Curt Berg

The tempo is medium fast with a strong swing feel. The title of this Bill Evans composition suggests the fact that the meter continually alternates between sections of 3/4 and 4/4/ time. Both tenor tr...

Here is a chart based on changes from a well-known jazz classic from the 60's which alternates between Latin and swing feels. Soloists include bass trombone, piano, tenor bone, and drums. The ensemble...

If the title doesn't suggest the tune on which the chords in this Curt Berg chart is based, it will soon become apparent when played. The key, however, modulates up a minor third half-way through the...

An up-tempo original by Curt that is loosely based on some classic changes by Ray Noble. Solos are shared by solo trombone, piano and drums. There are occasional half-time seing sections on the bridge...

Lovely ballad that features the first trombonist. There is no improvisation in any of the parts, and the piano has an important notated part to play. The solo part is not technically difficult, except...

Medium tempo jazz waltz by Bill Evans with a great melody and somewhat complex and chromatic harmony. This arrangement features jazz by the bass bone and one tenor bone as well as the pianist. The ens...

Chart based on a 15 beat ostinato pattern, over which different metric schemes are superimposed. There is also a secondary theme in 5/4 time. The rhythmic feel is always straight eights, sometimes get...

Chart begins with a pianoless chorale in 4/4 time, accelerating into a train-like 6/4 samba feel. Three different 4-bar melodic sections are run over a rhythmic vamp, leading into 10-bar secondary sec...

Medium swing feel, and alternates between 6/4 and 4/4 time. The rhythm parts are fully notated on the head, and will challange the best band. The solos are mostly in 6/4 time, and a short written inte...

Chart combines bossa nova and samba feels along with 3/4 and 4/4 meters to make an interesting and harmonically complex composition. Backgrounds are provided behind the soloists. Scored for Trpt, Teno...

Solo flugelhorn. The harmonic structure is fairly complex. AAB Form. Some sax dbls.

To celebrate his move north, Berg has come up with this straight-eight composition featuring an angular line, mixed meters, and a tricky ensemble section. The horns include soprano sax, flugelhorn, an...

Here is a ballad which alternates between 4/4 and a slow swinging 3/4. This composition has heavily notated rhythm parts and complex harmonies and should be an interesting challenge for a top band. Th...

Combines a bright straight 8th feel with a predominantly minor chord structure, a lyrical melody, and a challanging ensemble chorus after the solos. It+s not a traditional blues, but the changes are u...

Hadi's Feast is dedicated to Seattle trumpeter Hadi Alsaadoon. It is in 5/4 time w/ a straight-eight feel. Scored for: Soprano, Flugel, Trbn, & Rhythm

Here is a ballad with a plaintive melody and rich, dark harmonies. Tenor sax is featured at first, soon to be joined by the Flugelhorn and Bone. Scored for: Tenor, Flugel, Trombone and Rhythm