Ensembles

This bright swing for beginning groups is based on the chord changes to Lullaby Of Birdland by George Shearing. The open solo section (written or ad lib) features any soloist, with solo sheets provide...

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...

Kendor is pleased to announce the release of this swing original by Miami-based composer, Mike Lewis. Great writing in the Basie tradition is presented here for developing jazz musicians requiring mat...

Das Arrangement enthält eine alternative Solostimme für Tenor-Saxophon. Die Stimmen für die Rhythmusgruppe sind nicht komplett ausnotiert (z.T. nur Akkorde).

Standard jazz ensemble (playable by 3 saxes, 3 brass plus rhythm section) with opt. tuba & vibes First released in 1954, this setting of the 19th-century folk song popularized by Glenn Miller in 1939...

Ein weiteres wunderschönes Stück der Basie Band, das auf dem Album Atomic Mr Basie zu hören ist. Dieses von Neal Hefti geschriebene Stück hat einen treffenden Namen. Es handelt sich um einen treibende...

A chart by Jerry Sheppard presenting this great modern standard in a big band format. This is a really effective, but not difficult, mid tempo number. All sections are featured, plus written suggested...

A Robbie Williams Big Band Chart by Duke Ellington & Bob Russell, arranged by Shaun Byrne. Moderate Swing. Key G.

Ella Fitzgerald Big Band Girl Vocal Chart. From the Irving Berlin Song Book a relaxed swing ballad as recorded by Ella Fitzgerald. Our Cy Payne arrangement includes optional flute and synth. strings.

The Irving Berlin standard in a bright straight ahead arrangement by Cy Payne. A full band intro gives a firm lead for the vocalist. Usual big band line up,plus optional 3 Flutes, 3 Bb Clarinets and H...

Based on the Michael Bublé's recording, transcribed and adapted by Cy Payne in Bb. This is a no holds barred arrangement. Key: Gm-Em-G#m-Ab-Am-Bbm Vocal range: D-A Trumpet range: Eb

A medium tempo 'Basie Style' swing tune that really captures the idiom. Written trumpet and tenor sax solos. Andy Farber is our newest writer who is currently writing for the Lincoln Center Orchestra...

As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on 'Contemporary Concepts,' this publication completes the goal of getting this entire watershed recording into print. It is the quintessential feature for alt...

Bob Curnow continues to add the music of Pat Metheny to the Sierra Music catalog with another of Pat's unforgettable melodies, 'Et Si C'Etait La Fin' (originally recorded on the album Secret Story). S...

As recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra on the album 'Frankly Basie; Count Basie Plays the Hits of Frank Sinatra,' this arrangement by Billy Byers is a fantastic medium-slow swing tune. It is classic...

Aufgenommen von Charlie Barnet und seiner großartigen Band, ist 'Bali Bali Buck Dance' eine wunderbare, aufregende Komposition und ein Arrangement von Bill Holman. Diese Chart ist ein heller Swing und...

This is the original Billy Byers arrangement made famous by the Basie Band as recorded on the 'Pop Goes the Basie' album! Up front is a conducted trombone solo followed by everything we love about Bas...

The great Strayhorn tune set in a wonderfully playable chart with Holman's unique, clever approach. There are no unreasonable ranges in this piece, and there is solo space for alto, tenor and trombone...

As recorded by the Bill Holman Band on In A Jazz Orbit, here is his chart on the wonderful Gershwin melody. It is set at a bright, swinging tempo, and it contains solo space for tenor sax, trumpet, tr...

This chart is the exact, original one that Oliver Nelson wrote for his terrific L.A. band on the recording 'Live From Los Angeles.' This was taken directly from his score. A wonderful, laid-back chart...

Sierra continues to find the lost treasures from Maynard Ferguson's Birdland Dream Band Library. Willie scored this Miles Davis classic to feature four different saxophone players. A typical chart for...

As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra and Jean Turner, this chart used to be Jean's opener when she sang with the Kenton Band. Holman sets the mood right from the top, and things swing on from ther...

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 Holman's best early charts, an...

A fun-filled, exciting chart on the old tune. Commissioned as a surprise birthday present for Stan. Trumpet and Trombone solos, and a very clever Holmanesque treatment. Every jazz library should have...

Lennie wrote a magnificent dance book for Stan in the early '60's. This chart was from that period, and it is a full blown jazz chart that really cooks! It has been edited so that it can be played by...