Big Band Noten für Profis

Tasty and groovy with a funky Latin vibe, this tune is composed by Dave Grusin and arranged by Gordon to feature Dave and guitarist Lee Ritenour on the recent Big Phat Band CD, Act Your Age. If you ha...

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This funky chart, at 176 BPM, contains a classic Goodwin piano introduction - -challenging, but extremely rewarding. Solo space for alto 1, tenors 1 and 2, trumpet 4, and trombone 1. The chart has an...

As recorded by the Big Phat Band on the CD That's How We Roll, this swing chart features the trombone section. It's not crazy hard to play, but will require some endurance from the 'bones. Solo change...

Whoa, this is the next Hunting Wabbits chart in the 'trilogy.' As recorded by the Big Phat Band on the Goodwin CD That's How We Roll, this HW3 is fairly challenging, but well worth the effort. There a...

As recorded and released by Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band as a digital single. An homage to Oscar Peterson, this chart is a solo feature and includes separate solo parts for piano, C instruments, alt...

As recorded by the Big Phat Band, you've got your basic flag-waving, barn-burning, straight-ahead swing chart here - and believe it or not, it's not all that hard to play! Sure, it's a challenge, but...

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...

A luscious alto sax ballad at 74 BPM. A lyrical vehicle with rich harmony and textures, soaring ensemble figures, and a soli with saxes (alto 2 opt flute), trumpet 2, guitar, and piano. A brilliant ch...

In Gordon Goodwins einfallsreichen Slow-Funk-Version von 'Little Drummer Boy' liegt die Melodie zu Beginn in der Bassposaune und dem Baritonsaxophon. Ein sehr cooles Goodwin-Arrangement!

A superior chart in every way! Patrick Williams' 'Aurora' is a samba at 120 BPM that features optional horns in F, and full instrumentation with two auxiliary percussion parts. There is plenty of solo...

A tour de force ensemble arrangement! This Patrick Williams chart features a grand intro that has optional woodwind doubles for piccolo, flute, and clarinet, along with the optional horn in F parts. I...

A bright swinger solo feature at 180 BPM, Patrick Williams' 'The Sun Will Shine Today' has standard instrumentation plus optional horn in F parts. It was originally scored for clarinet, but includes s...

At 120BPM, this Patrick Williams swing chart is right on the mark 'There You Go Again' is a first-class composition that will please any experienced band. It features full instrumentation plus optiona...

If you want funky, this is it! In a nutshell, this is Tower of Power meets Gordon Goodwin, simple as that. Solo space provided for alto, tenor, bari, trumpet, trombone, and various rhythm players.

This is the title track chart from Gordon Goodwin's GRAMMY Award-winning 2014 CD Life in the Bubble. This plays at around 96 BPM with swing sixteenths. Solo space is provided for all saxes, trumpet 3,...

Gordon Goodwin's 'I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day' is played at a medium swing around 120 BPM. The lead trumpet range is up to written high G, there are terrific shout choruses, a few modulations,...

Background of A Tone Parallel to Harlem (AKA The Harlem Suite): Duke Ellington always had a sophisticated air about him. His high-brow comportment was evidenced in his dress, eloquent delivery and sub...

additional Flutes and Flugelhorns

Jazz Big Band Arrangement. Full Score, Reed 1: Clarinet, Reed 2: Clarinet, Reed 3: Clarinet, Reed 4: Bass Clarinet, Reed 5: Clarinet/Baritone Saxophone, 3 Trumpets, 2 Horns in F, 2 Trombones, Guitar,...

RECORDED BY CLAUDE THORNHILL ARRANGED BY GIL EVANS, EDITED BY JEFFREY SULTANOF Background: In many ways, Claude Thornhill led an avant-garde society dance band. Like such leaders as Henry King and Ted...

Dedicated to the memory of Robin Williams, a man who could make the furniture laugh.

Aus der Reihe 'Bernaerts Light Pieces'.

From the pen of one of the best composers in the jazz field. Oddo is best known for his many contributions to the library of the Woody Herman Band. This exquisite piece is a first place winner in the...

A lovely alto ballad feature (with a flugelhorn leading the sax section plus 4 trumpets), this chart was premeired by Dave Pietro at the Mile High Jazz Camp a few years back. Predominately in a seriou...