Partituras dificil de Walrus Music Publishing

Composed in honor of Stan Kenton and based on 'snippets' from the Kenton library. Solos: baritone, guitar and trumpet and written out piano. A great concert closer. From the CD 'Next Stop Live On The...

Celebrating Duke Ellington's 100th birthday, this is an extended composition based on 'snippets' of familiar Ellington/Strayhorn themes. Solos: guitar, tenor, alto and written out pianos. A great conc...

Commissioned by ASCAP & IAJE and premiered at the IAJE convention in Long Beach, CA on January 6, 2005. Honoring Count Basie, this is an extended composition based on 'snippets' from the Count Basie l...

An abrasive medium tempo blues, written with the title in mind. Solos: trumpet, tenor and written out piano. From the CD 'Whatever Bubbles Up' by the Bob Florence Limited Edition. See Otter CD catalog...

Running with Scissors was inspired by a parent, a child: 'Don't run with scissors in your hand'. This makes the piece slightly ominous at a bright tempo. Solos are trumpet, trombone and extended drums...

Down home gospel features unison ens, solo background & a small 3 horn Group. Blossoms into a lengthy tutti shout chorus, to preaching Alto solo over full ens. Recorded by the Kim Richmond Jazz Orches...

A fantastic ens intro leads to a hauntingly unusual sinuous melody line on this Latin chart. Middle is a 4 part fugue leading to an exciting traditional Cuban salsa solo, a majestic shout chorus. Solo...

A slow conducted intro builds to the expansively dynamic theme constructed on parallel 5ths over med. Tempo driving drums & floating bass. Short Piano solo, second ens section with shifting tonalities...

Rousing demanding Samba. Much color. Powerful brass. Excellent rhythm drills for entire band. A strong & challenging Latin chart. Dbls.

Rock. Pure rock. This Ladd McIntosh chart will certainly get your audience off. Rated A w/ IAJE.

Lengthy (~9:30). Up-tempo driving ECM feel/free. Rhodes piano (opt. piano). Woodwind doubles (soprano sax, clarinet/bass clarinet). Commissioned by the University of Oregon Jazz Ensemble and premiered...

The centerpiece of Dan's big band CD, Pulse, this three-movement suite with narrator features the poetry of acclaimed poet Timothy Young. A metaphor of a trip to the underworld, the poem examines them...

5 sax, 4tpt., 4 tbn., guitar piano, bass, drums, opt. marimba. Odd-meter rock, Afro-Cuban. Tempo: mm=120 (slightly faster during 12/8 section). Tpt range Ab (1st ledger line). Soloist: alto 1, tenor 1...

Lew's exciting Latin-tinged blazer dedicated to his New York base. Tenor, trumpet & trombone solos punctuate this one.

In this Johnny Warrington-Ruby Fisher tune, Anderson sets woodwinds and muted trumpets over a samba rhythm with extended Flugelhorn and brief tenor solos. Saxes dbl. flute, clarinet. Recorded by the L...

A 4/4 modern original featuring the sax section and solos for lead tenor and guitar. A great set closer, this exciting tune explores a somewhat non-convention approach to big band formal structure and...

A Lush, sensual melodic ballad a la Johnny Hodges followed by a long, open development section featuring soprano in a quasi-Coltrane section. Sax dbls. 10 brass (include tuba) Solos for Alto sax/Sopra...

Featured by the Ed Shaughnessy 'Energy Force Big Band', his shuffle is a Trpt/Alto duet. Solo space for both w/cued bckgs. Ens shout initiates interplay between the sections

Up tempo bop featuring tenor and trumpet solos. Unison ensemble writing, demanding melodic line and a tricky sax soli make this chart a challenge. Recorded by Northern Arizonia Jazz Ens.

Blues with a bridge featuring tenor and trumpet on challenging head. Not your standard blues changes and bridge is all iiV's, so the soloists will be busy! 10 brass.

Challenging up-tempo melodic line with solos for alto and trumpet. A cappella ensemble writing and a challenging shout chorus.

An updated version of WC Handy's classic. Solos for tenor, trombone and piano. A somewhat riotous sax soli. This one roars!

Another update of a classic of the jazz literature. A 'Steve Gadd-ish' fusion/march cadence plays under an ethereal opening featuring wdwd dbl. and muted brass. Solos for alto or clarinet, trumpet & p...

Ethereal opening leads into frantic 13/8 rock. Double-x minor blues solo for tenor and 13/8 rock solo for trumpet. Doubles. Optional percussion part really adds to this one.