Big Band Noten für Profis

Commissioned by the Monterey Jazz Festival for the 2007 Next Generation Jazz Festival, this chart falls in that small space between Ornette Coleman and Radiohead, with a bevy of odd-metered phrases, s...

Arranged for the Jonathan Kreisberg Trio's appearance with the Virginia Tech Jazz Ensemble in 2008, this chart is a great feature for your rhythm section, with extended solo space for guitar (or alto/...

Kneebody meets big band. There is simply no adequate way to describe this chart and do it any sort of justice, so you're probably better off just listening to the recording online. If you've ever wond...

A lush ballad featuring the trombone section and lead bone solo. Very pretty changes and large ensemble ending. 5 reeds, 4 trpts, 4 tbns, 3-4 rhythm. Trumpets double on flug.

Features trumpet-tenor. Ensemble backgrounds and out chorus compliment soloists. No doubles.

An ethereal sounding composition that employs cluster voicing in the reeds and close voicing in brass. There is a Tenor solo, part written, part improvised, with a building brass background leading to...

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...

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...

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.

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...

Medium tempo 'Blues For Alice' type progression w/ 16 bar contrasting bridge. Solo: Tenor w/opt'l Trpt, & or Bone solos. Chart concludes w/challenging sax & brass solis & a modulation to A major for t...

Slow blues in 12/8 features an Alto soloist & a plunger-muted Trpt soloist. Dissonant 'Thadish' voicings, triplet cross rhythms, dbl.-x sections & a sax soli w/baritone lead all contribute to an Ellin...

An up tempo Bb blues with a bridge commissioned by the Airmen of Note. The chart includes a difficult sax soli, flexible improvised solo sections with backgrounds, and lots of traditional big band sho...

Loosely based on 'Struttin' With Some Barbecue' the chart has an ooen solo chorus followed by a background chorus designed for a trumpet solo. A canon fills the next chorus followed by a shout chorus....

Eb.Pensive even 8th note chart, harmonically innovative, but lyrical. Piano and tenor solos. Powerful shout chorus. Top trumpet note written F at end. Very Effective.

Eb. A real scorcher, and one to end a concert with. Dedicated to Buddy, Woody and Maynard. Uptempo latin alternating with rock feel. Tenor and lead trumpet solos. Lots of unison writing. Some tricky m...