This is an original danceable up-beat riff tune in the style of Kenton's late 40's-early 50's band. Plenty of unison melodic lines. Solos for piano, 2nd trombone, 2nd tenor sax, and a small, scream so...
An original up-beat jazz waltz. Opening statement played by the lead trombone, with ad lib solos for 1st trombone and 1st tenor sax. Flugel section features a build up to the final, exciting shout cho...
An origianl rock-shuffle that features the bari sax and the trombone. It's a nice, up-beat tune that's fun to play and dance to. The tune sounds best if the keyboard is a rock organ and the bass is an...
Up tempo tenor sax feature where the rhythm alternates between a bouncy 2 beat and a walking four. Lots of counterpoint lines build up to the tenor solo sections. Solo sections can be opened up at you...
Inspired by an actual pet rat running across my piano at home. This is a kind of hip-hop style and a bit silly. This is the feature tune on the album of same name. There are doubles on flute for the a...
Moderate walking swing, it's an original feature in the Stan Kenton-Gene Rowland 1960's style. There are solos for the guitar and 1st trombone. Next comes a trombone soli. Then a bass solo leads to th...
This a slow, bluesy feature, with a solo for the 2nd alto sax. It is in an arch form; i.e. A-B-C-B-A, with the solo in the middle section. Has a nice piano-guitar George Shearing-style background sect...
A moderate Latin tune that features the tenor and bari saxes, and trumpet 2. Trumpet 1 doubles between flugel and guiro, the alto sax doubles on shakers, and the trumbone doubles on claves. The Latin...
Not really a blues, this original work is a moderately up-beat swing shuffle that primarily features the sax section. It has solos for 1st tenor sax, 2nd alto sax, and a sax soli section. Lead trumpet...
Good tune that features most of the band. It's a moderate swing with solos for 2nd trumpet, piano, drums, and bass. There is a flute ensemble section in the middle. Your sax players should be adequate...
