Carol Barratt

String Quintet (Piano / Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums, Percussion (optional))

Originally done by the Big Phat Band, this samba is played around 90 BPM in cut time. It's a very exciting Latin chart with solos for alto 1 and trumpet 2, and the trumpet 1 range is to written G on t...

A cha cha you won't forget! Trumpet is featured in this fabulous chart by today's hottest contemporary writer, Gordon Goodwin. The trumpet soloist has plenty of space to solo - both improvised and wri...

This is a tour-de-force arrangement of Gershwin's masterpiece. If you can cut it, then play it because it will truly warrant a standing ovation. The sax doubles call for piccolo (alto 1), clarinet/flu...

As recorded by the Big Phat Band on the CD That's How We Roll, this swing chart features the trombone section. It's not crazy hard to play, but will require some endurance from the 'bones. Solo change...

This is a swinger all the way! The tempo can be anywhere between 132-150 BPM and there is a written-out trumpet 2 solo. There's plenty of swingin' ensemble, a great sax section soli plus optional part...

Gordon Goodwins Swing-Hommage an den brillanten Arrangeur und Komponisten Sammy Nestico mit ausgeschriebenen Soli für Trompete, Alt-, Tenorsaxophon und Posaune, großartigen dynamischen Kontrasten sowi...

It's funky with all the Big Phat Band attributes, and it's fairly tough to play, but hey, it's Gordon and you know it will be a hot chart...if you have the horses. The opening lick for piano is really...

Slow and bluesy! The title chart as recorded on Gordon Goodwin's newest CD, The Phat Pack. Things to enjoy: it's kind of greasy, it's full of twists and turns, calls for brass plunger mutes and option...