Ensembles

Jazz vocal quartets/groups are happening! Feature a soloist, vocal quartet or SATB choir with your jazz ensemble! A medium-swing arrangement by Darmon Meader, the musical director and chief arranger o...

If you want your band to swing, then you gotta check out this fine chart on a Charlie Parker standard. It has a solo (melody is written out) for tenor sax and alto sax. Lead trumpet range is to writte...

A swingin' vocal chart on a great standard at a moderate tempo by one of the best arrangers. There is a written-out alto sax solo in the instrumental interlude section. This chart is arranged in two d...

All the key ingredients you would expect on this timeless swing tune and it's accessible to rehearse and play. Features include the iconic drum pattern as it recurs throughout, easy brass ranges with...

Based on the holiday melody 'Ukrainian Bell Carol,' add some tongue-in-cheek spy-themed flavor and you have the perfect holiday swing chart. Play it and you'll hear the spy quotes. It's easy to rehear...

'Along Came Betty' ist ein herausragender Jazzstandard des Tenorsaxophonisten Benny Golson. Das exzellente Swing-Arrangement Alan Baylocks mit ausgeschriebenem Solo für Tenorsaxophon ist sehr zu empfe...

Der 5/4-Klassiker von Paul Desmond mal anders im groovigen Bossa-Gewand mit Soli für Altsaxophon und Klavier sowie optionalen Stimmen für Flöte, Vibraphon, Horn in F und Bariton.

Check out Alan Baylock, one of the finest writers on the scene today. Alan's hip chart for Cole Porter's Love for Sale starts off with bari, bass trombone, and bass handling the melody and it goes upw...

In 1941, Benny Goodman led the second of his great ensembles. Only Teddy Wilson, Irving Goodman, and arranger Jimmy Mundy remained from the 1935-39 band that jump-started the swing era of popular musi...

This is the sound and groove that helped define the Count Basie Orchestra for a decade. Medium swing, brass in bucket mutes and smooth as silk chord changes are at the heart of this chart. It flows al...

Sammy Nestico loved horses and many of the titles he chose for his music reflect that love...Hay Burner is a perfect example. Aside from being a great straight ahead swing chart, there is also a tip o...

Sammy Nestico loved horses and many of the titles he chose for his music reflect that love...Hay Burner is a perfect example. Aside from being a great straight ahead swing chart, there is also a tip o...

The quintessential recording of this chart was captured on the 1968 album called Basie Straight Ahead. Unlike many of Sammy's charts for Basie, this one starts with the Saxes and rhythm section instea...

Diese Melodie wurde von Louis Armstrong geschrieben und von ihm einige Jahre lang als Erkennungsmelodie verwendet. Diese Version stammt aus dem Harry-James-Buch und ist nicht nur ein großartiges Tromp...

Dies ist die Ellington-Version von Strayhorns großartigem Stück aus dem Jahr 1966, in der das Trompetensolo von Cootie Williams (auf der 4. Stimme) vollständig transkribiert ist. Diese Version enthält...

Witchcraft war ein Lied, das ursprünglich speziell für Frank Sinatra geschrieben und später von anderen Sängern gecovert wurde. Dies ist die Version von Helen O'Connell, die einfach umwerfend ist, und...

Hier ist ein großartiger Chart von Michael Buble. Nach einem großen und fetzigen Anfang baut sich das Stück in Schichten auf, von Solo-Gesang und Bass, dann ein nudelndes Tenorsaxophon, dann die gesam...

Wir freuen uns, Ihnen die vielgefragte Count Basie Version von Jumpin at the Woodside anbieten zu können. Es ist schnell, es ist wütend und es macht Spaß. Wir haben alle originalen Soli 'as-played' au...

As recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra on their album 'This Time By Basie,' Quincy Jones has arranged another laid-back, swinging masterpiece. This is a wonderful, classic big band chart that belong...

If there is one chart which seems to capture the essence of Stan's mid-fifties bands, this is the one! The chart swings like mad from downbeat to the end. This is one of Bill Holman's best early chart...

As recorded by the Oliver Nelson Orchestra on their album Berlin Dialogue for Orchestra, 'Checkpoint Charlie' is some of Nelson's most creative writing. Full of uptempo energy, Nelson masterfully inte...

Holman's writing is legendary, and this chart will just add to the legend. All of the great characteristics of Bill's music are here ....unison lines, counterpoint, simplicity, a great theme, and a se...

As originally recorded by Count Basie on the Roulette LP (Vogue CD) 'Kansas City Suite - the Music of Benny Carter', this is a fast Swinger that will be a lot of fun for your band. Tight, rhythmic ens...

There has been an illegal lift of this chart available before, but this chart is the exact, original one that Oliver Nelson wrote for his terrific L.A. band on the recording Live From Los Angeles. Thi...

The album Stage Door Swings, by the Stan Kenton Band, was one of the most popular recordings done by Kenton. All of the arrangements were done by Lennie Niehaus, and this is one of the best of the tun...