Ensembles

Challenging 5/4 medium tempo, blues inspired swinger. Tenor & Trumpet solos and tricky ensemble choruses. Recorded by The New England Jazz Ensemble on Sea Breeze Jazz.

An exciting swinging flag waver with challenging sax statements, splashes of odd rhythms and funk beats, sax and brass solo sections and an extremely powrful shout chorus. Recorded by The New England...

This is an easy introduction to rhythm changes for your band with solo space for alto, tenor or rhythm section in the first section and trumpet, trombone or rhythm in the second. Instead of a shout ch...

A slow swinger at MM = 110 that features the 1st trombone, a piano with 2 choruses each and an interlude in between where upon the ensemble settles into a swingin building groove until the end.

A big production arrangement featuring sax, trpt, and trbn solis - no solos. Trbn soli is one and 3/4's choruses going up to high D on the lead part. It has a reoccuring interlude using straight 8th p...

A very slow swing caling for precision in execution. Features a jazz flute solo on the lead alto part. Tempo doubles in the middle and then back to tempo 1 for the last chorus.

This chart cooks from beginning to end with plenty of opportunity for soloists (either reading or improvising) to swing.

Vortex is a medium swing composition for jazz ensemble, and is designed for the advanced jazz ensemble. It is intended to have a loose, ECM-like rhythm section feel. The chord progression is tricky fo...

A modal composition in a fast swing feel. This piece was selected Winner of the 2007 Sammy Nestico Award for new jazz composition. The work tansforms during its course from a linear texture toward ver...

Commissioned by the Grand Rapids Jazz Orch (Michigan), this is an uptempo swinging chart that features drums, with trombone and piano solos. Through-composed yet very accessible and relatively simple...

This is the title track from the album released by the Los Angeles Jazz Workshop on AM-PM records. As the title suggests, this is a medium swing tempo in the style of Basie. Nice a capella trombone so...

Written in tribute to the legendary Sammy Nestico, this medium swinger is in a Basie vein. The catchy melody, modulating shout chorus and several musical references to Nestico have made this chart a h...

Up-tempo, brisk contemporary swing at soft dynamic level. Minor mood throughout. Inventive orchestration. Solos in tenor and trombone. Excellent contrast piece. On Valley Jazz Orchestra CD Free Food?...

Up-tempo 40's swing featuring guitar melody and solo (Brian-Setzer-like).

Up-tempo 40's swing in minor featuring guitar solo (Brian-Setzer-like).

Medium tempo easy swing featuring trombone melody (Tommy-Dorsey-like).

Medium tempo swing, features the band all the way, no solos.

A swinging Basie-groove type piece from the Steve Wiest Big Band library. Based on the changes to 'You Stepped Out Of A Dream' the main melody and solos are written for trombone (or treble clef instru...

An exciting straight ahead modern jazz piece from the Steve Wiest Big Band library. The groove alternates between broken swing and New Orleans 'second line street beat'. Solo sections for trombone (or...

Yes, the pun is intended!!! A straight-ahead swing chart based on Gershwin's classic Embraceable You. Features a conversation between drums and unison band, a swinginO shout chorus, and solos for trum...

Here's a tour de force challenge for mature bands! Features a bit of straight eighth, but predominantly samba and swing grooves. A great vehicle for rhythm section and horns to really shine. Enjoy som...

Here's a great medium tempo blues that's a wonderful vehicle to feature any number of your soloist. It features soprano and tenor sax playing a very interesting melodic line, some tricky unison band l...

Medium swing tune. Give your saxophones a chance to shine with a swingin' sax soli, and an open solo section as well. The chart opens and closes with the drums playing a portion of the melody, and the...

Medium swing with tenor and trumpet solos on tricky changes and sax soli with soprano lead. 5,4,3 (with opt 4th bone) and 3. As recorded by the New England Jazz Ensemble on Sea Breeze Jazz. See master...

This is a hard swinging bluesy chart that has shades of the great Bill Holman. Over a catchy bass riff the melody gets passed around during the head, and there is plenty of contrapuntal writing to fol...