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Recorded by the Buddy Rich Big Band on both their albums 'Big Swing Face' and 'The New One,' this great Bill Reddie chart is one of the most dynamic tunes Buddy every played. They played it almost eve...

As recorded by the Buddy Rich Big Band on their album 'The New One,' this great arrangement is full of fire and energy. Set as an up-tempo shuffle, this is a wonderful chart that features lots of solo...

As recorded by the Maynard Ferguson Orchestra on 'New Sounds of Maynard Ferguson,' This Willie Maiden arrangement takes a great tune and puts it in an up-tempo swing setting. The chart has a bop-like...

This Oliver Nelson melody was originally recorded with a small group. Bob Curnow took this great tune and arranged it for big band in a very hip way! Set in an easy swing feel, this chart has quite a...

Vern Sielert has created a marvelous arrangement of Michel LeGrand's extremely popular melody. As recorded by the North Texas Two O'Clock Lab Band, it is set in a modern 'ECM' swing feel. The melody i...

Vern Sielert has created a marvelous arrangement of Michel LeGrand's extremely popular melody. As recorded by the North Texas Two O'Clock Lab Band, it is set in a modern 'ECM' swing feel. The melody i...

As recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra on their album Count Basie's Finest Hour, 'Doodle Oodle' is a barn-burning Billy Byers original. In usual Basie fashion, this chart swings its tail off with in...

Sierra Music offers another Billy Byers masterpiece written for and recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra on their album Frankly Basie. Set as a medium swing in the inimitable style of the Basie band,...

Your audiences will love this clever baroque flavored chart. If you choose, you may also feature a separate woodwind quartet (2 flutes, 2 clarinets) within the structure of the piece. A very neat addi...

Bill Holman's music never disappoints, and 'Introduction to an Ending' is no exception! Originally written for and recorded on the Charlie Barnet Big Band 1967 album, this straight-ahead blues tune fe...

As recorded by the Oliver Nelson Orchestra, 'Ku-Damm' is the 1st movement of the Impressions of Berlin suite. Based on the blues, as so much of Oliver's music was, this bright swing (waltz feel) start...

Originally composed by Bill Holman for the Stan Kenton Orchestra, Bob Curnow's arrangement of 'Solos' scores the melody in the unison saxophone section and is written for 8-brass. A straight-ahead, sw...

Based on Lew Pollack's Dixieland composition of 'That's a Plenty', Les Hooper has arranged an exciting uptempo chart that features solo space for soprano saxophone, trumpet, trombone, and drums. This...

Written for the 50th Anniversary of the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival (2017), this chart will get your band and your audience up and swingin'!  There is plenty of solo space for Tenor Saxophone, Piano...

Bill Holman has given us a superb gift on his 90th birthday - his gift of swing, humor, great melody, and his always exciting ensemble passages. Here is his newest original - a buoyant, optimistic, ha...

Can you say 'trip-uh-let'? This fun, down home swingin' chart was recorded by the Les Hooper Big Band on 'Dorian Blue'. With reasonable brass ranges, there is plenty of solo space for baritone saxopho...

This wonderful piece, written by Rich DeRosa, was recorded on 'Lab 2017' by the UNT One O'Clock Lab Band. This 'loose' swinger features a tenor/bass duet melody, beautiful contrapuntal lines that weav...

This Bob Curnow arrangement was commissioned by Lawrence University for the 2018 Fred Sturm Jazz Celebration Weekend. It has a light and airy swing feel until the full ensemble starts to roar at the k...

Here is the magnificent Slide Hampton arrangement of this timeless Thelonious Monk composition as recorded by the Maynard Ferguson Orchestra. It has all the elements you would expect from a gorgeous b...

The title says it all for this toe tapping Bill Holman arrangement of the classic Rogers & Hammerstein composition as recorded on the album, 'Bill Holman's Great Big Band'. Arranged in an up-tempo swi...

We are excited to put into print this terrific swingin' Al Cohn arrangement as edited to include 5 saxes, 4 trumpets, and 4 trombones. It was originally played by the Maynard Ferguson Big Band on the...

A hard-swinging, shuffle blues (a la the great Thad Jones) with a fresh, happy feeling. Solo space for piano, alto sax, trombone and trumpet. A great Opener for any performance. This is a highly recom...

Geoff's original music is the best! It is unique, very melodic and extremely interesting. Music from a great jazz pianist. This chart features baritone saxophone throughout. Very moderate ranges for b...

Johnny Richards is perhaps best known for his work with the Kenton band. However, this piece was written for his great New York Band and is a wonderful, melodic, not-too-hard chart. It features alto s...

This chart is a play on Minnie the Mooch and somewhat set in that era. It's a modern day Swing chart with bebop roots. The chart sounds old fashioned and modern all at the same time. It has modern ele...