Descriptive of its title, offering a fine study in staccato playing. Ideal for Halloween programs.
8th note funk ensemble feature, with solos for lead alto (on soprano sax) and tenor sax2. Challenging unison line for the piano and electric bass. Very intense piece, with a strong melody. As recorded...
An exciting and entertaining solo vehicle for either trombone, tenor sax or alto sax that was commissioned by the Sierra Vista High School symphonic band, Las Vegas Nevada. Written as a mambo, there a...
Acapella. 6 tenors and 2 bass. Commissioned by Mr. Jefferson's Bones for a mass choir performance during Tromblowin' 2013 at James Madison University, this beautiful acapella arrangement of Shenandoah...
Beautiful Annabelle Lee (Composed by George W. Meyer, Arranged by Ryan Haines) - A lush and very enjoyable chorale setting of this old classic from George W. Meyer for six tenor trombones and 2 bass t...
8th note funk ensemble feature, with solos for lead alto (on soprano sax) and tenor sax2. Challenging unison line for the piano and electric bass. Very intense piece, with a strong melody.5,,4,4,P,B,D...
Walrus Little Big Band Charts Series Very entertaining light funk setting of this classic Christmas tune. Open solo section with interesting but manageable chord changes to blow over. Lots of thick fu...
Beautiful, medium bossa feature for either bone, flugel, alto or tenor sax. Open choruses for soloist. Written out comping figures for rhythm section, with chord changes included. Easy ensemble parts....
Pretty, medium bossa, featuring Tenor 1 (opt'l parts included to feature Trumpet 4 on flugel). Easy ensemble rhythms and easy solo changes for Alto 1, Tenor 1, Trumpet 3, and Trombone 1. Lead trumpet...
Light, medium-fast samba feature for either solo trombone (bone 5) or in place of bone 1. Optional solo tenor sax part included (can also be used in place of tenor 1). Open solo section for extra blow...
Beautiful and haunting feature for either solo trombone (bone 5) or in place of bone 1. Optional solo tenor sax part (can be used in place of tenor 1) and solo flugel part (can be used in place of tru...
Exciting 4-trumpet section feature using an Afro-Cuban 12/8 feel. Thick ensemble writing with solo time for both 3rd and 4th trumpet. Some alternate lower division options for lead trumpet included. R...
Bari sax feature on a smooth bossa in C. Open solo section with chords included for bari, trombone, and trumpet.A,T,B, 2 Trpts, 1 Bone, P,B,D. Trpt. 1 to high C# with optl. high E.
Composed by Gerardo Matos Rodriguez, arranged by Rayn Haines. The introduction spotlights the rhythm section using the traditional Tango fee. A quick transition moves to an up-temp swing featuring the...
This bossa setting of the turn of the century classic uses smooth altered chord changes and features trumpet 2 on flugel. Solo chords included in everyone's parts. Alternate part included to feature a...
Fast swing feature for 1st and 2nd bone. Nice, tight ensemble writing, with a burning sax soli. Open solo choruses for bone solos.Recorded by Ryan Haines Big Band on 'New Horizons' on Sea Breeze Jazz.
Up-tempo, swing, Bb-blues trombone section feature. Commissioned by the Las Vegas High School Jazz band. Two open solo sections. Lead trumpet to high C. Lead bone to high Bb. Trombone acapella section...
Fast swing, opener-styled piece, featuring multiple soloists and lots of full ensemble sections. Fast, unison sax lines and sax soli's. Drum solo, interspersed with horn kicks. Title cut as recorded b...
Medium swing ensemble feature with Eb blues changes for all. Melody in saxes and bone 1. Lead trumpet to Ab below high C and lead trombone to Gb below high Bb. Good, hard swinging band. Written out co...
Up-tempo (opt very fast) swing feature for either solo trombone (bone 5) or in place of bone 1. Optional solo tenor sax part included (can also be used in place of tenor 1). Open solo section for othe...
Exciting and impressive full band feature. Begins as an open drum solo with brass/sax chorale underneath that builds to a fast swing feel. Extended solo time for lead bone and tenor sax 1 (with stop t...
Exciting feature for trombone or tenor sax (as either a guest soloist with the band or as Trombone 1 or Tenor 1). Begins with the soloist playing over a full ensemble rubato chorale and moves quickly...
Medium-up-tempo swing feature for Tenor Sax with the option for a bone solo feature. Lots of meaty ensemble writing, grooving bass bone/bari sax counterlines, and an open solo section with chord chang...
Words and music by Irving Berlin & Alfred Newman, arranged by Ryan Haines. Up-tempo swing featuring the full ensemble in this high-energy piece. Open solo section. Thick ensemble writing.A/T/B/2Trpts/...
Words and music by Hughie Cannon, arranged by Ryan Haines Full ensemble feature over Bb blues changes. Can be performed anywhere from medium to fast swing. Open solo section. Great opener!Trpt. 1 to h...
Walrus Little Big Band Charts Series High energy and unique approach to this Christmas chestnut. Fast swing with an open solo section and good chord changes to blow over. Lots of thick full ensemble w...
Walrus Little Big Band Charts Series A very unique jazz chorale approach to this Christmas chestnut. Trumpets begin on flugels and switch to trumpet midway through. Piano and bass parts are written ou...
Beautiful, contemporary 12/8 feel, featuring solo bone and tenor sax. 4 flugels with saxes on unison flutes at beginning. Solos begin with a semi-free feel that can be opened up. Unison trumpet soli o...
Thoroughly developed original work for 5 trombones and thythm. Divided into three large sections, the first two are solo features for lead trombone. Section 1 is in a Latin feel; section 2 is a ballad...
Beautiful ballad feature for either solo trombone (bone 5) or in place of bone 1. Optional solo tenor sax part included (can be used in place of tenor 1). Solo bone has opt lower division to avoid pla...
Very entertaining medium-tempo jazz waltz setting which features tenor sax or trombone (as either a guest soloist with the band or as Tenor 1 or Trombone 1). Soloist alternates with full ensemble writ...
Trombone section feature in a Caribbean feel. Solos for all 3 tenor bones. Opt'l steel drum patch for piano. Great, rhythmic unison soli for whole band. Recorded by Ryan Haines Big Band on 'To The Sky...
Fast swing, sax section feature. Begins with an open drum solo, in tempo. Lots of fast unison and soli lines for the sax section. Solo changes in both the tenor 1 and bari. Recorded by Ryan Haines Big...
A fresh and exciting arrangement of the United States National Anthem for little big band based on Ryan Haine's large band setting. Lead trumpet to high 'C' and lead bone to high 'G'. No woodwind doub...
Composed by Stephen C. Foster, arranged by Ryan Haines. This is a fresh and exciting setting of the Stephen Foster classic set as a medium-up-tempo jazz waltz and featuring either a separate solo Teno...
An exciting version of this traditional hymn, orchestrated for 4 euphoniums and 4 tubas. This piece begins with a fast minor setting of the melody in 4/4. then pairs up the instrumentalists for a cano...
Bb blues shuffle. Lots of full ensemble. Vamp at beginning for guitar or piano solo. Open blues choruses in the middle, followed by a 12-bar canon for the entire ensemble. Recorded by Ryan Haines Big...
Beautiful, contemporary, 8th note feel, featuring solo flugel and trombone. Good changes for soloists. Nice, thick, full ensemble sections. Recorded by Ryan Haines Big Band on 'To The Sky' on Sea Bree...
Very developed piece, featuring lead alto and bone 1. Alternates between a 12/8 feel and fast samba. Lots of full ensemble writing. Very intense. Recorded by Ryan Haines Big Band on 'To The Sky' on Se...
Beautiful, contemporary, 8th note feel. Flugel solo for trumpet 2 and soaring solo for lead trumpet. Opens with a piano or guitar solo. Lots of pretty, full ensemble writing. Recorded by Ryan Haines B...
Up-tempo Db Blues. Open solo choruses. Lots of full ensemble writing. Drum solo trading 4's with entire ensemble.
Very pretty, and unique piece for big band. Brass and saxes acapella throughout, with drums on sus cymbal. A 4-minute jazz chorale, conductor not a necessity. Recorded by Ryan Haines Big Band on 'To T...
Fast, phrygian samba feature for 2nd bone, lead alto and trumpet 3. Intro has the brass and saxes acapella. Lots of ensemble playing in this piece. Lines for bass bone, bari sax and bass.
Funk shuffle, based on sharp 9's and diminished harmony. Thick ensemble writing and a challenging bass bone part. Open solo section, with changes for tenor sax, trumpet and bone. Challenging bone soli...
Beautiful jazz waltz feature for lead bone. Lots of blowing time for the soloist, interspersed with both contrapuntal horn writing and full ensemble settings. Solo bone to high C.
Medium shuffle, ensemble piece. Melody in bones 1-2 and tenors 1-2. Figures for bass bone and bari sax. Open choruses for all on 16-bar, easy, blues-styled changes. Lead trumpet to A below high C.
Beautiful ballad feature for either flugel or lead bone. No improv necessary. First section is just the soloist over piano (rubato). The middle of the piece utilizes some acapella moments and very pre...
Wonderfully unique and entertaining piece utilizing a New Orleans street-beat underpinning to feature the entire ensembe. The introduction features the trombone section in an acapella version of the m...
This fresh and exciting setting of the United State National Anthem is currently performed by the U.S. Air Force Falconaires jazz ensemble. Arranged in Bb, an optional vocal solo part is included as w...
A wonderful big band approach to this patriotic song. Begins with a fully voiced chorale with trumpets in flugels. The remainder of the piece uses a 'contemporary' straight 8th note feel, featuring Te...
Very entertaining feature for Bari and Bass Trombone. Bb blues solo for bari and written out stop choruses for bass bone. Performed frequently by the USAF Band of the Rockies Falconairs Jazz Ensemble.
High energy composition written for 2 big bands, minus percussion.(Each big band consists of 4 trumpets, 4 bones and 5 saxes. Piano and bass can be doubled if desired) This unique and exciting piece i...
Unique and creative approach to this classic piece using an up-tempo jazz waltz with solo changes included for trumpet, tenor sax and trombone). Introduction is a brief acapella horn section chorale....
Commissioned by Vince Wedge for the Young Sounds of Arizona Spring 2013 Meet the Composer Concert, this crowd-pleasing piece uses a basic Bb Blues form on the A sections and an I Got Rhythm bridge, wi...
A wonderful little big band approach to this patriotic song. Begins with a fully voiced chorale with trumpets in flugels. The remainder of the piece uses a 'contemporary' straight 8th note feel, featu...
