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Bass 'bone players can count on one hand the good charts available for their instrument. Well, here is one of the best, arranged by Dave Wolpe. A medium-swing feel, this showcase will bring the best o...

It's electric! A high-energy jazz chart set as a samba with a funky groove and a swing feel, arranged by Eric Richards. A few features include sax solis, powerful ensemble writing, a jazz solo for 2nd...

John Coltrane's jazz standard is arranged by Kris Berg to offer strong ensemble writing, a fierce sax section soli and solo space on the 12-bar blues chord progression. It's flexible so you can have f...

La Quema del Diablo (The Burning of the Devil) is a non-stop swing-shuffle with plenty of challenges for your band. Victor López offers you a power introduction, a hip melody, solo space for tenor sax...

This piece has a cool vibe between the New Orleans-style marching beat in the drums and the horn section's Latin-style melodies and counterlines.--The Instrumentalist

Red Clay from the Premier Jazz Series is designed for highs school and college bands. Full instrumentation includes 5 saxophones, 8 brass and 4 rhythm parts. background parts are provided behind impro...

This good arrangement of a Henderson classic has a laid-back Latin feel . . . Great sax lines, loud background punches, and a neat montuno section (fast brash final chorus in Cuban music) create stron...

On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever) from the Jazz Vocal Series is designed for high school and college bands, and features vocal solos with some SATB arrangements. Full instrumentation includes 5 sax...

On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever) from the Jazz Vocal Series is designed for high school and college bands, and features vocal solos with some SATB arrangements. Full instrumentation includes 5 sax...

Also known as 'Hark! The Duke's Trumpets' and composed and arranged by Billy Strayhorn for the Duke Ellington Orchestra in 1956, this classic arrangement has no trumpets-just saxes and rhythm section....

A very hip and contemporary chart arranged and recorded by Kris Berg for his big band in the Dallas area. On this great jazz standard, there is solo space for alto, trumpet, tenor, and trombone, lots...

A very hip and contemporary chart arranged and recorded by Kris Berg for his big band in the Dallas area. On this great jazz standard, there is solo space for alto, trumpet, tenor, and trombone, lots...

The melody is stated by saxes and trumpet 2, solo space is for alto 1, tenor 1, trumpet 2, and guitar, all optional as needed. There is also space for a drum solo as well. An interlude with lower dyna...

Arranged especially for the USAF Airmen of Note, this alto ballad is outstanding in every respect. The introduction features 'bones playing the bridge, followed by the A section statement with alto an...

A Metheny-ish ballad with straight eighths with sort of a melancholy feeling, Graham Breedlove's use of color is superb, with soprano sax (alternate alto 1 included) and flugelhorns. Solo space provid...

Freddie Hubbard's great jazz waltz with the Les Hooper touch is an excellent combination. The trumpet 2 has the initial melody statement and (written-out) solo space and chord changes for alto, tenor,...

A wonderful tune with a rich texture and voicings. This is a solo vehicle for C, B-flat, E-flat or bass clef instruments with all parts include---especially ideal for flute or vibes. Bossa nova tempo...

A great swinger on one of Coltrane's brilliant compositions. Set around 208 BPM, this chart includes solo space for alto and tenor and a lead trumpet range to written high C. A big shout chorus and sa...

A great jazz standard played around 178 BPM, this swing chart features alto sax (suggested written solo provided), and a drum solo played in between band hits. Lead trumpet range is to written high C....

This Cuban-flavored salsa is interspersed with some funk grooves. At 190 BPM, this chart includes written solos for trumpet 2 and tenor, and a lead trumpet range is to written A above the staff. Also...

From the group Tower of Power, this funky chart hits the mark. At 180 BPM, the chart includes solos for tenor, trombone, or guitar, with a lead trumpet range to written high C. Lots of ensemble, too!

'Tell Me a Bedtime Story' by the great Herbie Hancock has been arranged with a funky straight-eighth groove by Alan Baylock. At 118 BPM, the tempo is laid back, the lead trumpet range is up to written...

This sensational solo feature is available for B-flat, E-flat instruments or trombone. Recorded as an alto solo on our demo recording at around 74 BPM, the lead trumpet range is to written high C. Kri...

This sensational solo feature is available for B-flat, E-flat instruments or trombone. Recorded as an alto solo on our demo recording at around 74 BPM, the lead trumpet range is to written high C. Kri...

A classic samba played around 208 BPM. 'Samba de Orphee' arranged by Kris Berg is bright, happy, upbeat, and festive throughout with the initial melody stated by alto 1 and trumpet 2 with solo chord c...