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...
