Noten für Big Bands

Featured in the documentary 'On the Shoulders of Giants', produced by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, about the Harlem Rens basketball team of the 30's and 40's. Bb, medium difficulty, up-tempo two-beat '30's' j...

An intermediate level big band arrangement. Scored for five saxes (AATTB), four trumpets, four trombones, piano, guitar, bass and drums. The trumpet range goes up to the G just above the treble staff....

An intermediate level big band arrangement. Scored for five saxes (AATTB), four trumpets, three tenor trombones, one bass trombone, piano, electric guitar, electric bass and drums. The trumpet range g...

Straight-eigth 3 feel, medium-slow tempo. This is a beautiful and happy ballad tune featuring the tenor saxophone. Flute, 2 clarinets, and bass clarinet are used instead of saxophones and the parts ar...

Quick paced Latino tour-de-force. Tenor, trumpet, trombone & guitar solos. Trumpet to High E (briefly).

Unison sax melody accented by tight brass punches. 12 bar blues.

Easy ensemble piece featuring flugels (optional) over saxes in a cluster voicing reminiscent of Al Belleto's 'Relaxin', easy mid register shout chorus. Open solo backgrounds.

Medium cut time funk / hip - hop feel with different 20 bar chorus structure. (arrangement is written in 'big two' cut time to avoid problems with reading sixteenth note funk rhythms). Trumpets / Alto...

Easy going Basie-esque take on 'Jada' changes...featuring both concerted ensemble and some contrapuntal sections as well as solo backgrounds for trumpet, tenor, and anyone else who wants to play. Lead...

As the title emplies, there's some pent-up anxiety in this tune. Sort of monkish at times. There's a harmonically interesting sax soli with soprano lead. Also, a nice spot to feature your piano player...

A nice shuffle tune that would be a great feature for your guitarist and trombone soloist. Form is blues with a four bar extension.

Pretty ballad for the Sax section with a double x feel section.

Thoughtful ballad for Flugel solo. Beautiful melody, lush orchestration. Chart builds effectively.

Up tempo, contemporary, expansive, modal writing featuring tenor and guitar solos. Great for an opener, closer or contrast piece in the middle of the set. Commissioned by Young Sounds of Arizona, dedi...

Punch Took A Leap brings a harmonically and rhythmically fresh sound to literature that is specifically written for a high school level ensemble. Ideal for intermediate ensembles, this composition is...

Commissioned by Massachusetts chapter of IAJE for the Massachusetts All-State Jazz Band of 1995. Written in the slippery shuffle style of Steely Dan, this piece has lots of engaging ensemble passages....

Incident @ Perkins depicts, in the hard bop style, what can happen if you forget to ask for a plastic fork to go with your to go order of pie: sweet, sweet petty theft! This chart is full of parallel...

a medium, slow samba that explores colors and is a feature for the flugelhorn. Saxes also have flute parts. (8 brass). Recorded by the Hawk-Richard Jazz Orchestra on Sea Breeze Jazz. See master Otter...

Driving 12-bar blues. Tenors-opened up for others. Trombone soli. Some sax doubles.

Inspired by the piano styling of Oscar Peterson. Beginning blues theme, on to feature trumpet, alto, tenor and trombone into double time feel where piano can solo or opt for other solos.

A unique, beautiful ballad originally written for a euphonium solo (can be substituted with trombone) with lush, colorful harmonies and a chart that leaves the listeners wanting more.Originally commis...

Twelve bar blues, theme shared by all. Trumpet solo, bass/drums trade.

An unusual 12 bar blues, solo space for trumpet & tenor sax w/ backgrounds.

Straight ahead medium tempo blues featuring tenor & trumpet.

Funky, hard bop style, medium up-tempo blues interesting changes.