Big Band Noten für Profis

Beautiful, contemporary, 8th note feel, featuring solo flugel and trombone. Good changes for soloists. Nice, thick, full ensemble sections. Recorded by Ryan Haines Big Band on 'To The Sky' on Sea Bree...

Beautiful jazz waltz feature for lead bone. Lots of blowing time for the soloist, interspersed with both contrapuntal horn writing and full ensemble settings. Solo bone to high C.

Beautiful ballad feature for either flugel or lead bone. No improv necessary. First section is just the soloist over piano (rubato). The middle of the piece utilizes some acapella moments and very pre...

A wonderful big band approach to this patriotic song. Begins with a fully voiced chorale with trumpets in flugels. The remainder of the piece uses a 'contemporary' straight 8th note feel, featuring Te...

A shuffle that is irresistible. Great ensemble passages, solos for tenor and trumpet, and a great sax soli will make this chart a tour de force for the advanced band.

Funk. Will need some work, but the time spent will be worth it. Tenor solo. No score. Recorded by Univ Wisconsin-Eau Claire Jazz Ens.

Blues shuffle. Features a Trombone solo. No score.

Jazz shuffle. Alto on sop. Nice ensemble & shout chorus, bone soli. Features bone solo. No score.

A medium tempo blues shuffle written for George Graham. Piano solo in the middle of chart sets up a resounding shout chorus with lead Trumpet solo over the band.

Up tempo flag waiver based loosely on a [over] requested Glenn Miller 'classic'. Open solos.

Medium jazz shuffle. This is not a solid concert opener or closer. Nice sax solo. No score.

Blues all the way. What a chart. Starts w/a sax soli. Ensemble shout. Tenor solo. Soprano dbl. No score. Recorded by Northern Arizona University.

Samba-what else? Starts off w/two unison sections [that should get everyone up] into a solo section w/ chord changes in every section. Based on the old Jazz standard 'China Boy'.

Very cool samba w/a short funk section in the middle. It's not an easy chart but is guaranteed to keep the feet tappin'. Recorded by the George Graham Jazz Orch 'With More Help From My Friends' on Sea...

Jazz shuffle based on the old Glenn Miller tune. Starts w/an a cappella section with lots of ensemble all over the place. Chord changes in each section.

This 4th trpt feature plays a 'Bix-like' melody line. Comp. By Steve Allen, arr. By Tom Kubis. As you all know, Steve Allen is a fan and writer of all musical styles. As a tribute to the great trumpet...

This is a moody 16th ballad for the first tenor player who could also play this on soprano sax. Chart has a full dynamic range & is a great vehicle for that good tenor player who aspires to be the nex...

This is a burner that features the Tenor and has room to feature the drummer! this cooks from beginning to end. Recorded by the Tom Kubis Big Band 'Fast Cars and Fascinating Women' on Sea Breeze Jazz....

Zamba is a samba. Flute, soprano & flugel open this relaxed piece w/lots of nice flugel lines on the bridge. Open solo section for everyone. Unison be-bop lines introduce the big shout section and it...

This is a cool blues chart featuring the Bass and the trombone with the melody. The blowing section is open for anybody to play ending with lots of cool ensemble at the end.

This is a very classy lead alto ballad. Lots of warm lush backgrounds on this one. A great way to show off the alto!. Comp by Steve Allen arr by Tom. Another in the line of the Steve Allen/Tom Kubis s...