Bob Florence

A jazz waltz that doesn't feel like a waltz. Complex time feels. Some sax dbls. Recorded by Bob Florence Limited Edition on Soaring on Sea Breeze Jazz.

French text only. music teaching.

In Bob's usual style, this jazz waltz melody is shared by everyone.

Bossa nova featuring sax section melody, alto bridge, tenor cadenza. Some sax dbls.

Medium tempo swinger that features great sounding ensemble. Some sac dbls.

Swing chart featuring trpt & tenor on the initial melody. Sax soli. Some sax dbls.

Tenor sax ballad feature. Intensity & sensitivity go hand in hand. Some sax dbls. Recorded by Bob Florence Limited Edition on Soaring on Sea Breeze Jazz.

Two tenors are featured soloists w/trading choruses. Some sax dbls. Recorded by Bob Florence Limited Edition on Soaring on Sea Breeze Jazz.

Nice/easy 16 bar minor blues. 128 feel. Ensemble melody, bone solo. Some sax dbls.

Fast jazz waltz. Flowing melody w/fast moving wdwd lines underneath. Some sax dbls.

A brief chorale-like introduction sets up this beautifully mysterious Bob Florence ballad feature for piano. Backgrounds and ensemble figures should remain barely above a whisper. The chorale is re-st...

A medium tempo trumpet blues in B flat feature, starting with cup mute then plunger then open. Woodwinds are clarinets and bass clarinet switching to saxes. As recorded by George Graham Big Band 'With...

From the liner notes to the 1999 SeaBreeze 'Live at the Lighthouse' CD release: 'One day when Bob Florence was playing piano at my house, I suggested that he try writing an arrangement of Clair de Lun...

This is Bob Florence's attention-getting chart. This fast swinging chart features solos for piano and guitar. No score.

This Bob Florence bossa nova begins with an a capella tenor sax solo before the relaxed groove enters. The melody continues in the tenor saxophone all the way until the solos for piano and guitar. A b...

A lush and haunting Bossa Nova. This chart challenges your band's ability to balance & play sensitively. Dbls.

A lush and melodic bossa nova featuring Flugel. The chart also utilizes interesting contrasts through the use of flutes & contra-bass clarinet dbls.

Bossa that features flugelhorn.

148-152 = half note. A show stopper to be played as fast as possible. This piece goes into half time bossa for alto solo [2nd part]. Recorded by Bob Florence Limited Edition on With All The Bells & Wh...

A gentle bossa nova featuring 2 altos. Woodwind doubles are clarinets, bass clarinet and Eb contra alto clarinet. Quarter note = 100. Recorded by the Bob Florence Limited Edition on Serendipity 18 on...