A ballad featuring lead alto sax, this lovely tune is based on the form and changes of the well known standard 'The Midnight Sun Will Never Set.' Written in 2016 for the Salt Lake City Phoenix Jazz Ba...
Though written in 1917 by Art Hickman in the ragtime era, it became immensely popular as a swing standard after the 1939 recording by Benny Goodman and his sextet which also featured (for the first ti...
Trombone ensemble piece written for 10 trombones. Two groups of 5 = l alto trombone, 3 tenor bones and 1 bass bone. No rhythm. The piece is approx. 10 to 12 minutes.
Wake Up To A Melody is a gorgeous gospel styled ballad featuring tenor sax. The lyrical and gentle melody is supported with lush warm harmonies simply scored in moderate ranges for all instruments; th...
This trumpet feature ballad is a jazz tone poem written in memory of Ashley Alexander and inspired by the last movement of Death and Transfiguration by Richard Strauss. An expressive meditation, the s...
Style: Fusion. Instrumentation: 5 Saxes: 1 Soprano sax and Flute, 2 Alto Sax and Flute, 3 Tenor and Soprano sax, 4 Tenor and Flute, 5 Bari (no doubles). 5 trumpets (5th on Flugelhorn). 5 Trombones,Gui...
One of Debussy's impressionist masterworks for solo piano, this arrangement/transcription remains faithful to the form and harmonic structure of the lofty dance in ¾ (Debussy notated it in 9/8). The c...
This Samba is the second chart I wrote for Ashley Alexander following Super Frank. Like Super Frank, it has a well-defined 32 bar head and inventive ensemble interactions with the trombone soloist. Iv...
Snowbird Samba is a frisky up tempo samba featuring a front line of two soprano saxes and two trumpets. It has a lot of open blowing space for soloists in all sections. The recording features this ver...
This solo trumpet feature begins with a slow, spacey, zero gravity chorale that returns near the end with a high energy samba foundation. The main body is comprised of melodies supported by a 4/4 doub...
This arrangement takes its orchestration directly from Debussy's solo piano masterpiece, not the popular fake book lead sheet. Debussy's impossibly difficult to forget melodies, transitions and interl...
This traditional 1901 march has four sections, the third section trio is what was recorded by the early jazzers, and contains the melody most people are familiar with. This arrangement presents all fo...
Trumpet feature in a subtle swing tune inspired by Bill Evans.
Up tempo, hard swing groove alternates with Second Line New Orleans street beat feel. 5 Saxes with Flute on Alto 1 and Clarinet on Alto 2 and Tenor 2. 4 trumpets with flugelhorn double on 4th.4 Trombo...
Medium Up Tempo Hard Bop 5 Saxes with Soprano double on Alto 1. 5 Trumpets with Flugelhorn on 5th. 5 Trombones or 4 Trombones with Tuba, Guitar, Piano, Bass, Drums. Duration 6-8 minutes depending on l...
Style: Medium swing/double time hard bop.Instrumentation:5 Saxes no doubles, 5 trumpets,5 Trombones,Guitar, Piano, Bass, Drums.Soloists 4 horn frontline; 1st Alto, 1st Tenor Sax, 2nd Trumpet, 2nd Trom...
Style: Shuffle. Instrumentation: 5 Saxes (no doubles),4 trumpets, 4 Trombones, Guitar, Piano, Bass, Drums +optional vibes.Soloists: Tenor sax, trumpet, trombone, guitar. Rush Hour Shuffle was commissi...
Swing, Medium Blues. Instrumentation: 5 Saxes (flute on 1st alto and 1st tenor),5 trumpets,4 Trombones,Guitar, Piano, Bass, Drums.Soloists - Trombone, Trumpet , Tenor Sax. My Grannys Hand Blues Commis...
Medium Up Tempo Swing.Other than sharing a common tempo and style, Jelly Roll Morton would hardly recognize this quirky piece. Harmonically the term stomp implies a chromatic dominant chord progressio...
Medium Swing Hard Bop.Commissioned by Jim Boitos and the Illinois State University Jazz Ensemble, this hard blowing angular chart features the trombone section with a lot of powerful ensemble work. Th...
Copyrighted in 1915, this popular tune was subsequently recorded by Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby, Cab Calloway, and was a huge hit for Louis Prima in 1956. This laid back 2014 arrangement switches bet...
Beginning with a moderate waltz chorale, this wonderful old tune finds its groove as a bossa nova alternating with a jazz waltz. The C minor changes for solo trombone is in the relaxed bossa style. Th...
First performed Christmas eve in a small Austrian village church by a few singers with guitar accompaniment (performed by the composer, Franz Gruber) in 1818, this song has become the most recorded Ch...
The popular yet ancient melody has been attributed to a variety of composers, yet it still remains anonymous. This arrangement explores the tune from times past to the present. The first verse is tran...
The popular Christmas standard first appeared in 1839 in the key of Eb, the key of this arrangement in its entirety. It is a mixed meter Fantasy progressing through modulating colors and textures and...
This arrangement combines traditional form and chord structure with a more current harmonic language. It begins and ends in the traditional key of D with two modulations to F. The intro and interludes...
This carol has been attributed to several different composers, and in fact several different versions of the popular Christmas tune have been published in the last two hundred years. This 4/4 arrangem...
This medium level jazz influenced arrangement begins with a moderate waltz chorale that flows gently to a jazz waltz and then a moderate tempo bossa nova. Moderate ranges prevail with 1st Trpt. to con...
This is the tune an early theory teacher of mine used as an example of a minor key melody that doesn't evoke sadness or melancholy. That may or may not be true. The quintet begins with a dark poignant...
Style:up bop/supersax.5 Saxes: soprano 1, alto 2, alto 3, tenor 4, tenor 5, 1 Trumpet or Bb instrument (opt.),1 Trombone (opt.),Piano, Bass, Drums. Soloists: Piano, Drums, and optional from the above....
Wisp is a brief whisper movement. With all trumpets in harmon mutes, the sound is that of a melody appearing vaguely in a dream-like state. It floats over the consciousness and then disappears without...
A fanfare for the Winter 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City was commissioned by the International Sports Broadcasters for their 30opening animation clip which preceded every televised Olympic event. I su...
A moving adagio with lush harmonies for Trombone Quintet. Medium.
Inspired by the laid-back 2004 recording by Madeline Peyroux, this early 20th century classic is a simple 16 bar head originally penned by W. C. Handy. The arrangement works well as a concert piece fo...
This Vincent Rose (or Puccini, as some have claimed) classic, travels gradually through time from quarter note metronome marking 64 to 124. It is a clever theme and variations style arrangement that t...
This 1902 composition served as a transition tune from ragtime to traditional (trad) jazz. Originally written in 2/4 in the key of G, it became a trad standard, in F, most often played in up tempo 4/4...
This classic early 20th century ballad, meets the 21st century with a clever blend of 20th century styles. This Indian Summer starts rather cool with a moderate 4/4 ballad that gradually heats up with...
These two standards are cleverly arranged both independently and then together in their original key of F major. Not only do both share the same key, they share the same opening notes, phrases and mel...
Chart was written to feature Gary Foster. Alto Sax feature, that is a moving musical. Opening ballad moves to a/dB-x section that features some unusual sax section writing.
Inspired by 'Flowers All Over' a wonderful tune by Dutch pianist Jasper Van't Hoff, this even 8th medium tempo march/dance big band arrangement features soprano sax (alto 1), trombone, and drums. Autu...
Combines an authentic cascara rhythm [3/2 clave], with a samba.
Grand scale medium tempo blues chart written in traditional 'Basie'. Some Sax dbls.
Hip shuffle w/solos for Guitar, Tenor, Trpt, Trbn & Drums. Some Sax dbls.
In Sea is an up beat, joyous through composed romp written as a tribute to that master of jazz composition, Bob Brookmeyer. Brookmeyers works have highly influenced my concept of jazz composition tech...
Super Frank is a chart written for Ashley Alexander for his first album, Ashley Alexander and His Alumni Band. At Ashleys request, the work was written as a tribute to the recently deceased Frank Roso...
The bear is back! From the count off, this chart drives hard. It features alto 1 in an energetic romp that leads to a shout chorus with 4-way counterpoint. Like a river with class 3 rapids, this chart...
A moving and respectful tribute to Cannonball Adderly. This alto sax and bass feature reminisces on the ballad and medium swing aspects of Cannonballs playing. The piece begins with a free modal bass...
