Big Band Noten für Profis

features Trombone or Flugelhorn

This chart for proficient groups utilizes a driving Afro-Cuban 12/8 feel to characterize the power and tension of a full strength hurricane. When you're not experiencing mental images of a raging stor...

This original for proficient groups is a sure bet for getting your audiences and judges engaged. Effective salsa rhythms are utilized throughout and the brass ranges are moderate. Duration 5:00.

This arrangement of one of Cedar Walton's best-known compositions was arranged for and performed by the Art Blakey Big Band. It features great rhythmic energy, alternating styles between Latin and swi...

Hot Latin sounds from Gordon Goodwin's Grammy-nominated CD Big Phat Band - Swingin' For The Fences! Flute and trumpet are featured in the beginning on the playful melody, but the entire ensemble gets...

Professional Editions - Grade 5 More than just a showcase for your lead trumpet, this monster chart is a powerful statement for the entire ensemble. Opening with the quasi flamenco strains and followe...

This monster arrangement is the authentic version as recorded by Bill Watrous and his 'Manhattan Wildlife Refuge' in the mid '70s. The signature lines and blazing tempo of Chick Corea's classic are tr...

This exciting Afro-Cuban composition is the opening cut from the 1993 album 944 Columbus, the final recording by Mario Bauza, one of the most influential figures in the development of Latin Jazz. The...

Latin music should be a part of every band's repertoire. You'll love the fire and rhythmic emphasis of this chart, as well as the harmonic and melodic richness. With half note = 108 BPM, solo space is...

Featuring a bright salsa groove, this zesty original for proficient groups provides suggested montuno (piano), tumbao (bass) and cascaras (drum) lines to ensure stylistic authenticity. Solo highlights...

From the pen of one of the very best arrangers, this chart just SINGS with optimism (hence the title?) and joy. A wonderful Latin feel, with ample solo space for your keyboard genius, or others. w/Sop...

This medium tempo swing chart is the lead-off cut from the CD 'Mingus Big Band 93. ' Featured is a distinctive melody, a stop-time solo section, and a great swing groove throughout.

One of pianist Chick Corea's earlier compositions, this medium swing chart begins in a subtle manner that features counterlines that are interwoven with the sinewy melody. However, the intensity begin...

Oliver Nelson delivers great arrangement after great arrangement, and this one is no exception! A quick, uptempo swing tune, ''Gon Gong'' is the perfect ''opener'' for any program. Featuring primarily...

The opening cut from the Mingus Big Band CD Gunslinging Birds is this raucous and blistering jazz waltz. Mingus wrote this piece as a tribute to Charlie Bird Parker with the subtitle If Charlie Parker...

This swingin' Basie-style shuffle starts out with a piano chorus followed by the saxes and finally a roaring brass section. Also featured are solos for tenor and trumpet and a fabulous shout chorus th...

Monk tunes are always creative and a bit out of the ordinary. Also out of the GRP All-Star Big Band book, this marvelous orchestration explores a variety of dissonances, textures, and styles. The temp...

From the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra CD Shout Me Out!, the title cut features a medium slow shout chorus surrounded by solo choruses. Hard-hitting swing at its best!

This up-tempo swinger begins with the full ensemble on a quasi improvisation line based on the changes to this well-known Cole Porter standard. Solos for trumpet and flute (opt. tenor) follow along wi...

As performed by the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, this Michael Abene chart opens in a relaxed swing style in a moderate tempo. Michael brings as much of himself to this chart as the original song itself, a...

This John Clayton original from the CD Groove Shop explodes into a medium swing groove, then features a small group (soprano, tenor, trumpet and trombone) on the first go-around of the tune. The saxes...

Written for the Ellington orchestra by saxophonist Johnny Hodges, this catchy riff-based tune swings hard from beginning to end. After the hard-hitting opening, solos are exchanged by tenor, trombone,...

Written specially for Steve Houghton, this up-tempo swinger provides an impressive way to feature your drummer. Also including a solo for tenor sax, this flag-waver swings hard from beginning to end a...