Ensembles

Based on the chord changes to Stella By Starlight by Victor Young, this swinging chart is a workout for the full ensemble. Written for beginning groups, everyone gets a turn at the melody, and there a...

Recorded by the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra on the album New Life, this fast swing original opens with a full-band statement and a short piano solo before the trumpet soloist steps into the spotlig...

Recorded by the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra on the album New Life, this fast swing original opens with a full-band statement and a short piano solo before the trumpet soloist steps into the spotlig...

Recorded by the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra on the album New Life, this fast swing original opens with a full-band statement and a short piano solo before the trumpet soloist steps into the spotlig...

This medium shuffle chart is a simple tune composed by Jerome Richardson, loosely based on The Preacher by Horace Silver. Thad's arrangement features the SATTB saxophone section, and is playable by ad...

This medium shuffle chart is a simple tune composed by Jerome Richardson, loosely based on The Preacher by Horace Silver. Thad's arrangement features the SATTB saxophone section, and is playable by ad...

This medium shuffle chart is a simple tune composed by Jerome Richardson, loosely based on The Preacher by Horace Silver. Thad's arrangement features the SATTB saxophone section, and is playable by ad...

This classic chart 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 February 1966...

This classic chart 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 February 1966...

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...

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...

Our 4th offering in the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra Signature Editions, is Once Around. This fast swing advanced level chart was among the first charts Thad Jones wrote for the new band in 1966, as a more...

Our 4th offering in the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra Signature Editions, is Once Around. This fast swing advanced level chart was among the first charts Thad Jones wrote for the new band in 1966, as a more...

Our 4th offering in the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra Signature Editions, is Once Around. This fast swing advanced level chart was among the first charts Thad Jones wrote for the new band in 1966, as a more...

Great writing in the Basie tradition is presented here for developing jazz musicians, featuring accessible brass ranges, notated rhythm section parts, and flexible instrumentation requirements. It eve...

New York City based writer Jim Cifelli has crafted another tasty swing chart in this jazz waltz entitled Blues for McCoy. The tune's main melody is presented first as a small ensemble comprised of sax...

Where or When" war schon in seinen frühen Tagen mit der Tommy Dorsey Band ein Lieblingsstück von Frank Sinatra. Diese Version ist eine Transkription des Billy Byers-Charts, den er mit der Basie-Band "...

Hier ist unsere Interpretation des Walter-Donaldson-Klassikers Makin Whoopee, wie er vom Count Baie Orchester gespielt wird. In diesem Stück ist die Posaune (ursprünglich gespielt von Al Grey) fast vo...

Diese Komposition von Gordon Jenkins ist vor allem als das Schlussthema von Benny Goodman bekannt. Die Gesangsversion, die wir hier anbieten, wurde von Jon Harpin liebevoll aus dem 1962 aufgenommenen...

Dies ist ein großartiger kleiner Chart, der ursprünglich von Joe Thomas mit dem Jimmie Lunceford Orchester gespielt wurde. Wir haben das Originalarrangement von Sy Oliver ein wenig angepasst. Die Blec...

Ein hervorragendes Beispiel für Ensemblespiel aus dem Buch von Ted Heath. Diese Version ist keine langsame Ballade, sondern ein groovender Mid-Tempo-Swing-Chart, der es in sich hat. Der Chart beruht a...

Dieses von Benny Goodman und Lionel Hampton geschriebene Stück war eine Hauptstütze des Goodman-Sextetts, in dem Charlie Christian mitspielte. Die Version, die wir Ihnen hier anbieten, ist eine Transk...

Ciribiribin ist vielleicht die Solotrompetentabelle, an der alle anderen gemessen werden. Es ist sicherlich ein sehr anspruchsvolles Stück für Ihren Solisten, kann aber auch als Solotitel für Klarinet...

Swing @ 195 b.p.m. Was können wir über die Goldene Hochzeit sagen, außer dass sie ein atemberaubendes Konzertinstrument ist, um die Talente Ihres Klarinettisten, Lead-Trompeters und Schlagzeugers zur...

Hier ist eine ganz andere Interpretation von Cole Porters Night and Day. In diesem Chart von Ted Heath (Vocalion CDLK 4228) spielen Schlagzeug, Trompete und zwei Posaunen. Die Trompetengruppe übernimm...