Villancicos para Big Band

Here's a tour de force challenge for mature bands! Features a bit of straight eighth, but predominantly samba and swing grooves. A great vehicle for rhythm section and horns to really shine. Enjoy som...

Here's a great medium tempo blues that's a wonderful vehicle to feature any number of your soloist. It features soprano and tenor sax playing a very interesting melodic line, some tricky unison band l...

Medium swing tune. Give your saxophones a chance to shine with a swingin' sax soli, and an open solo section as well. The chart opens and closes with the drums playing a portion of the melody, and the...

Medium swing with tenor and trumpet solos on tricky changes and sax soli with soprano lead. 5,4,3 (with opt 4th bone) and 3. As recorded by the New England Jazz Ensemble on Sea Breeze Jazz. See master...

This is a hard swinging bluesy chart that has shades of the great Bill Holman. Over a catchy bass riff the melody gets passed around during the head, and there is plenty of contrapuntal writing to fol...

This is a Horace Silver type of tune based on the changes of Stanley Turentine's Sugar - thus, the title. It features a small group consisting of tenor, bari, trumpet, and trombone, all of whom have s...

Med-up swing on altered blue line. Features Baritone Sax, Piano and Trumpet solos. Lead trumpet goes up to C. 1/4 note = 156. Medium.

Gentle, easy Reggae with swing 8's. ?? note = 140. Piano intro followed by alto/trombone/trumpet trio. Long trombone solo and long ensemble section to close.5,4,4,G,P,B,D. Trpt. 1 to high D.

A medium-difficult jazz ballad for big band utilizing post-bop chird changes. The composition goes into a medium swing feel (mm=120) for a full chorus trumpet solo feature and half-chorus sax soli. Le...

This medium swing arrangement by Rob McConnell was recorded in 1996 by the Boss Brass on the 'Even the Canadians Get the Blues' album. Featured are solos for tenor saxophone and guitar. There are no s...

Based on a swinging rock shuffle, this crowd pleasing chart builds from a rather simplistic statement of the melody to an intricate shout chorus. Features an extended alto solo.

Originally written for the Bill Watrous Big Band, this fast swing chart is loosely based on I Got Rhythm but provides your trombone, paino, soprano, and tenor soloists with more harmonic freedom that...

Written in a Count Basie blues style, this medium-slow swing chart features a sax soli that starts out laid back and builds into a solo for your jazz trumpeter. An a cappella brass soli follows that g...

Written for Louis Bellson, this swing shuffle features a straight ahead sax soli, an extended trumpet solo and an intricate ensemble section featuring interplay among the sections. The chart climaxes...

Medium fast swing piece features Thad Jones-style ensemble sections with challenging chord changes for your alto and trumpet soloists. Performed by the Bill Watrous Big Band.

As recorded by Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band ('XXL' Silverline Records) featuring Eddie Daniels on clarinet, this rollicking swing tune commemorates legendary composer Thad Jones' dislike of clarinet...

There used to be a restaurant in downtown Los Angeles called 'Googies' where they, naturally, served Googie Burgers. One of a series of experiences that lead the composer to vegetarianism, but we digr...

The flutes state the melody in this pretty bossa nova, which demands your best soloist to elegantly negotiate it's appealing chord changes. Sax doubles. As recorded by the Gordon Goodwin Big Phat Band...

Easy-going swing chart, inspired by Thad Jones, has a bouncy yet rich sax melody that leads to an interchange between your drummer (on brushes!) and the ensemble. The solo section can be opened up for...

Louie Prima was totally cool. He played these awesome shuffle grooves in his band, and this chart is in tribute to the great sense of fun his music had.The saxes (featuring clarinet lead) pave the way...

The elusive bass feature makes an appearance! On this medium fast swing chart bassed (get it?) on 'I Got Rhythm' changes, your bass player trades with the sax section on the quirky Thad Jones-ish melo...

As recorded by Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band on their Grammy Nominated record 'Act Your Age'. Slow, moody swing is a tribute to composer Oliver Nelson and features lush textures and rich chord change...

Fast swing feature for 1st and 2nd bone. Nice, tight ensemble writing, with a burning sax soli. Open solo choruses for bone solos.Recorded by Ryan Haines Big Band on 'New Horizons' on Sea Breeze Jazz.

Up-tempo, swing, Bb-blues trombone section feature. Commissioned by the Las Vegas High School Jazz band. Two open solo sections. Lead trumpet to high C. Lead bone to high Bb. Trombone acapella section...

Fast swing, opener-styled piece, featuring multiple soloists and lots of full ensemble sections. Fast, unison sax lines and sax soli's. Drum solo, interspersed with horn kicks. Title cut as recorded b...