Big Band Noten für Profis

The Stan Kenton Orchestra was always an ideal showcase for the outstanding soloists within its ranks. This piece was written to feature Conte Candoli on trumpet. Absolutely the best! A trumpet feature...

Bill Mathieu's arrangements, done for the Stan Kenton Orchestra were some of the most beautiful pieces ever recorded by that band. This is a splendid rendition of a great standard. It contains all of...

One of the loveliest ballads ever recorded by the Kenton Band. Recorded on the Stan Kenton Plays Chicago CD. This is one of 2 original pieces by Bob Curnow from this album. This Kenton arrangement is...

As recorded on 'Standards in Silhouette'

This is arguably Willie's best known chart..... a swinging, happy chart which allows for lots of blowing space. GREAT ensemble sections throughout. This chart has been played by bands all over the wor...

One of the things Johnny Richards did best was write gorgeous melodies (many just think of him as bombastic and obsessed with odd-meter things). This is one of those melodies, as recorded on the Back...

This is a beautiful ballad, exactly as recorded on the Rendezvous with Kenton album. It features solos for alto and tenor saxophones. This is a gorgeous theme in a lovely setting. 5-5-5-3

It is hard to explain the characteristic of this arrangement except to say that, even though Graettinger writes some very adventurous and futuristic textures and lines, you always know where and what...

As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on 'Sketches on Standards', this is a superb alto saxophone ballad feature, as arranged by Russo for Lee Konitz. Russo employs a dark, brooding, beautiful sett...

Professional Editions - Grade 5 Buddy Rich fans will instantly recognize this staple of the famed drummer's live performances. Although Buddy never recorded this monster chart, John La Barbera has fea...

Recorded by Barbara Morrison with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra for The L. A. Treasures Project, this powerhouse arrangement is a study in contrasts. The sparse and quiet opening gradually build...

Recorded by Barbara Morrison with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra for The L. A. Treasures Project, this powerhouse arrangement is a study in contrasts. The sparse and quiet opening gradually build...

Brown Shuffle wurde erstmals von der norwegischen Oslo Groove Company auf ihrem atemberaubenden Album Anno 1990 aufgenommen. Jetzt ist diese neu eingravierte Ausgabe zum ersten Mal in den Vereinigten...

Brown Shuffle wurde erstmals von der norwegischen Oslo Groove Company auf ihrem atemberaubenden Album Anno 1990 aufgenommen. Jetzt ist diese neu eingravierte Ausgabe zum ersten Mal in den Vereinigten...

Brown Shuffle wurde erstmals von der norwegischen Oslo Groove Company auf ihrem atemberaubenden Album Anno 1990 aufgenommen. Jetzt ist diese neu eingravierte Ausgabe zum ersten Mal in den Vereinigten...

Brown Shuffle wurde erstmals von der norwegischen Oslo Groove Company auf ihrem atemberaubenden Album Anno 1990 aufgenommen. Jetzt ist diese neu eingravierte Ausgabe zum ersten Mal in den Vereinigten...

Another Gordon Goodwin work of art. Commissioned by New Trier High School, Jim Warrick, director, this is sort of a bluesy-swing chart with a huge shout chorus. Optional vibe/xylophone/percussion part...

Another Gordon Goodwin work of art. Commissioned by New Trier High School, Jim Warrick, director, this is sort of a bluesy-swing chart with a huge shout chorus. Optional vibe/xylophone/percussion part...

First written for the Count Basie Orchestra in 1983 and later revised for the Sammy Sammy Nestico CD "This Is The Moment," this great blues tune features an extended, three-chorus soli for the sax sec...

Originally recorded by Count Basie and completely revised for the SWR Big Band CD Basie-cally Sammy, this medium-bright original swings hard and features lots of satisfying full-ensemble work. Solos f...

First recorded by Count Basie, then Quincy Jones, and most recently by the SWR Big Band on their "Basie-cally Sammy" CD, this popular blues tune was originally written for "Sweets" Edison and features...

As recorded by the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra on Central Park North (Solid State #18058), this classic swinger is a winning mix of solo-with-rhythm-section and full-band passages. Designated soloi...

Listed in "Teaching Music through Performance in Jazz" (GIA Publications) and recorded by the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra on their Central Park North album, this great collaboration between ba...

This medium-tempo blues for proficient groups gives solos to soprano sax and piano, followed by a solo chorus that can be opened up for tenor, trumpet and/or trombone according to your band's strength...

This medium-tempo blues for proficient groups gives solos to soprano sax and piano, followed by a solo chorus that can be opened up for tenor, trumpet and/or trombone according to your band's strength...