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This traditional swing tune from the '40s works great in this easy setting for beginning bands. The moderate swing tempo and easy rhythms provide a perfect model for teaching this style to inexperienc...

This is one of the true jazz classics from composer/innovator/performer Miles Davis. Paul Murtha takes the essence of this great tune and makes it playable by beginning groups. The easy chords and mod...

Made popular recently thanks to a recording by Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, this wonderful jazz standard from the '30s has also been featured on the TV show Glee. This up-tempo swing chart can be used...

Grades 3-4. (Nowak) C

This standard from the Big Band Era belongs in every band's library!

This classic blues was a standard of the Count Basie Orchestra for many years, and Sammy Nestico's very playable version for young groups really cooks!

Amen ist ein von Horace Silvers The Preacher beeinflusster medium-up Tempo Gospel-Swing. Mike Titlebaum hat die bluesigen Melodies, die im Laufe des Arrangements weiter entwickelt werden, mit einem sw...

A staple of every jazz singer's repertoire, arranger Dave Wolpe delivers another great chart with plenty of musical space for the vocalist. Dave knows how to arrange better than just about anyone and...

Lisa DeSpain geht mit dieser sehr cleveren und originellen Bearbeitung dieses bekannten Jazz-Standards ein wenig aus dem Rahmen. Diese Karte wird Sie hypnotisieren und dennoch durchgehend swingen, mit...

A Basie classic arranged by Neal Hefti, this is a swinger played at 156 BPM. It features a written trumpet 2 solo, nice section solis, and the trumpet 1 range is up to written G on top of the staff. I...

Dies ist ein sehr cooler Shuffle-Swing-Groove von Zachary Smith mit ausgeschriebenen Soli für Posaune und Altsaxophon und umfangreichem Shout-Chorus, der allen gefallen wird! Das Set enthält zudem opt...

As Recorded By Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band

You want Count Basie? Nothing says Basie more than the original 'One O'Clock Jump' arrangement recreated here by Jeff Hest. Meticulously notated with Basie's simple but timeless piano solo plus transc...

A swinging chart for vocal quartet with parts provided for SATB, SSAA or solo vocalist. Composed by Harry Warren, pitched in the key of B-flat, this excellent chart is arranged by Dave Wolpe, one of t...

An oustanding classic to showcase your vocal soloist. In case no vocalist is available, the solo part is also provided for tenor sax.

This new advanced level edition is taken directly from the original ink parts that were on the stands at the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra (now the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra) debut performance in...

Hier ist der großartige Woodchoppers Ball. Dieses Stück wurde von Woody Herman mitgeschrieben und zum ersten Mal gespielt und wurde zu einem festen Bestandteil des Repertoires von Hermans Bands. Unser...

Artie Shaw hat diesen Klassiker im Laufe der Jahre viele Male aufgenommen. Ursprünglich verwendete er 4 Saxophone - 2 Altos und 2 Tenöre - und später eine reguläre AATTB-Sektion und sich selbst als So...

Neal Hefti original arrangment. There is no full score with this arrangment, though a Conductor lead sheet is included. One of the great tracks from the Basie band of the 1950s.

Here is a slow, swinging, lovely, warm, relaxed composition. The arrangement is subtle and easy to play. There are not a lot of pieces by Pat Metheny that swing in this way. The arrangement suggests f...