Walrus Music Publishing

David Liebman Series. Comp. by David, arr by Arnon Palty. A contrafact based on Softly As In A Morning Sunrise features a woodwind super sax rendition of McCoy Tyners solo on Softly from an early Colt...

Third Bass is a medium calypso (think St. Thomas) that features the 'low' instruments on the head (Bari, TB 4 and Bass), a blues tune in thirds. An ensemble unison/octave soli sets up the solos for an...

Blues For... is a medium shuffle blues in G that features an opening bass solo with a subsequent alto sax solo, sax soli and syncopated ensemble shout chorus that solidifies the groove. 5-4-4-4 (Lead...

Bingo is wonderfully fun and quirky tune by New York based Matt Wilson. Based on the traditional children's song B-I-N-G-O. Matt commissioned this arrangement for a performance at the Univ. of Norther...

Medium ECM chart in 6/4 written to feature soprano sax and guitar solos. This chart demonstrates Villanueva's motivic development in the big band setting. The send-off, the Phrygian polyphonic interlu...

Even 8ths contemporary chart in 11/4 (6/6 + 5/4) in the style of the Dave Holland's Bid Band, with solo sections for piano and fluegel horn in 7/4 & 4/4 broken ECM. El Nino is a very challenging and e...

Written for Saxophonist Bob Efford. Med. groove in minor key featuring tenor sax complete with sax soli with tenor lead.

Funk tune receives widespread airplay on jazz stations around the world. Tenor & trumpet solos.Recorded by Pat Longo on'Extreme Heat'.

This haunting ballad is short and simple. A pensive piano intro unfolds into a melody that blends different colors as it grows into lush orchestration, florid counterpoint and ends with a flugelhorn a...

In the words of its moniker, baritone saxophonist David Zapotocky, This piece was penned [as a tribute to my] creative driving skillsat the Reno Jazz Festival. The following year - curiously enough -...

Up tempo burner. Features bari sax or piano, out front with tenor & trpt solos later on, followed by a cappella solis from sax & brass. Roars in the end.

Med. shuffle. Good showcase for tenor sax. Sax soli & ensemble passages really groove.

Up tempo minor blues. Features alto, trumpet & tenor solos.

Medium tempo funk. Alto & Trpt feature w/hard hitting brass licks & lots of room for bass slaps.

Medium 16 bar blues w/a contemporary Hip-Hop groove & 'Steely-Dan' flavored bridge. Plunger Trpt/Bone solos & open blues for all w/easy range & tight horn licks.

High energy rock shuffle commissioned by the Tokyo Union Jazz Orch. Starts w/a ripping horn ens. Soli. Heavy rock guitar & athletic bass groove make this a challenging feature for an aggressive rhythm...

Medium up bringing chart based on Cole Porter's 'Just One of Those Things'. Can be opened for solos. An exciting contrapuntal section minus the rhythm section leads to a sax soli. Recorded by the John...

Medium tempo 'Blues For Alice' type progression w/ 16 bar contrasting bridge. Solo: Tenor w/opt'l Trpt, & or Bone solos. Chart concludes w/challenging sax & brass solis & a modulation to A major for t...

Front line of Tenor, Alto & flugel. Any or all may solo plus Piano has opt'l solo. Recorded by the John Mahoney Big Band on 'In From Somewhere.'

Slow blues in 12/8 features an Alto soloist & a plunger-muted Trpt soloist. Dissonant 'Thadish' voicings, triplet cross rhythms, dbl.-x sections & a sax soli w/baritone lead all contribute to an Ellin...

An up tempo Bb blues with a bridge commissioned by the Airmen of Note. The chart includes a difficult sax soli, flexible improvised solo sections with backgrounds, and lots of traditional big band sho...

Loosely based on 'Struttin' With Some Barbecue' the chart has an ooen solo chorus followed by a background chorus designed for a trumpet solo. A canon fills the next chorus followed by a shout chorus....

Up tempo blues. 1/2 note =208+. Features Tenor sax & Trpt solos. Recorded by Bob Parton's JAZZTECH Big Band on Sea Breeze Jazz.

Eb.Pensive even 8th note chart, harmonically innovative, but lyrical. Piano and tenor solos. Powerful shout chorus. Top trumpet note written F at end. Very Effective.

Eb. A real scorcher, and one to end a concert with. Dedicated to Buddy, Woody and Maynard. Uptempo latin alternating with rock feel. Tenor and lead trumpet solos. Lots of unison writing. Some tricky m...