Partituras medio para Big Band y Jazz Ensemble

Recorded by Buddy Rich on the album Stick It, this driving original with attitude assigns the primary solos to tenor and alto sax, with the drummer contributing several well-placed fills throughout. L...

Hold on to your hat! This wild, hard-rock chart is unbelievable in it's energy, meter changes, strong rhythmic motifs and more. The opening is strong, with the whole band roaring and then settling int...

Patty Darling takes us on a Latin Rock pilgrimage in 3/4 time with the occasional 4/4 and 5/4 meters in this exciting new composition that was commissioned by Lawrence University for the Fred Sturm Ja...

This is one of the most original big band rock/fusion charts ever written. The Buddy Rich Big Band recorded this as a Closer on the CD Buddy and Soul. Tenor solo and lots of exciting counterpoint. Red...

Mulligan contributed only a few charts to the Kenton Library, and they are all classics. This one is no exception. Although originally arranged for Stan's dance book in the '50s, this is more than a d...

An outstanding ballad for tenor or soprano saxophone soloist, this chart is truly gorgeous. Modest brass ranges (trumpet to fourth space E) make this arrangement accessible to most high school jazz en...

Also includes alto saxophone and baritone sax parts without clarinet part! Jazz Ballad Duration approx. 8 min Rich harmonies and dramatic dynamics characterize this piece. In this version without doub...

An outstanding ballad for tenor or soprano saxophone soloist, this chart is truly gorgeous. Modest brass ranges (trumpet to fourth space E) make this arrangement accessible to most high school jazz en...

An outstanding ballad for tenor or soprano saxophone soloist, this chart is truly gorgeous. Modest brass ranges (trumpet to fourth space E) make this arrangement accessible to most high school jazz en...

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...

As recorded on the new Les Hooper Big Band CD 'Out of the Woods,' this hot, blues shuffle is full of energy and good ol' down-home funky blues. This is a VERY exciting chart, with solo space for alto...

The Grammy award-winning composer Quincy Jones utilized his multi-faceted musical talent in composing 'Belly Roll,' and he and Sammy Nestico collaborated on the arrangement. A medium shuffle blues wit...

Del CD de Quincy Jones y Sammy Nestico titulado Basie & Beyond. Compuesta por el compositor y productor Quincy Jones, ganador de un Grammy, se trata de un swinger para solista de piano, guitarra o vib...

Recorded in 1998 by the Monday Night Big Band on their Thanks To Thad album, this is Part 3 of Thad's larger Return Journey Suite. It features lots of powerful writing for the full ensemble and abunda...