Noten für Big Bands

David Liebman Series. Composed by David arr by Jim McNeely. Very representative of 20th century contemporary harmony,this arrangement features the soloist weaving in and out of a variety of dissonant...

David Liebman Series. Comp by David arr by Vince Mendoza. A waltz in a 2 over 3 feel with an odd metered contrasting vamp section. This features soprano or tenor saxophone and alto sax soloist trading...

David Liebman Series. Comp by David arr by Ed Sarath. A programmatic piece depicting the use of the atomic bomb ending World War II. It involves a bit of rubato and question and answer episodes betwee...

David Liebman Series. Comp by David arr by Bill Warfield. One of Liebman's most popular pieces, this deceptively simple sixteen bar Latin feeling composition is dedicated to the great artist Pablo Pic...

David Liebman Series. Comp by David arr by Alan Baylock. With a fusion sixteenth note intense rhythmic underpinning and intricate unison lines, this features the soloist playing freely over the rhythm...

David Liebman Series. Comp by David arr by Henrik Frisk. A slow eight note quasi ballad with five sections of four bar polychord harmonies. This arrangement features an array of contemporary colors an...

David Liebman Series. Comp. by David; arr. by Andrew Rathbun. Originally recorded with Elvin Jones and featured on Lieb's Big Band recording As Always, this arrangement features a variety of challengi...

David Liebman Series. Comp. by David, arr by Arnon Palty. A contrafact based on Softly As In A Morning Sunrise features a woodwind super sax rendition of McCoy Tyners solo on Softly from an early Colt...

Third Bass is a medium calypso (think St. Thomas) that features the 'low' instruments on the head (Bari, TB 4 and Bass), a blues tune in thirds. An ensemble unison/octave soli sets up the solos for an...

Blues For... is a medium shuffle blues in G that features an opening bass solo with a subsequent alto sax solo, sax soli and syncopated ensemble shout chorus that solidifies the groove. 5-4-4-4 (Lead...

Bingo is wonderfully fun and quirky tune by New York based Matt Wilson. Based on the traditional children's song B-I-N-G-O. Matt commissioned this arrangement for a performance at the Univ. of Norther...

Medium ECM chart in 6/4 written to feature soprano sax and guitar solos. This chart demonstrates Villanueva's motivic development in the big band setting. The send-off, the Phrygian polyphonic interlu...

Even 8ths contemporary chart in 11/4 (6/6 + 5/4) in the style of the Dave Holland's Bid Band, with solo sections for piano and fluegel horn in 7/4 & 4/4 broken ECM. El Nino is a very challenging and e...

Written for Saxophonist Bob Efford. Med. groove in minor key featuring tenor sax complete with sax soli with tenor lead.

Bright jazz waltz composed by Louie Bellson, as played by his big band. Optional rubato piano intro, and improvised solo section for flugelhorn.

Funk tune receives widespread airplay on jazz stations around the world. Tenor & trumpet solos.Recorded by Pat Longo on'Extreme Heat'.

This haunting ballad is short and simple. A pensive piano intro unfolds into a melody that blends different colors as it grows into lush orchestration, florid counterpoint and ends with a flugelhorn a...

In the words of its moniker, baritone saxophonist David Zapotocky, This piece was penned [as a tribute to my] creative driving skillsat the Reno Jazz Festival. The following year - curiously enough -...

Up tempo burner. Features bari sax or piano, out front with tenor & trpt solos later on, followed by a cappella solis from sax & brass. Roars in the end.

Med. shuffle. Good showcase for tenor sax. Sax soli & ensemble passages really groove.

Up tempo minor blues. Features alto, trumpet & tenor solos.

Medium tempo funk. Alto & Trpt feature w/hard hitting brass licks & lots of room for bass slaps.

Medium 16 bar blues w/a contemporary Hip-Hop groove & 'Steely-Dan' flavored bridge. Plunger Trpt/Bone solos & open blues for all w/easy range & tight horn licks.

High energy rock shuffle commissioned by the Tokyo Union Jazz Orch. Starts w/a ripping horn ens. Soli. Heavy rock guitar & athletic bass groove make this a challenging feature for an aggressive rhythm...

Medium up bringing chart based on Cole Porter's 'Just One of Those Things'. Can be opened for solos. An exciting contrapuntal section minus the rhythm section leads to a sax soli. Recorded by the John...