Walrus Music Publishing

Groovy funky blues featuring Tenor, Trpt & Bass solos.

Out of control, funk madness w/lots of blowing for everyone, esp. the saxes. Soli sections for trpts & bones ensures no sleeping on the stand [or in the audience] during this tune. No dbls. Recorded b...

A rollicking up tempo bop fest w/a melodic motive that might be recognized to Rob & Laura Petrie. This tune, based on 'Another You' changes. Features challenging section work for everyone. [1st alto o...

Nice rock shuffle featuring sax exposition w/Earth, Wind & Fire - like horn riffs. Plenty of space for solos w/interesting contrapuntal variations & big shout chorus. Strong rhythm chart w/good use of...

Medium tempo samba featuring a simple, gentle melody. Some fun contrapuntal ensemble work leads to solos. Nice section for the Obones to show off and a good 'Latin' workout for the cats in the rhythm...

A hard driving up tempo Blues that feature an open piano solo with a funky bass line at the beginning with a great brass section background. The opening melody is played by the saxes. The ensemble sho...

Ofuscato is a contemporary bog band chart, featuring the tenor saxophonist throughout. It's a straight eights, about 95bpm, with a strong pedal pointn and a long three part form. Written with a Rhodes...

One of the winning compositions from the 2005 ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Awards competition, Hike!!! was premiered at the North Seas Jazz Festival in the Hague. Exciting meter changes and cl...

Winding Rose is an exhilarating composition that consists of clever melodies and an imaginative rhythmic treatment. Comprised of several tempo an meter changes, this piece begins with a slow introduct...

This is the first of three compositions that are based on the nearly 550 year old melody entitled L'homme arme (The Armed Man). This collection incorporates compositional techniques from renaissance c...

Part III is a high-impact feature of the L'homme arme melody set in various orchestrations. An up-tempo closer in 3/4, a drum solo begins this part accompanied by an ostinato bass line. The energy sta...

Straight eighth notes in the ECM style. This multi-section piece in 6/4 time features tenor saxophone over modal changes and electric guitar (solid body) or soprano saxophone over pedal point and slas...

This uplifting piece was written to honor one of the greatest jazz drummers of South Africa, Lulu Gontsana. Even eighths. The introduction is built on major seventh chords over a driving beat, which o...

Not quite a ballad, not really a jazz waltz, this haunting piece features soprano saxophone throughout. The modal harmonies are of long duration, challenging the melodic invention of your soloist as w...

. .. is based on two funk grooves; one medium-fast, reminiscent of Weather Report, and the other half time. The main theme is played in unison by soprano sax, tenor sax and harmon-muted trumpet. Modal...

Comp by Jeff Ellwood. Written for the Riverside Community College Jazz Ensemble 1 and performed at the IAJE 2002 National Conference. This is a bop feature for tenor sax and trumpet. The two do the me...

Time piece starting in 7/4, a jazz waltz, then an up-tempo samba! Some sax doubles

Good chart to use synth/midi keyboard and experiment with some new sounds. Eerie introduction goes into funk feel. Sax doubles. Features synth and tenor sax solos. Some sax doubles.

A very beautiful ballad. Bass trombone feature. Sax doubles.

If you want to feature your bass trombone player with an aggressively fast samba, than this is the chart. mFeroz meaning 'fierce' with good section features when the bass bone is resting. 1st trumpet...

Opens with a 12-bar blues piano solo, into a great theme that will stick with the audience after they've gone, later features a tenor solo. Lead trumpet up to high Eb. (Premiered by MYJO- Midland Yout...

A great medium tempo blues chart that showcases most of the sections of your band. Open ad lib section for the trombone players to do their thing plus your drummer can show off his stuff near the midd...

Contemporary 12/8 funk shuffle. Energy level is very high!!

Romping simple melodic line over some strangely interesting changes. Some sax doubles.

A straight eighth in the style of Metheny/Mangione that opens with a gospel piano statement. Lots of gospel influence throughout. Joyous and triumphant, this chart builds to a strong climactic finish...