Ensembles

Composed by Reed Kotler - Ballad. Scored for Flugelhorn and Rhythm section.

Gerry Mulligan's composition 'A Ballad,' originally done on the same 1953 session as 'Westwood Walk,' has a George Shearing-esque piano-guitar-bass statement on the theme, which is then handled with w...

2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Mobley).

3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Watson)

This exciting up-tempo composition in the bebop tradition features Trumpet and Alto on the melody with the other horns playing accompaniment figures. From Don Sickler's album Night Watch (Uptown UPCD...

Known informally as 'the Biggest Little Band in the Land,' the John Kirby Sextet may be more accurately described as 'the biggest little chamber ensemble in the world.' The band's arrangements (most p...

AS RECORDED BY MILES DAVIS ARRANGED BY GIL EVANS, EDITED BY JEFFREY SULTANOF Gil Evans set up shop in his small New York apartment above a Chinese laundry acting as an adviser to a group of jazz music...

AS RECORDED BY CHARLIE PARKER [WITH STRINGS] ARRANGED BY GERRY MULLIGAN, EDITED BY JEFFREY SULTANOF (Excerpted from the edition's notes by Jeffrey Sultanof) Background: Charlie Parker with Strings, an...

AS PERFORMED BY CHARLIE PARKER ARRANGED BY JIMMY CARROLL, EDITED BY JEFFREY SULTANOF We're all familiar with the famous Charlie Parker with Strings recordings that were made in 1949 and the early 1950...

AS RECORDED BY MILES DAVIS ARRANGED BY GERRY MULLIGAN, EDITED BY JEFFREY SULTANOF Gil Evans set up shop in his small New York apartment above a Chinese laundry acting as an advisor to a group of jazz...

Gil Evans set up shop in his small New York apartment above a Chinese laundry acting as an adviser to a group of jazz musicians. Evans was already well-known as an adventurous arranger who took inspir...

RECORDED BY MILES DAVIS ARRANGED BY JOHN LEWIS, EDITED BY JEFFREY SULTANOF Gil Evans set up shop in his small New York apartment above a Chinese laundry acting as an advisor to a group of jazz musicia...

PERFORMED BY MILES DAVIS ARRANGED BY GERRY MULLIGAN Gil Evans set up shop in his small New York apartment above a Chinese laundry acting as an advisor to a group of jazz musicians. Evans was already w...

Supersax was a Charlie Parker tribute band formed by Med Flory and Buddy Clark that debuted in 1972. Their music consisted of harmonized arrangements of Charlie Parkers music played by a saxophone sec...

ARRANGED BY MED FLORY Here is Med Flory's arrangement of 'Just Friends' as recorded by Supersax on 'Supersax Plays Bird,' (from 1971) and later recorded live in Japan in 1975 on 'Japanese Tour Vol. 1....

Here is Med Flory's arrangement of 'Bloomdido' as recorded by Supersax. Charlie Parker's original solo was transcribed in full by Med Flory and then harmonized to be played by a standard big band sax...