Partituras dificil para Big Band

Obviously a contrfact based on 'just friends' - fairly up tempo happy feeling straight ahead chart featuring linear counterpoint between tens/bones and tpts/altos. Solo for ten, tpt, bone followed by...

This space-age piece was written for astronaut Jan Davis, and is designed to portray the experience of spaceflight and viewing a sunrise from space. Solos for trumpet and piano. Changing time signatur...

Haunting ensemble ballad in an orchestral style. Changes for flugelhorn solo. No drums (rainstick and triangle instead.) Flute in one tenor part; lead trumpet to Bb5.

This is a lovely bolero. It is a tribute to my wife's mother who has passed away. This one is not difficult and only requires one fluegel for doubles. Fluegel and tenor are featured on the melody (Sep...

A medium-slow blues that leans lightly on Ellington and a bit heavier on New Orleans. In fact, the first chorus is stated by the trio of clarinet, muted trumpet and muted trombone that will be familia...

This chart is a fierce, mid-tempo, funk steamroller. It never varies from the basic groove of from the 12-bar blues structure. However, a simple harmonic device (sliding up and down a semitone on each...

This simple Jaujira stays largely within the traditional I-IV-V harmonic framework associated with this Cuban dance form. The unique character of this chart is created by attractive melodies, subtle o...

A medium-groove, laid-back kind of chart that features some lush brass voicings. Opens with a rubato piano chorus with the rest of the rhythm section joining for the 2nd chorus. Winds have a flute sol...

Written for a 5,5,5,4 configuration. A slow (t=56), soft ballad that features a very quiet brass section on this original melody. Solos for muted trumpet and flute lead into a Kentonish ensemble passa...

An up-tempo chart based on the chord changes to popular ballad, the chart starts off with solos from trombone and tenor. A unison bop line for all horns follows leading into the theme as stated by the...

This is an up-tempo blues that features solis for trumpet, trombones and saxes. The sax soli is from a Phil Woods solo, while the trumpet soli is from a Tom Harrell solo. The trombone soli lead is dou...

This West Coast Jazz tribute to trumpeter Shorty Rogers and tenor saxophonist Bob Cooper offers a contrapuntal opening theme written over Parker blues changes and features solo sections for both of th...

A modern jazz blues chart featuring Thad Jones-like saxophone section soli voicings with solos for alto, trombone, and bass, although other soloists may easily be added. A thundering shout chorus caps...

Haunting alto saxophone ballad feature; includes a solo spot for piano. Rhythmically sophisticated in places but lead trumpet only plays to a high B above the staff, trombone 1 to a high Bb. 5/4/4/4 n...

Beautiful flugel or trumpet ballad feature with highly textured voicings and an interesting harmonic structure. Nice solo chorus for piano. Written in honor of the great Howard Rumsey, the former lead...

Straight 8th 5/4 Meter / Tempo: quarter= 132 / /Scored for: 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, 5 saxes (doubling flutes and clarinets), alternate parts provided with no doublings, guitar, piano, bass, drums.Thi...

Medium tempo Thad-inspired contrafact on Stella by Starlight changes. Features 2nd trombone playing melody in tandem with tenors and improvised solo chorus. Second solo is optional; can be piano or gu...

Reo-Natal is Big Band Drum 'n Bass! - with a driving bass figure off the top. It features alto in a half time funk feel section followed by a band unison. It comes to a conclusion with guitar and synt...

Just as ReoNatal is Big Band Drum 'n Bass, Silver Heights is driving big band rock! After a big brass opening, the feel is set up by a rhodes figure. There is lots sectional interplay, with the melody...

Transformations is an outside blues - featuring trumpet, piano and drums. It starts off fast, is transformed into a ballad with a lyrical melody, and then back !.. to a blistering uptempo, quasi atona...

Blues shuffle. Scored for A,T,B, 2 Trpts, 1 Bone & Rhy. Concept Music series.

Fresh, modern sound, lots of action for Drummer. Scored for A,T,B, 2 Trpts, 1 Bone (with opt'l 2nd Bone part, & Rhy.

In the style of McCoy Tyner. Solo: Piano, Guitar, Alto & Tenor. Unison bass line for Bari, Bass & Piano in B section. Scored for A,T,B, 2 Trpts, 1 Bone & Rhy.