Partituras de Balada medio

Background: Thelonious Monk had gone from a quirky pianist/composer to international star, in many ways thanks to a Columbia Records recording contract that began in 1962. Like fellow jazz artists on...

By 1941, James employed such arrangers as Jimmy Mundy, Gray Rains, Alvin (Leroy) Holmes, and Dave Matthews, but his chief arranger for several years was Jack Matthias. Very little is known about this...

Adapted for standard jazz ensemble from the version with strings recorded by Pete Christlieb on the CD 'A Portrait Of Sammy,' this beautiful ballad featuring tenor saxophone is an inspires everyone to...

My Foolish Heart is an arrangement of one of the most popular melodies ever written. It is very much in the style of the Kenton Ballad, featuring the trombone section in a slow, richly harmonized sett...

Buddy Rich played this chart constantly! Features a great bass trombone solo on the tune. Flute doubles required on all saxophone parts. Here is a rare chance to feature the bottom of the trombone sec...

This is another of the many wonderful charts arranged by Niehaus for the Stan Kenton Orchestra. A more beautiful ballad has not been written, and this one features a trombone and a tenor sax solo. As...

This is the bass trombone solo, as recorded (The Kenton Era) by George Roberts with the Stan Kenton Orchestra. Folks have been waiting for this one for a long time. Johnny Richards sets this wonderful...

A great alto saxophone feature. From the incomparable Contemporary Concepts album (1955). It begins with a soft, lovely statement of the melody and ends that way, with a roaring up-tempo middle sectio...

Bill Potts' arrangements for the recording The Jazz Soul of Porgy and Bess are legendary. This medley is one of those charts, and it includes 5 different themes from Gershwin's masterpiece. There is s...

As recorded on Tonight Show Band, Vol. 2 (Amherst), this wonderful arrangement by the late, great Tommy Newsom features trumpet throughout. There is marvelous ensemble writing, set in a swingy ballad...

Grades 4-5

Balada es un tipo de canción folclórica noruega que originalmente significa "canción de baile", del latín ballare ("bailar"). Este arreglo está fuertemente inspirado en la versión del grupo noruego de...

In Stillness reaches for that which is greater than ourselves. It may be one god or many gods, or it may be greatness of the past or future, but it is the light that is just beyond our mortal reach. T...

Izumi Shibata commissioned the Ballad for Bass Trombone as a unique and thoughtful birthday present for her husband, who happens to play this very instrument. Thanks to her gift, bass trombone players...

This arrangement was written by Benny Carter in 1960 for an upcoming record date that Peggy Lee would do with Capitol. The arrangement was recorded, but has not been issued. It is possible that Peggy...