Walrus Music Publishing

Encompassing several styles of jazz; i.e.: ragtime, Dixieland, bebop, swing, modal afro/Cuban. A challenging chart but well worth the effort. */5/5/5 - Clarinets (2) Bs. Clarinet and tuba are optional...

Part 2 of Red Beans & Ricely Yours (Commissioned in honor of Louis Armstrong by ASCAP and IAJE and premiered by the Jazz Surge at the 2001 IAJE Conference in New York.) This piece tries to unabashedly...

Part 1 of Red Beans & Ricely Yours (Commissioned in honor of Louis Armstrong by ASCAP and IAJE and premiered by the Jazz Surge at the 2001 IAJE Conference in New York.) If you can imagine what blues-t...

Based on the old dixieland standard eaturing a dixie band, from the Great American Classic Songbook. Feature: trumpet. Solos: Trombone, Alto Sax, Tenor Sax. Key Bb major. Trumpet 1 to written high E....

Bright swinging arrangement of this Gospel favorite. Tune recorded by The Dukes of Dixieland, Louis Armstrong and Elvis Presley. Open section for all to solo. Big ensemble. Tpt.1 top note F# (top of s...

Is a very funky 16th groove that stays funk all the way through. Great closer or opener or just to let the rockers blow on! Trpt to D. No Score

Latin bass line, drums march funk rhythm set entrancing mood. Contemporary harmonies. Solos for Piano & Trpt.

Rough & tumble piece that speaks of the stark, ridiculously inadequate kitchen in which Ladd prepared a sumptuous meal. The setting was idyllic; the kitchen was FUNKY. Explosive. Bari sax or Guitar so...

Nasty Funk. Good unison dialogue. Haunting Alto & Guitar line. Solos for Tenor & Guitar. Nice full unison lines in low brass & reeds.

Funk-fusion - features tenor sax, opt'l synthesizer. No doubles. Medium difficult.

Cruisin' could be described 'Hot Phrygian Funk'! This is an energetic chart!... that features trumpet. 5/4/4/G/P/B/D. Trumpet to D and trombones to C.

If your're at all into what might be called 'Funk Jazz', this chart should fill the bill for you. The rhythm section establishes the groove from the very beginning, with the piano doing the principal...

This cut-time swing/quasi-hip hop funk chart has a catchy angular melody and fun changes for soloists (piano/guitar, tenor, or trombone). There's also an extended open percussion break to feature your...

A retro boogaloo groove based on blues in F. Lots of 60's references with new millenium sensibilities. Easy range and rhythms but with some hip harmonies. For full big band, but written to sound good...

This is a funk tune based on an 8 bar chordal devise with a 'nod' to Randy Brecker. The opening starts with just the sax section. As the chart builds the rhythm section is added, followed by the brass...

Funk chart with hip but easy blowing changes. Lead trumpet highest note written A, very conservative ranges in all parts. Drums, first tenor, and guitar solos. A good high school band will have a ball...

Up tempo Gospel inflected Funk featuring basically unison and two part horn lines ala Tower of Power. Rhythm feel may take some work (especially the Richard Tee type piano feel). Good chart for develo...

Fast, up tempo funk/rock groove which alternates between half time blues feel. Features a guitar solo and the trombone section with the 1st trumpet going uo to D. Medium difficult.

Something new and different with a Latin-funk feel that really moves and the rhythm section can really get into, features soprano sax solo. Lead trumpet up to high D.(Premiered by MYJO-Midland Youth J...

Funky (q note = 96). Solo feature for alto sax with layered rhythms underneath. Solo form consists of 2 choruses of funk and 1 of double-time swing. The last of these is a shouting ensemble section fo...

Disperse was commissioned by the Western Albemarle High School Big Band in Charlottesville, VA, and was written to introduce public school students to the language of composer/percussionist John Holle...

If you're ready to party a bit - this chart's for you! The festivities begin as the second-line feel (with a funk shuffle twist) is served up by the winds as well as rhythm before the very catchy riff...

Though primarily Latin, the groove here also has funk roots. Even though the drummer should stress downbeats using the cross-stick figure, rhythms in the ensemble suggest a 2-3 clave that should be ob...

A Hip Hop Shuffle Funk feature for the trumpet section. Features a melody and soli for the trumpets. This piece was commissioned by the Yorba Linda, Ca. Middle School for a performance with Bobby Shew...

Here is a great opener for developing bands. The chart starts with half -time swing funk groove, followed by a quirky but VERY funky melody. Solos can feature anyone in the band, followed by a drum so...