Big Band Noten für Profis

Dry and seemingly modal, this medium swing piece displays a wide variety of color & texture. Independence of line and dbls. offset blowing sections for trombone and tenor with another optional open se...

Medium swing groove. Features flugelhorn, writing inspired by Benny Golson. Scored for 2 trpts, 1 trbn, alto, tenor, bari, and rhythm. Memorial tribute to Art Farmer.

Contemporary up tempo swinging hard bop. Melody for trumpet and bari. Open solo section with cued backgrounds. Shout chorus for horns and drums only. No doubles. Scored for 2 trpts, 1 trbn, alto, teno...

A medium up-tempo swing loosely based on rhythm changes in Eb. Written in a modern mainstream style with lots of both mellow and shouting full ensembles. Several sololists can be in the spotlight incl...

Medium up swing based on well known changes. Plenty of room to blow with swinging out chorus. Scored for A,T, B, 2 trpts, 1 bone, and rhythm No score.

Up tempo swinger based on 'you know what' changes. Open chorus' with background on last tenor solo. Ensemble out chorus. Fun chart. Scored for A, T, B, 2 trpts, 1 bone, rhythm. No score.

Swinging blues chart. Extensive ensemble chorus' around alto and piano/guitar solos. A,T,B, 2 trpts, tbn, 3 rhythm. No doubles and no score.

Medium swing 'Blues with Bridge'. Open chorus with background on last tenor solo. Exciting ensemble out chorus. No doubles. No score. A, T, B, 2 trumpets, trombone, 3 rhythm.

Medium swing AABA tune. Unison reeds with brass background precedes bridge with unison brass ensemble 2nd chorus. Trumpet and tenor solos with background. Extended out chorus. No doubles, no score. A,...

This chart successfully fuses Afro-Cuban, funk and up-tempo swing into one chart. Solo space is provided for trumpet, alto, tenor, and drums. Trumpet range: High D. (3 Trp., 1 Trb., A,T,B, rhythm). Re...

Bright songo/swing chart based on snakey Horace Silver type line based on rhythm changes (with a different bridge) starting with a 'St. Thomas' feel and then going to swing on the bridge. (Solos are s...

Bright swing, about 240bpm. Exciting work mixing hard driving straight-ahead swing with ensemble passages over rhythm figures. Solos for tenor and/or trombone. Drummer has solo chorus structured by en...

Fast swing, alternating with a funky street beat that gets everyone clapping. Six horns: soprano, tenor, bari, 2 trumpets, trombone, and rhythm.

Nonet, Cool Swing. Composed for good improvisers. As title implies ie: no keyed tonal center.(No Tonic 'That don't stop it from swingin' (The theoretical does not prohibit a groove.) 2 Trpts, or Fluge...

Medium - up swing: MM = 150. Written for jazz great Ed Thigpen. Good opener. Exciting ensemble. Open section with blowin' changes on all parts. 1st trumpet high note 'A'. Builds from muted brass and b...

This is a medium swing tune featuring improvised solos for baritone saxophone and trumpet. A dark and moody introduction leads into a tuneful melody played by trumpet, baritone saxophone, and guitar....

An up-tempo bebop tune reduced for little big band, based on the chord changes to 'Just Friends' in F. This is a great feature for a trumpet soloist and has lots of room for saxophone solos. Lead trum...

A String Bass Feature In Memory of Ray Brown. Poor Butterfly is a straight ahead medium but hard swingin' chart (quarter note=175) that features the string bass playing the melody and soloing. It was...

1st movement of Themes and Variations, a three movement jazz suite. Swing style. The opening theme ( letters A and B) and the first variation (letters C and D) are stated by the ensemble. Letters E an...

A hard driving swing chart with colors reminiscent of the Ellington Orchestra. Low thematic lines played by bari sax and trombone lead to a 'kicking' ensemble soli. Solos are for any horn (changes are...

An action packed swinger, in the hard bop tradition, will showcase a well rehearsed band. It is fun to listen to and perform. Top trumpet note high C#. Soloists: Trumpet and Alto. Doubles: 2nd trumpet...

Based on the chord changes to a popular spring holiday song, this chart begins with a verse played by solo (rubato) guitar. From there, the arrangement is an all up-tempo swinger in ?¥. A bari solo is...

This is is a medium up-tempo (190=BPM) New York four-on-the- floor shuffle. First recorded in 1987 by Bob Berg and his combo, it has become a contemporary standard played all over the world and record...

Slow Li'l Darlin' tempo swing featuring piano. Optional up-tempo tag open for solos. Trumpet goes to high C...higher notes are optional. Scored a/t/b/2 tpt/1 tb/p/b/d.

All time classic tune, recorded by : Frank Sinatra, Dizzy Gillespie and Glen Millerf. Swinging re-orchestrated version of the arrangement Jim wrote for Tex Beneke! Sax soli, big ensemble, open section...