Partituras de Big Band para profesionales

Dedicated to the memory of Tito Puente. Yo Recuerdo A Mi Hermano Tito is a Latin-flavored composition somewhere between a cha-cha and a mambo. It could be called either a fast cha-cha or a slow mambo....

Here's an interesting medium tempo tune in the Guaracha style with a Latin Jazz feeling. Rhythm very popular with dancers. Open section for solos with accompanying backgrounds.

Swinging big band version of little big band arrangement. Good swinging authentic latin jazz. Open section for solos. Background for solos and can be used for additional riff section.

Old style swinging mambo with a touch of 'NEW STYLE' latin jazz. Features tenor solo. Easy to open for other soloists. Swinging out chorus with surprise ending. No score.

Swinging big band Latin Jazz up-tempo original with a touch of 'avant guard' concept. Features good sax soli and an interesting ensemble chorus. Open section for solos with backgrounds. Riff (mona) se...

A bright swinging Latin Jazz original written in minor. No doubles. Plenty of room for soloist to play JAZZ against authentic Latin Rhythms...Nice melodic theme for saxes and swinging out chorus for f...

A lively rhythmic 'Latin Jazz' composition written in 3/4 time with a 6/8 latin feel offering a new concept in 'Latin Jazz' improvisation. Open for solos and for rhythm improvisation.

Here's an exciting Latin chart based on chord changes to 'Love For Sale'. The opening theme is introduced as a bossa nova & the chart moves to a x-time samba feel for the improvised solo. A very excit...

Medium tempo latin with interesting changes and swing on bridge. Alto doubles on soprano. Trpt solo, unis reeds with brass punches in out chorus. 5,4,4,3-4. No doubles.

Medium tempo Latin. Trombone solo with extensive background. Exciting out chorus. 5,4,4,3-4. No doubles.

Saxophonsatz spielt Holz: 3 Flöten, Klarinette, Bassklarinette; 1. und 2. Trompete spielen Flügelhorn

This work was commissioned to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Wichita Jazz Festival and was conceived as a piece that shifts between bossa nova and tango. Harmonically it mines Chopin's Prelude...

The title and tempo marking 'apocalyptic rhumba' (medium) are reverence to Cuban music--though it is composed more in the spirit of John Coltrane and Elvin Jones rather than traditional guaguanco. The...

Bright bossa composed by Louie Bellson, as played with his big band. Great feature for the bari sax and guitar, with optional piano solo.

Upbeat samba in F minor and major. Features tenor sax and a drum break that can be opened up. Trumpet goes to high D mostly (briefly to an Eb towards the end). 5,4,4,P,B,D, perc optl.

Written for the Missouri All-State Jazz Band, this high-energy mambo chart features soloists from the saxophone and trumpet sections. Careful research went into the creation of the rhythm section part...

This is an Afro-Cuban style cha cha with intermittent moments of Afro-Cuban 12/8 (bembe). It features an extended sax soli with hints of Eddie Harris in there. While solos for alto sax and guitar are...

Quick moving bossa nova features a small group of muted Trpt, Bone, Alto & Piano. Flexible solo section follows for any number of soloists. Next a full chorus sax soli to the climatic out chorus. Reco...

Watch what happens when your band plays this medium-up swing/Latin chart! It's loosely based on not one, not two, but three jazz standards. It swings so cool and sways so gentle, your audience will sa...

Snowbird Samba is a frisky up tempo samba featuring a front line of two soprano saxes and two trumpets. It has a lot of open blowing space for soloists in all sections. The recording features this ver...

A moderate bossa with a challenging dense chord progression. Lead trumpet to high F with solos in piano and trombone 2. A good study in theme and variations. Alto 1 doubling to flute, alto 2, tenor 1...

This ethereal and reflective chart hints at Afro-Cuban 12/8 grooves but is more reminiscent of Pat Metheny or Lyle Mays that Dizzy Gillespie. Lots of color and texture make it easy on the ears and per...