Mark Taylor: Partituras medio

Originally recorded by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers in 1960, this Wayne Shorter classic was written in honor of Lester Young and swings hard from beginning to end. Mark Taylor's exciting chart ope...

Este arreglo del clásico favorito captura brillantemente el genio de Chuck Mangione. Cambios de solo para trompeta. La trompeta principal toca Do agudo, los trombones 1-3 tocan Sol agudo.

Este arreglo del clásico favorito captura brillantemente el genio de Chuck Mangione. Cambios de solo para trompeta. La trompeta principal toca Do agudo, los trombones 1-3 tocan Sol agudo.

Mark Taylor has created an effective new treatment of a great standard song. Alternating between a samba feel and swing, this chart also uses contrasting textures of small group playing and full ensem...

This Mark Taylor original is written in a moderate samba style and starts with a quartet of alto, tenor, trumpet and trombone at the top. Also featured are ensemble riffs trading with solo drum fills....

What a neat idea to turn this Henry Mancini classic into a medium samba groove! Your lead trombonist receives some well-deserved feature time and is joined briefly by the entire bone section. The ense...

Composed in a light Bossa style, this is a great sounding feature for flugelhorn. Utilizing a wealth of orchestration colors in the accompaniment and a comfortable medium tempo, this is a terrific cho...

The lush harmonies and flowing melody of this Ellington favorite are set in a medium samba style in this creative arrangement that takes full advantage of the six-horn format. In addition to full ense...

From Dizzy Gillespie's Afro-Cuban stylistic period, here is his delightfully infectious Fiesta Mojo set in a bouncy medium samba groove. A small group starts things off (including optional flute) supp...

Recorded by the acclaimed Cannonball Adderley Quintet in the 1960s, 'Jive Samba' became one of Nat Adderley's best-known standards. Arranged here for little big band and in a moderate cha-cha style, t...

Originally composed by Mark Taylor four decades earlier, Love Beams proves its staying power with a new recording on Mark's big band CD To the Edge. With its easy going bossa style and gently flowing...

Although originally composed for the 1962 musical No Strings, this Richard Rodgers song has become a familiar standard often recorded by jazz artists. Beautifully arranged here as a solo vehicle for a...

Here's one of the classic bebop tunes of all time. Sonny Rollins' famous melody is expertly arranged here in the little big band format. Great sounds for small groups!

Composed by Wayne Shorter and recorded by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers in 1963 on Ugetsu, here is One by One in a dynamic and muscular big band chart from the pen of Mark Taylor. Featuring a small...

In the skilled hands of Mark Taylor, this medium uptempo jazz standard from Miles Davis works perfectly in this 6-horn format. Carefully using the combination of saxes and brass to full advantage, thi...

Using tenor and baritone saxes to do the heavy lifting, here is a fun chart on this Sonny Rollins classic. Mark also uses clever ensemble interludes and a shout chorus to round out this swingin' arran...

We all have our iPhones, iPads, and iPods, and now thanks to Mark Taylor we have iBop! This medium tempo swing tune is 'bop-ish' in attitude and features a catchy riff-based melody stated first by the...

Mark Taylor uses a mix of small group playing contrasted with full ensemble passages in this early composition from jazz master Wayne Shorter. After a solo section featuring alto sax then trombone, a...

Penned by Bobby Timmons and recorded by a number of jazz artists over the years, Dat Dere is a great example of soul jazz of the early 60's. This arrangement for small band features alto sax and trump...

Here's one of the iconic tunes from Duke Ellington in a swingin' chart scored for the little big band format. Mark really gets the most out of just the six horn parts in this great sounding chart! Sol...

Using a sensuously slow Basie style, Mark has crafted a distinctive setting of this Gershwin standard that features the entire ensemble. Lush brass scoring on the 'A' theme is contrasted with the saxe...

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Pay tribute to Dizzy Gillespie, one of the legendary giants of jazz, with this hot up-tempo arrangement. One of Dizzy's catchiest and best-known tunes, this will certainly add a spark of energy on any...

Written and recorded by John Coltrane, this is one of the landmark tunes in jazz history. Mark Taylor's exceptional setting for full jazz ensemble is a must. The modal nature of this chart makes it ve...