Ensembles

Recently recorded by Diana Krall on her popular CD Love Scenes, George Stone has taken a similar approach and created this sensual and engaging version for jazz ensemble. The slow and soft swing style...

Here's a great old standard in the hands of a great arranger who really understands how to use the colors of the jazz ensemble. The style is relaxed swing and a trombone solo is featured.

Legendary jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown was a gifted composer as well. Here is one of his best-known tunes in a skillfully arranged setting adapted for younger ensembles.

Here is one of those standards that continues to sound fresh every time it's played. This nice and easy swing version by Mark Taylor is written in a Basie style and features wonderful ensemble scoring...

From the Mingus Big Band CD Gunslinging Birds here is an unpredictable romp for mature bands. Exploring a wide mix of seemingly unrelated sections, the genius and eccentricity of Mingus is apparent as...

The trombones take the spotlight in this medium blues swing chart from Mark Taylor. There are short written or ad lib solos for each trombone player, and there is a nice ensemble shout chorus for the...

Originally a hit for the Beach Boys, John Berry does it up right for jazz ensemble in this hard-driving shuffle style arrangement. This one goes together easily and will sound great.

One of the classic arrangements from the Count Basie Orchestra is adapted for younger bands in this authentic-sounding version by Mark Taylor. The signature piano intro is scored for trumpets in mutes...

Monk was a master of composing unconventional and angular melodic lines. John Clayton provides a jagged yet stimulating chart that features dueling trumpets and an exciting full band shout chorus. Fro...

Jazz Ensemble Library - Grade 4 The Woody Herman Thundering Herd helped set a standard for exciting big band performances and well-crafted charts. This burner is one of Woody's trademark tunes and is...

Jazz Ensemble Library - Grade 4 Mike Tomaro has taken this Miles Davis standard and created a roaring arrangement that screams with big band excitement. In a medium uptempo swing style, this chart inc...

Jazz Classics for the Young Ensemble - Grade 3 This cornerstone of the swingin' Count Basie era helped define a style and lend identity to one of the greatest big bands of all time. Mark's chart for y...

Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra - Grade 5 Originally arranged and premiered by the WDR Big Band in Cologne, Germany, this powerful chart was recorded by the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra on their CD...

Made famous by the Count Basie band as well as countless other jazz artists, bring a bit of history to your young players with this familiar standard. This easy arrangement includes a nice mix of unis...

This classic Mingus composition is meant to be performed with a sense of an 'anger' or sarcasm, and definitely projects an edginess. The baritone sax and bass bone will have fun with the opening and t...

As recorded by James Darren and arranged by Sammy Nestico, here is a masterful swingin' chart on this Ellington favorite. Featuring wonderful interplay between singer and ensemble, this will be a joy...

Paying homage to the great jazz vocalist Joe Williams and recorded by Barbara Morrison on her tribute CD Thinking of You, Joe, here is an adaptation of John Clayton's swinging chart featuring sizzling...

This lesser-known Bud Powell composition features an upbeat melody and happy-go-lucky style that works great for jazz ensemble. Arranged here as a small group within a big band, it includes solos for...

Recorded by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers on the classic 1961 album Mosaic, this jazz standard shows the harmonically mature writing style of Wayne Shorter along with an intense hard bop energy. Ma...

One of the bebop classics that defined an era, Groovin' High arranged here by Rick Stitzel is a great introduction to the music of Dizzy Gillepsie for your younger players. With careful attention to r...

Composed by pianist Victor Feldman, this jazz standard has been popular with recording artists ever since Miles Davis famously introduced it back in 1963. Written in an uptempo swing style and featuri...

This minor blues was written by Nat Adderley for Chicago jazz DJ, Holmes Daddy-O Daylie, and was first heard onCannonball Adderley's seminal album, Somethin' Else. This well-crafted arrangement swings...

Normally performed in a Latin style, Mark Taylor has created a marvelous setting of this popular standard as a medium swing shuffle! There's nothing laid back about this as the full ensemble opens up...

Long recognized as the signature song for the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Mark Taylor beautifully arranges it here for young jazz ensembles. Set in a slow Basie style swing, this chart features plenty of...