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Beethoven never sounded so good. Chart transforms the familiar piano sonata into a beautiful bossa ballad. Piano as featured.

Alternating between Latin & swing in a manner reminiscent of 'Green Dolphin Street', this chart is in the reach of almost any group. It features a strong melody, a Trbn solo [can be Guitar or Piano],...

Beautiful bossa nova w/open solo section. Very pretty changes & great solo vehicle for your soloist.

A medium level ballad that goes into a Bossa Nova tempo. This chart features piano as a solo instrument. This beautifully lyrical ballad/Bossa Nova will provide contrast in your programming. Great veh...

Very pretty bossa nova w/lush voicings & interesting changes. Flugel & piano solo.Through ingenious use of cues & big sounding voucings they will 'sound' w/only 3 brass (2 Trpts & 1 bone),3 saxes (Alt...

This is a samba/mambo which features both trombone and trumpet solos. A distinctive bolero section offers a refreshing style change for a soprano sax soloist. Instrumentation includes four trumpets,fo...

Here's a happy bossa for your band to work on. Your lead trombone gets the opportunity to play a sweet melody and later take a solo over some fun chord changes. This tune has a relaxed, Latin feel! Th...

Designed to showcase your flugel or bone. Written for Bobby Shew. Interesting changes & pretty bossa w/dbl. x samba vamp.

G minor. Medium tempo cha-cha, Alto sax, trombone and drum/percussion solos. Very tuneful and easy to conceptionalize. Fiery Santana-ish shout chorus. Lead trumpet has one high written D, but is below...

Sierra is a fun loving samba with a simple yet harmonically conceptual melody. There are only 4 chords to improvise on, making it a great tune for beginners, and advanced players, to explore.5 saxes,...

Montuno comes from Cuba and musically refers to a repeated pattern. This is the case in the piano part. Candela (conDayla) is a candle or flame and commonly translated as hot as in sexy. This chart is...

This arrangement takes its orchestration directly from Debussy's solo piano masterpiece, not the popular fake book lead sheet. Debussy's impossibly difficult to forget melodies, transitions and interl...

This is a new and innovative twist on the old American folk tune De Camptown Races by Stephen Foster. A great chart that features the bass trombone and bari sax with a tint of flute and muted trumpet...

A grooving straight 8th/bossa-ish style tune. Starting off with an ensemble choral, it features a wordless female voice as an added color to the melody played by the guitar and trombone 1. It features...

A relaxed samba tune in 7/4. Melody featured in Alto and Tenor Sax, Trumpet 1 and guitar (written guitar part). This piece also has a vibraphone part. The ensemble is featured with first saxophone sol...

Medium latin utilizing eleventh chords. Features Alto solo and an a capella shout for the horn section. No doubles.

Medium swing and Latin grooves. Features Alto & Tenor. 5/5/5/4.

Watch what happens when your band plays this medium-up swing/Latin chart! It's loosely based on not one, not two, but three jazz standards. It swings so cool and sways so gentle, your audience will sa...

Azucar is a Latin chart loosely based on Stanley Turrentine's 'Sugar'. The melody is played by a trio (trumpet, alto, tenor). The solo section can feature anyone in the band, and the simple changes an...

This chart has been a big hit with all the bands that have played it. This is a very cool latin ballad trumpet feature. Recorded by the George Graham Big Band.

This is a samba (duh!) - this starts with a very cool little melody stated by the FlYgs. It has an open solo section for all those who wish to play. This one will keep your toes a tappin'!.

Pretty flugel feature in the latin Bossa vein. Perfect for the lyrical trumpet player in your section. Starts with the Head and goes into a solo section. Then to the last ensemble with a short sax sol...

Samba. Starts out with the flugel section playing the head. This has room for the alto and bone to play solos. You will be humming this tune! Features the trumpet section.

This is a nice way to feature the bone player who has the pretty sound. This chart is quiet at the top, but there is quite a bit of powerful ensemble at the end. Bossa. Features trombone.

This is just the right ballad to feature your alto player with the cool sound. Nice melodic chart with punncy ensemble at the end. Bossa. Features: alto sax. Solos: alto sax. Trumpet 1 highest note: h...