Michael Cera

Bluesis is a somewhat mischievous medium up tempo blues that features piano, bass, and drums. However, it really can feature anyone. After the head it weaves its way through a series of twists and tur...

Reo-Natal is Big Band Drum 'n Bass! - with a driving bass figure off the top. It features alto in a half time funk feel section followed by a band unison. It comes to a conclusion with guitar and synt...

Just as ReoNatal is Big Band Drum 'n Bass, Silver Heights is driving big band rock! After a big brass opening, the feel is set up by a rhodes figure. There is lots sectional interplay, with the melody...

Transformations is an outside blues - featuring trumpet, piano and drums. It starts off fast, is transformed into a ballad with a lyrical melody, and then back !.. to a blistering uptempo, quasi atona...

Rough & tumble piece that speaks of the stark, ridiculously inadequate kitchen in which Ladd prepared a sumptuous meal. The setting was idyllic; the kitchen was FUNKY. Explosive. Bari sax or Guitar so...

Nasty Funk. Good unison dialogue. Haunting Alto & Guitar line. Solos for Tenor & Guitar. Nice full unison lines in low brass & reeds.

Cruisin' could be described 'Hot Phrygian Funk'! This is an energetic chart!... that features trumpet. 5/4/4/G/P/B/D. Trumpet to D and trombones to C.

This is a funk/rap tune with a rap about jazz! The lyrics are replete with names of jazz icons and musical quotes to match. It features alto and flute. Trumpet E, Trombone A.5,4,4,G,P,B,D.

Powerhouse chart. Med. bright tempo. Alternates Latin & swing. Challenging line & another great chord progression from Ladd. Fugue is the blowfish delicacy highly prized in Japan. If not cleaned prope...

Demanding line played against driving straight ahead & rhythm Latin section has rich 5 part saxes. Tune alternates between driving jazz 4 & Latin 2.

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...

Medium bossa nova for easy-medium level. Trumpet range to E in staff, trombone to F.

A lively, highly energetic samba featuring flute, drums, and a rhythmically spoken vocal. It begins with an intense band unison followed by a piano figure that sets up the melody,played first by the p...

Also from the musical 'Bring 'Em Back!', Invisible Girl is an emotional ballad featuring a female vocalist and alto sax. A musician transported back in time to the big band era meets and falls in love...

Contemporary song form in a 'Pop' Latin style. Repetitive hook is fun to work out & gives this chart real energy. Some beautiful solo Alto sax & guitar spots. Opt'l dbls.

White Mountain Moonlight is a ballad written in the style of Glen Miller's 'Moonlight Serenade' with Clarinet lead. Like Millennium Jump, it is one of the songs from the big band musical 'Bring 'Em Ba...

This is a ballad....a trombone feature written for Rob McConnell. It has a solo piano intro and lots of dynamic gradations, resulting in an emotionally charged chart. Trumpet D, Trombone B.

This is a tender emotional ballad that features piano. 5/4/4/G,P,B,D. Trumpets D, Trombones B.

This is a fast blues that features Tenor, Trumpet, and piano. With lots of textural variations, it leaps out of the starting gate and never stops. Trumpet D, Trombone C.

Blues For Messin' around is a medium blues written in the style of Count Basie. It features a trumpet solo with plunger, and piano. Enjoy! 5/4/4/G/P/B/D. Trumpet to D and trombone to Bb. Piano part is...

1. Italian cooker, 2. beautiful Trombone solo, 3. rousing, swinging driving masterpiece. Solos; Piano, Trbn, & Alto. Dbls. 3 movements; Latin, slow & swing.

This is an exciting 12/8 clavinety latin/jazz piece that has trumpet and synth solos. The opening 12/8 section segues into a driving straight ahead shuffle with an extended tutti unison line before go...

What Is Life is a vocal tune that is also from the musical 'Bring 'Em Back!'. It is a medium tempo jazz waltz whose contemplative and introspective lyrics deal with the awareness of being alive. It fe...