Ensembles

An effective & beautiful tone poem, written with elegance & style. Majestic arpeggios, a simple & uncluttered melody & charmingly spun to a delicate conclusion. Vocal choir parts included. Doubles.

Slow, laid-back gritty blues. Features guitar & anyone else. Steaming intensity. Limited trumpet range.

Slow half time Latin w/sensual haunting Tenor solo. Bass solo written out. Trpt to high C, Dbls.

Ballad for Tenor sax solo. Evocative & lush w/a uniquely beautiful melody. Horn parts are easy: solo part is medium. Piano voicings written out. Recorded by Ladd's Big Band on Sea Breeze Jazz.

Minor blues for the easy medium level. Trumpet range to E in staff, trombone to F.

Ballad, trumpet range to A, trombone to F.

Mellow fusion for the easy medium level. Trumpet range to B, trombone to G.

Great ensemble written in the style of 'Nestico'. Alto solo.

Ruby Fisher ballad gets under your skin with Anderson-devised sweetly moody Flugelhorn setting out the theme.

Andersons dark, melancholy chart of Ruby Fisher ballad is a showy vehicle for tenor on theme & improv., 2nd & 4th trombone dbl. Euphonium. Doubles.

Ruby Fisher's affectionate ballad tribute to the late singer, Teddi King, has Flugelhorn introducing the melody. Sections keep building to trade-mark Anderson's climax. 2nd & 4th trombone dbl. Euphoni...

A wistful, lyrical ballad. No soloists, all written composition. Sax dbl.. 10 brass and tuba.

A medium tempo shuffle for the middle school/junior high level jazz ensemble. Optional solos on numerous parts. Optional written out voicings. First trumpet to G above the staff.

An unusual Otone-poem-likeO piece. Written in an Afro-Cuban 12/8 feel, it features the drums throughout as the element that ties it all together. It highlights a great amount of independent non-sectio...

Medium ballad featuring solo alto (plus full sax section.) Beautiful interplay between the soloist and the band. No doubles; lead trumpet to B5.

Exciting straight ahead up tempo chart. Begins with a catchy bass/piano riff underpinning the melody , has a tenor sax solo, and closes with a rousing shout chorus.

This emotional 3/4 ballad was written in memory of David's high school band director, Harvey Brooks. It is an ensemble chart with a few clarinet or optional tenor sax melodic (written our) solos. The...

Medium tempo blues written in memory of Chris Woods. Lots of unison writing in brass & reeds. Features one soloist of your choice through the main part of the chart with an open solo section on blues...

An interesting & fun chart in 12/8 time based on the chord changes to 'Summertime'. It features any soloist of your choice throughout & opens with a cadenza by the soloist. Trumpet to high C.

After a short rubato horns introduction, this straight-eighth piece (in 6) unfolds with its distinguishing evocative line. Just let it flow: melody and atmosphere are the key words. Lead trumpet goes...

Straight-eigth 3 feel, medium-slow tempo. This is a beautiful and happy ballad tune featuring the tenor saxophone. Flute, 2 clarinets, and bass clarinet are used instead of saxophones and the parts ar...

Quick paced Latino tour-de-force. Tenor, trumpet, trombone & guitar solos. Trumpet to High E (briefly).

Easy going Basie-esque take on 'Jada' changes...featuring both concerted ensemble and some contrapuntal sections as well as solo backgrounds for trumpet, tenor, and anyone else who wants to play. Lead...

Thoughtful ballad for Flugel solo. Beautiful melody, lush orchestration. Chart builds effectively.