Ensembles

Medium up swing based on well known changes. Plenty of room to blow with swinging out chorus. Scored for A,T, B, 2 trpts, 1 bone, and rhythm No score.

Up tempo swinger based on 'you know what' changes. Open chorus' with background on last tenor solo. Ensemble out chorus. Fun chart. Scored for A, T, B, 2 trpts, 1 bone, rhythm. No score.

Medium up-swinger featuring trumpet and alto sax. Scored for A, T, Ba, 2 tpts, bone and rhythm. As recorded by Paul Combs' Pocket Big Band, on Sea Breeze Jazz. See Otter CD catalog at www.otterdist.co...

Swinging blues chart. Extensive ensemble chorus' around alto and piano/guitar solos. A,T,B, 2 trpts, tbn, 3 rhythm. No doubles and no score.

Medium swing 'Blues with Bridge'. Open chorus with background on last tenor solo. Exciting ensemble out chorus. No doubles. No score. A, T, B, 2 trumpets, trombone, 3 rhythm.

Medium swing AABA tune. Unison reeds with brass background precedes bridge with unison brass ensemble 2nd chorus. Trumpet and tenor solos with background. Extended out chorus. No doubles, no score. A,...

This chart successfully fuses Afro-Cuban, funk and up-tempo swing into one chart. Solo space is provided for trumpet, alto, tenor, and drums. Trumpet range: High D. (3 Trp., 1 Trb., A,T,B, rhythm). Re...

Bright songo/swing chart based on snakey Horace Silver type line based on rhythm changes (with a different bridge) starting with a 'St. Thomas' feel and then going to swing on the bridge. (Solos are s...

Classic American tune with a great modern swing treatment. Open section for all to solo. Tpt. 1 top note 'F'. Scored forA/T/B/ 2Tpts/1Bone /Rhythm. Has complete transposed score. Medium Difficult. Lit...

Bright swing, about 240bpm. Exciting work mixing hard driving straight-ahead swing with ensemble passages over rhythm figures. Solos for tenor and/or trombone. Drummer has solo chorus structured by en...

Jus Chillin' is a medium straight-ahead swing chart. Trumpet range - all notes on the staff. This chart has a written tenor sax solo with written chords. Piano is written with chord voicing and chord....

A fun little up tempo swing. A taste of solo for: bone, tpt, alto, tenor. Scored fot A,T,B,2 Tpts,1 bone & rhythm. Medium.

Easy Swing Tempo. Pretty bone feature on Melody. Solos: Tpt, tenor. Scorred for A,T,B,2 Tpts, 1 bone, rhythm. Medium

Medium swing tempo. Sax soli and sparkling ensemble. Solo: tpt, tenor. Scored for A,T,B, 2 tpts, 1 bone & rhythm. Medium.

Bright swing. Cooks! In the best big band tradition. Sax soli, big ensemble. Solo: tenor sax (even Tom Kubis took a copy!) Scored for A,T,B, tpts, 1 bone & rhythm. Medium

Solo tpt (or opt. alto), alto/tenor/bari saxes, 2 tpt, 1 tbn, guitar, piano, bass, drums. Medium tempo swing feel with 'broken swing' interludes. Tempo: mm=182-188. Tpt range: C#. Composed by Cedar Wa...

Fast swing, alternating with a funky street beat that gets everyone clapping. Six horns: soprano, tenor, bari, 2 trumpets, trombone, and rhythm.

This is a slow swing composition in Bb major written for an eleven-piece ensemble. The instrumentation also includes alto, tenor, and baritone saxopones, two trumpets, trombone, guitar, piano, acousti...

Nonet, Cool Swing. Composed for good improvisers. As title implies ie: no keyed tonal center.(No Tonic 'That don't stop it from swingin' (The theoretical does not prohibit a groove.) 2 Trpts, or Fluge...

Jelly Beans is a light and airy swing tune in standard AABA form. It features both trumpet and Guitar/Piano solos with extensive backgrounds. It's a little big band chart scored for A, T, B, 2 Trpts,...

Medium - up swing: MM = 150. Written for jazz great Ed Thigpen. Good opener. Exciting ensemble. Open section with blowin' changes on all parts. 1st trumpet high note 'A'. Builds from muted brass and b...

Great standard arrranged in a laid-back medium swing feel, about mm=96. Full sounding ensemble scoring,flexible solo options with backgrounds cross-cued. Medium level.

A slow-swinging Count Basie-style ballad, and a great feature for a flute soloist (or opt. alto). There is a short, dramatic shout section. Lead trumpet plays a written C. Instrumentation: alto, tenor...

This is a medium swing tune featuring improvised solos for baritone saxophone and trumpet. A dark and moody introduction leads into a tuneful melody played by trumpet, baritone saxophone, and guitar....

An up-tempo bebop tune reduced for little big band, based on the chord changes to 'Just Friends' in F. This is a great feature for a trumpet soloist and has lots of room for saxophone solos. Lead trum...