R. Fisher Boyce

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...

Up-tempo swing. It's a barn burner! Written using augmented scales and quick rhythmic pops throughout, this fast, driving chart will make an exciting end to your concert. Solos for Bari and Soprano sa...

Basie style blues that swings into four bar drum breaks & a memorable shout chorus. Piano & Bone solos.

Powerful swinging chart w/contemporary sounding melody built on 4ths. Two rhythm section-tacit choruses, Sax soli, soprano ax & drum solos. Some dbls.

Opening with piano and flugelhorn statement, this Stan Bann original moves through double time rock and swing sections before returning to the original ballad. Tenor solos over the rock section while...

Up-tempo 40's swing featuring guitar melody and solo (Brian-Setzer-like).

Up-tempo 40's swing in minor featuring guitar solo (Brian-Setzer-like).

Medium tempo easy swing featuring trombone melody (Tommy-Dorsey-like).

Medium tempo swing, features the band all the way, no solos.

Medium swing with tenor and trumpet solos on tricky changes and sax soli with soprano lead. 5,4,3 (with opt 4th bone) and 3. As recorded by the New England Jazz Ensemble on Sea Breeze Jazz. See master...

This is a hard swinging bluesy chart that has shades of the great Bill Holman. Over a catchy bass riff the melody gets passed around during the head, and there is plenty of contrapuntal writing to fol...

From the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, 'Swing Dance Tour' of 2000. Swing Tempo; approx. 140-145 bpm to the 1/4 note. Swing chart with a modern harmonic appeal, flanked by traditional vocabulary. Solo...

From the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, 'Swing Dance Tour' of 2000. Swing Tempo; approx. 140-145 bpm to the 1/4 note. Requires an 'Ellington Feel'. Solos (as assigned by leader). Modal changes as assi...

Shuffle / swing chart with Tpt., Gtr., and Bone solo. The chart is fairly demanding for the reed section at times. Approx. 140-145 bpm to the 1/4 note. Demands swing style similar to Thad Jones/Basie....

Up tempo modern swing feel, a real big band sound. Scored for A,T,B, 2 Trpts, 1 Bone & Rhy. Concept Music series.

This chart successfully fuses Afro-Cuban, funk and up-tempo swing into one chart. Solo space is provided for trumpet, alto, tenor, and drums. Trumpet range: High D. (3 Trp., 1 Trb., A,T,B, rhythm). Re...

Bright swing, about 240bpm. Exciting work mixing hard driving straight-ahead swing with ensemble passages over rhythm figures. Solos for tenor and/or trombone. Drummer has solo chorus structured by en...