Ladd McIntosh

A Latin tune based on different uses of the Phrygian Mode, it has 3 easy harmonic sections. Can be played with 6 horns & rhythm.

Alto sax feature. Written for Phil Woods. Plenty Latin. Dbl.. Easy clarinet Dbls. Recorded by Northern Arizona Univ Jazz Ensemble, 'Herding Cats' on Sea Breeze Jazz.

Very melodic Latin chart. This one really grooves. Tpt. solo with lovely haunting ensemble background. Excellent counterpoint between trombones and trumpets. Fun to play. Medium-difficult. LAST SUITE...

Written for & performed by the legendary Clark Terry. Happy swing chart.

Easy swing. Roaring 'flag-waver'. Easy changes and a great closer. Solos for Piano, Trpt & Bone. Dbls.

A swinger. It's straight ahead. No weird stuff. AND IT SWINGS LIKE MAD. Very catchy melody & great changes.

Swinging feature for Trpt [or Soprano] & Sax section. Funky, left handed disjunct line. Fat T-Bones. Lots of 7+9 chords. You need an excellent sax section to do this. Worth rehearsal time. Limited dbl...

A delightful swing chart. Easy-to-play minor blues. Superb dialogue between brass & saxes. Excellent rhythmic study. Can be played with 6 horns & rhythm.

This one just swings! Easy to play counterpoint between high voices, low voices. Easy changes. Great shout chorus! Can be played with 6 horns & rhythm.

This is the hippest version of the old Christmas carol, 'Good King Wenceslas' that you will ever play. Sort of whacky, but driving and exciting chart in 3/4 time. Demanding but playable sax parts. Tsa...

A surging powerful chart w/a decided funk flavor. Ladd took a 'Tower of Power' lick & wove this chart around it. Has an exciting melodic line & some great dialogue between the band & percussion/drums....

SATB. QUARTETS. Score and parts.

Alternates three different styles: SHUFFLE, SWING & LATIN. This one drives! Excellent study for anticipated rhythms. Can be played with 6 horns & rhythm.

Very hip funk chart. Good feel! A bit more challenging than the rest in this series but well within the limitations of the easy-med. level. Rich, full-voiced chords. Simple jazz changes. Can be played...

A mixture of the old & new! This chart has a challenging modern melodic line, while the backgrounds are highly suggestive of the old 'boogie-woogie' style. An exciting chart for your audience. Open so...

Old time shuffle. Bluesy, rompin', stompin', chart. Open solo section. Recorded by Ladd's Big Band on Sea Breeze Jazz.

Fun rock chart. Quirky, animated melody in unison saxes. Brass may be played down an octave at the end by younger bands. Excellent rhythmic study for sax players.

Title is the answer to the joke definition of 'Country Rock'. But this chart ain't coCountry & it certainly isn't rock, though it does have some of the hippest country licks you're going to hear. Exce...

Lush Flugel/Bone pads in this Funk & Latin chart. Your band will have fun working out the excellent contrapuntal weaving of 4 different lines. Marvelous ostenato bass. Dbls. Solos for Tenor, Trpt & op...

The Woman with the Laughing Eyes. Wonderful Latin chart. Features Flugel or Alto solo. Excellent Latin rhythms & some real fun lines & exquisite lush voicings. Recorded by Ladd's Big Band on Sea Breez...

Companion piece to 'The Queef Mobile'. Joyful bluesy romper. Excellent melodic line. Easy changes. Recorded by Ladd's Big Band on Sea Breeze Jazz.

Features challenging tutti unison line. Alternates between Latin 2 feel & down & dirty funk. Excellent jazz changes.

Ladd evokes the breath-taking Northern Calif. Coast in this stunning new work. Alto solo. Lush chords that seem to just hover. Some dbls.Recorded by the Ladd McIntosh Big Band on 'Ride the Wild Beast'...

Laid back funk. Great changes. Open solo section. Dbls.

323 measures of spirited music. Not too difficult. Solos; Tenor, Bone & your choice of any other sax.