Kim Richmond

Three movement suite that can be performed independantly. Alto saxophone feature. Sold as entire suite only. Mov 1 (Ballade): Entire suite is derived from the Ballade theme. Involving constantly shift...

This chart is recorded on the sensational CD titled Passages by the Kim Richmond Concert Jazz Orchestra. It is a magnificent scoring of the Gershwin classic, a chart for which people have been clamori...

Up tempo swinger. Feature Mel Lewis & Louie Bellson. Drawn out melody line set stage for some driving rhythm, followed by whole chorus of full ens w/drums playing fills. Drum & Tenor solos. Recorded b...

Altered blues, this funky shuffle features the Sax section & full ens, w/extreme dynamic changes.

A soft bucket muted brass sounding characterizes this gentle waltz. Subtle shadings & close voicings challenge players.

This is a colorful tone-piece, slow in tempo, and orchestral in nature. Starting in piano, then progressing to woodwinds, finally reinforced in the brass, the intricate and angularly dramatic theme, c...

Great opener or closer. Modal in nature, tests most of the elements, from Sax & polyphonic limes to hard-hitting ens passages.

Ballad. Chord progression of this Bone feature may be recognized as Beatles hit. Chart moves to heavy Latin tempo. Middles section is fast swing.

Latin bass line, drums march funk rhythm set entrancing mood. Contemporary harmonies. Solos for Piano & Trpt.

The main section starts with a written piano Latin vamp pattern. The theme, stated by octave brass,is a 24-bar blues. The solo section is followed by ensemble development of unison and octave lines, a...

The bass line pattern provides the foundation for this Latin flavored piece, perhaps evoking images (with its exotic melodic line,featuring cup-muted trumpets against woodwinds) of 'South Seas'locales...

This is a commission for the Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association's All-star big band. The rhythm section is important in this medium up-tempo swing piece, especially at the begin...

Straight ahead swinger. Saxes & Guitar state the theme, a soli for Tenors w/Trbns, & solo space w/backgrounds. Re-cap in new key leads to a roaring shout & tag ending. Dbls.

This original composition is based on the beautiful Michel LeGrand melody with a similar title. The piece can optionally start with piano solo alone (written out) stating the melody. The saxes drift i...

Med. up-tempo swinger inspired by Chuck Corea. Melody is stated by small ens before it's turned over the full band. Solo: Tenor, Trpt, Drums & opt'l Bone. Recorded by the Kim Richmond Concert Jazz Orc...

Three part suite ideal for featuring all of your soloists. Part l is swing ensemble, introducing each section. Part ll, a medium blues, varying backgrounds, ending in a drum solo. Part lll is a mirror...

An unusual melody line w/unique modem changes puts out an exciting, joyful mood. Legato start, w/high w/w & mellow brass, it soon breaks into hard rock, and dbl. x swing. Dbls.

This exciting up-tempo free-swinging chart makes good use of a blend of Saxes, Flugelhorns, muted Trpts & Trbns. Solo section is modal. Solos: Tenor Sax, Trpt. No w/w Dbls. Recorded by the Kim Richmon...

Rapid moving 'straight 8th swing' spun out from a 4 note motif. Starts w/strong ostinato/fanfarish section/lengthy intro of angular unison lines reaching full melodic statement by Unison Trbns. Solo;...

This is straight down the middle basic jazz swing, at a comfortable middle tempo wailing groove (120). Lots of ensemble, shout choruses, loud and soft. Written in a basic Thad Jones style, the beginni...

The third movement of the Trump Card Suite is sub-titled 'Davey,' and is a pretty ethereal, but at the same time expressive, melody over light orchestral-type underpinnings and harmonic pedals. There...

This swinger starts with trombone melody and rhythm. An ensemble chorus leads to solo space, then an optional sax soli. A soft shout chorus builds to a loud one, which precedes a recap of the main the...

This up-tempo swinger starts with a upwardly cascading fourths in the saxophone followed by mixed timbre ensemble passages playing snippets of melodic content. After a brief half-time section, and whe...

This composition is a trumpet feature written for jazz stylist Steve Huffsteter. Its tempo is medium-slow swing with soloist playing the tuneful melody. Solo section is double-time swing with plenty o...

This is a medium swing ensemble chart that starts light and soft with a jaunty theme passed around the sections. This is contrasted with a 'chorale' section, still in time, before returning to the 'ja...