Big Band Noten für Profis

Classic slow rock chart. 1/4 note=90. Guitar and drum solos with open solo section. Changes are in alto 1, tenor 2, trpt 3, guitar, and piano. Lead trpt to high F#. 10 brass.

Features the Trombone section. No Score. Recorded by Charles Rutherford's Jazz Pacific Orch OGroovinO HardO on Sea Breeze Jazz.

Dedicated to Marshall Royal. Ballad featuring Alto. Recorded by Charles Rutherford's Pacific Jazz Orch OCollageO on Sea Breeze Jazz.

Comp by Bobby Shew, arr by Don. Very up tempo chart. 1/2 note = 100. Open solo section. Changes are in Alto 1, Tenor 2, Trpt 5, and Trbn 2. Great shout chorus. 10 brass.

Up tempo chart sizzles with excitement. Piano, Tenor & Trumpet solos.

Up tempo Samba, with tenor sax and flugelhorn solos.

A contemporary blues featuring solo spots for Tenor, Trumpet & Drums. This is a difficult chart because of the dissonance & richly voices layers of sound. It is a driving chart that creates a lot of e...

The chart that won James the prestigious IAJE/Gil Evans Fellowship, 'Darkness' is a straight 8 cut-time funk extravanganza with extended solo space for tenor, drums, guitar/pano, and trumpet. The piec...

The Dude Abides was commissioned by the California Band Directors Association for the 2007 IAJE/CBDA California All State High School Jazz Band. If you like your jazz with a healthy dose of distorted...

Commissioned by Curtis Gaesser and the Folsom High School Jazz Ensemble, this composition is an extended concert piece with several substantial ensemble passages, an abundance of contrapuntal writing...

David Liebman Series. Composed by David arr by Jim McNeely. Very representative of 20th century contemporary harmony,this arrangement features the soloist weaving in and out of a variety of dissonant...

David Liebman Series. Comp by David arr by Vince Mendoza. A waltz in a 2 over 3 feel with an odd metered contrasting vamp section. This features soprano or tenor saxophone and alto sax soloist trading...

David Liebman Series. Comp by David arr by Ed Sarath. A programmatic piece depicting the use of the atomic bomb ending World War II. It involves a bit of rubato and question and answer episodes betwee...

David Liebman Series. Comp by David arr by Bill Warfield. One of Liebman's most popular pieces, this deceptively simple sixteen bar Latin feeling composition is dedicated to the great artist Pablo Pic...

David Liebman Series. Comp by David arr by Alan Baylock. With a fusion sixteenth note intense rhythmic underpinning and intricate unison lines, this features the soloist playing freely over the rhythm...

David Liebman Series. Comp by David arr by Henrik Frisk. A slow eight note quasi ballad with five sections of four bar polychord harmonies. This arrangement features an array of contemporary colors an...

Bingo is wonderfully fun and quirky tune by New York based Matt Wilson. Based on the traditional children's song B-I-N-G-O. Matt commissioned this arrangement for a performance at the Univ. of Norther...

Medium ECM chart in 6/4 written to feature soprano sax and guitar solos. This chart demonstrates Villanueva's motivic development in the big band setting. The send-off, the Phrygian polyphonic interlu...

In the words of its moniker, baritone saxophonist David Zapotocky, This piece was penned [as a tribute to my] creative driving skillsat the Reno Jazz Festival. The following year - curiously enough -...

Up tempo minor blues. Features alto, trumpet & tenor solos.

Front line of Tenor, Alto & flugel. Any or all may solo plus Piano has opt'l solo. Recorded by the John Mahoney Big Band on 'In From Somewhere.'

Up tempo blues. 1/2 note =208+. Features Tenor sax & Trpt solos. Recorded by Bob Parton's JAZZTECH Big Band on Sea Breeze Jazz.

Eb. Tribute to Ornette Coleman. Standard orchestration. Alto and drum feature. Not demanding in terms of ranges, and a tuneful, but challenging piece of music. A few time changes. Top lead trumpet not...

The chart is a challenging straight ahead blowing vehicle. Trumpet range is up to high concert E and there are some options to play lower notes written in at the highest points. Soloists: Tenor 1 and...

An advanced level big band arrangement. Scored for five saxes (AATTB), five trumpets, three tenor and one bass trombones, piano, guitar, bass and drums. First alto and first tenor double on flute. Sec...