Gerhard Fritzsche

There's nothing like a burning samba to get your concert off to a roaring start. After the melody is stated by muted trumpet, saxes and flute, your best soloist can work out on some rich chord changes...

Authentic Latin Montuna with big band! Written in two parts, the second part is a driving samba groove that builds and builds. With plenty of room for any of your best soloists, this one will be a wel...

Tasty Bossa Nova. Great showcase for jazz Flugelhorn. He will maneuver his way through some challenging chord changes en route to a rubato duet with the pianist. Saxes double on flute.

A lovely feature for your soprano sax soloist, with lush textures and a soft 6/4 latin feel. Sax doubles. As recorded by the Gordon Goodwin Big Phat Band on 'Swingin' For The Fences'. See master Otter...

This soft latin tune features gentle texturesand lush harmonies. Muted brass, flute, acoustic guitar, and rich sax voicings all contribute to the subtle bossa nova mood on this chart. The solo section...

This soft latin tune features gentle texturesand lush harmonies. Muted brass, flute, acoustic guitar, and rich sax voicings all contribute to the subtle bossa nova mood on this chart. The solo section...

Featured Bone solo, pretty bossa nova w/challenging chord changes & plenty of space for soloist. Dbls. Scored for A,T,B, 2 Trpts, 1 Bone & Rhy. Alto and tenor double on flute. No score.

Hypnotic salsa groove set by the customary piano montuna & soon grows to open solo section for all. Complex horn soli & shout. Alto sax dbl. on Sopr. No score. Scored for A,T,B, 2 Trpts, 1 Bone & Rhy.

No one on the current jazz scene is bigger than composer/bandleader Gordon Goodwin. To close out our Big Band Music Through the Years show, Ralph Ford takes one of Gordon's hippest tunes and skillfull...

Bluesy, Thad-ish shuffle that features an extended workout for your saxophone section. Solos are open for anyone, and the chart stomps it's way through an exciting shout.

Medium tempo, kinda wild Thad style blues with plenty of challenging ensemble sections for your band to sink it's teeth into. Features piano, bari and tenor solo.

Driving Rock chart. A deceptively slow and pretty intro explodes into a burning rock beat. Chart builds and climaxes in a duel between soloists.

Trombone feature with a Rock and Roll groove and a quasi-Latin feel. Demanding chord changes for the Trombone soloist. Altos double on flute.

This chart exhibits the rhythmic excitement a real samba can evoke. Open solos. Sax doubles. As recorded by the Bill Watrous Big Band on Space Available. See master Otter CD catalog.

A driving funk tune with 'meaty' changes for any of your best solists to play on. This will get them off their feet.

Written as a piano feature, this grooving shuffle can easily be adapted to provide any soloist with plenty of space to stretch out. Humorous interchanges between the soloist and ensemble make this a s...

Features strong solo guitar throughout, starting with a bluesy rubato statement of the theme, followed by a burning gospel rock groove.