on the Kenton Showcase album (This music is available from Mosaic Records in their Russo/Holman CD set.). A terrific fe...

From the Progressive Jazz period in the 1940's, this piece focused on the alto saxophone (originally played by George Weidler).5-5-5-4

Recorded in 1947 and included in the 'Milestones' LP, this piece is a gorgeous melody (one of Pete's best known). It features piano throughout ( and it is all written out), with wonderful, warm, lush...

As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on 'Artistry in Rhythm' (and many other CDs). This classic composition was written to feature Shelley Manne on drum set. This new edition was created, with ful...

Mulligan contributed only a few charts to the Kenton Library,and they are all classics. This arrangement is no exception. Although originally arranged for Stan's dance book in the '50s, this is much m...

As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on Live at Brigham Young University, this is a rare baritone saxophone solo feature throughout. The arrangement by Holman is marvelous, opening and closing wit...

Originalarrangement von der CD 'Big Band Shout - Swing it! Vol. 4'

Originalarrangement von der CD 'That's My Band - Swing it! Vol. 3'

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

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

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

The title track from Chico's new CD 'Pure Emotion' (Milestone MCD-9239-2). This lushly scored ballad features Alto Sax in a fully written out solo.

Do you have a promising alto sax player? Feature him or her in this straight-eighth ballad showcase for 1st alto. With a melodic alto solo all the way through contrasting major to minor, this very pla...

One More Dream is a wonderful alto sax ballad feature played at 68 BPM. The woodwinds have various doubles for alto flute and clarinet but are optional, plus there are optional horn in F parts. This P...

Eine perfekte Vorzeigeballade für Altsaxofon oder Trompete. Während die Rhythmen und die Tonumfänge auf mittelleichtem Niveau sind, sind die anspruchsvollen Melodielinien und Harmonien auch für sehr f...

Dave Wolpe is an outstanding arranger. His chart on this jazz classic features flugelhorn set in a ballad style with a swing interlude for the solo. Quality from top to bottom---great tune, great char...

This was written in memory of Stan Kenton. This gorgeous flugelhorn feature was just performed by Carl Saunders on the August, 2000 'Kenton Sounds' concert in Los Angeles. This is a slow, sensitive, s...