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Arranger Dan Gailey said that 'Knives Out,' recorded on Radiohead's 2001 CD Amnesiac, 'had me hooked the first time I heard it based solely on its beautiful melody.' Organically varied phrase lengths,...

Idioteque' was recorded on Radiohead's 2000 CD Kid A, and Patty Darling's chart is a model for arranging contemporary pop/rock music for big band. It's rare to find such an artful and creative score t...

Radiohead recorded 'All I Need' on their album In Rainbows in 2007. Arranger, Sherisse Rogers, conformed to the groove, melody, and bass line of the original, focusing her treatment upon reharmonizati...

Released in 1995 on Radiohead's second album The Bends, 'High and Dry' remains one of the band's most popular hits. Bob Washut's artful and passionate big band arrangement incorporates a mesmerizing 7...

Extensions is a funky, hip-hop fusion chart with nice mood changes throughout. This chart generates a lot of excitement without a lot of high blowing (written B in the trumpet part). This piece has an...

Omar Thomas has written a stunning, contemporary piece reminiscent of the style of the Pat Metheny Group. It has a straight-eighths feel with solos for piano and trombone. This chart requires soprano...

This is another Radiohead tune, arranged by Radiohead Jazz Project pioneer, James Miley. This piece was commissioned by the Fort Lewis College Jazz Ensemble. There is solo space for your choice for te...

Eighteen is a flat-out, rock n' roll chart based on a tune from one of Pat Metheny's earlier albums, Offramp. This chart has a hypnotic, powerful, energetic bass line. It is a soprano saxophone featur...

This arrangement continues the Radiohead Jazz Project and adds another wonderful talent to the list of outstanding RJP writers. Omar Thomas has arranged this emotional heavy-rock ballad, focusing on t...

Bob Curnow continues to add to his Pat Metheny Big Band Series with this wonderful light, laid-back, Latin-rock chart. It is very simple to play, with limited ranges in the brass and a level of writin...

Another amazing, exciting chart has been added to the Pat Metheny Series! Bob Curnow's arrangement of Metheny/Mays' composition Stranger In Town hits you in the face right from the start and ends in t...

The music of Steely Dan has come to Sierra Music! From the same masterful pen that brought the music of Radiohead and Astor Piazzola, the late, great Fred Sturm wows us once again. Originally arranged...

The music of Steely Dan has come to Sierra Music! Originally arranged for the HR Big Band (Germany), the late, great Fred Sturm has given us another rock chart worthy of any band's library. In typical...

Patty Darling takes us on a Latin Rock pilgrimage in 3/4 time with the occasional 4/4 and 5/4 meters in this exciting new composition that was commissioned by Lawrence University for the Fred Sturm Ja...

Set in an easy-going rock feel, this Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays composition is sure to be a band and audience favorite. Based on the original recording from the Pat Metheny Group album 'We Live Here',...

Fred Sturm's stunning big band arrangements continue to mesmerize us. This arrangement that was commissioned by the HR Big Band of another Steely Dan classic is full of energy and fortitude and seamle...

The title says it all! Your band and your audience will have a good time with this chart by Les! It is a Latin-rock setting of a very hiptune. Lots of counterpoint and excitement. Space for tenor sax...

Dan has created a wonderful Rock Ballad, with a nifty, repeating vamp figure, that can be played by even the most inexperienced players. He has managed to do this without compromising the music. The c...

Fred has created a highly original Rock/Fusion piece, which uses a recurring bass line and wonderful counterpoint throughout. This chart is contagious, and your band is sure to love playing it. Very r...

This is one of the most original big band rock/fusion charts ever written. The Buddy Rich Big Band recorded this as a Closer on the CD Buddy and Soul. Tenor solo and lots of exciting counterpoint. Red...

Exactly as recorded on the CD 'Stan Kenton Plays Chicago,' this chart is a great feature for alto saxophone set in a big band fusion style. Every reed player plays flute in the intro, and the chart ju...

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

Written with the younger band in mind, this fun, easy-to-play chart can be performed as written or used as a tool to reinforce ear training and improvising. There is ample solo space for alto saxophon...

This chart was commissioned for the Fred Sturm Jazz Celebration Weekend and is one of Patty's best charts yet. Patty Darling's writing career has skyrocketed because of her ability to write relevant,...

As recorded by the Tonight Show Band on 'Once More With Feeling' (Amherst), this is a lovely, warm ballad setting of this great standard tune. Trumpet is featured for most of this chart. There are thr...