Partituras dificil para Big Band

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!!

Weather Report meets Monk! Yes. Based on the changes to an obvious favorite Monk tune, this chart features Monkish-like material super-imposed over a Weather Report funk shuffle ala Mr. Gone.

A moderately slow, straight 8ths that alternates 6/5 and 5/4 bars. Beginning with a guitar solo, it features a gentle melody played by the soprano and tenor saxes. The featured soloist is the tenor sa...

Fast, modal flavored chart w/some interesting time-feel transitions. Solos for tenor & Trumpet w/a great 'Shout' chorus. Super vehicle for a hot Drummer.

Straight ahead medium up, blues in Bb. Open for solos. Big band version of chart written for 'the Brass Connection'.

Medium to medium slow blues in F minor. Can be opened up for soloists. Interesting head and band shout.

A moody, (not too slow) middle movement. Lots of space for solos and some exciting BGs and ensemble work. Sax doubles. Part 2 on 'No Passport Required' suite. Original Suite composed for trumpeter Ken...

A big band version of the tune written for the 'Brass Connection's first album. Spacey, with nice harmonies. Sax doubles.

(Oxford St. Blues or OverSeas Blues, take your pick, Ian will explain it when he sees you!!!) A Jazz Messengers kind of head, (and feel). Great finale for the soloists and an interesting 'half-time-rh...

A tribute to the late founder of Concord Jazz Records, Carl Jefferson-(C.J.!!). This jazz waltz Big band version was arranged for Kenny Wheeler and the BBC Big Band. Could feature any horn.

Takes merges the minimalist movement with a Latin-influenced big band chart that is both fun to play and fun to hear. College and advanced high school bands will find that this chart is a real show st...

This is a reference to nightclub music, it is a straight-eighths chart with angular unison lines and harsh dissonances and room for synthesized sound effects during the opening drum solo. Advanced col...

Commissioned for the Esperanza High School Jazz Band, 'Welcome to Zingtown' is a roaring big band arrangement that is both challenging and crowd-pleasing. The melody, set to the changes of 'How High t...

This relaxed chart is in the 'Lil' Darlin' genre. Muted trumpet and piano solos.

A salsa 'cha-cha', features Trpt & Bari Sax solos, [both opt'l open], a fun mambo section & a false recapitulation w/written Trbn 2 solo. Woodwind dbl., 2 flutes, 3 clarinets.

Fast altered blues. Terse head, introduced by lead alto, is contrased with 'Freddie Freeloader' chordal accompaniment figures. Solos over altered blues changes for guitar (optional piano) and tenor sa...

A Capella style scoring with piano and piano trio interludes. Trpts double on flugel.

Medium jazz waltz. Doubles: flute 1 & 2, clarinet 1 & 2, bass clarinet, flugels. Flugel and tenor sax solos.

Shuffle, featuring dueling tenors. No doubles. Soli passage for bari, bass, and piano. Premiered at the first 'Live Music Awareness' event (sponsored by AFofM Local 6) held at the Yerba Buena Gardens,...

This is a very exciting, boiling-energy funk-fusion piece which challenges the whole band but features tenor sax & drums.Recorded by Bruce Lofgren Jazz Orch on ' The Blues and Other Passions'.

Moving jazz waltz w/nice chord changes a/ a tinge of melancholy. Great flute feature which shows off the whole band in extended ensemble passages. Flute or clarinet dbls for all sax parts. Scored for...

Medium tempo driving 12/8 blues [16 bar form]. This is a solo vehicle for alto sax which builds intensity through background patterns by the horns & rhythm. Strong ending.

High spirited flag waving version of the theme from the 'Bluegrass'. Chart features Alto, Trpt solos. No Dbls. Recorded by the Miles Osland Little Big Band on Sea Breeze Jazz.

Up tempo treatment of the anthem from the Hoosier State. A great opener.