Noten von Kendor

This tribute to jazz legend Oscar Peterson is a wonderful way to expose young players to one of the icons of jazz history. Blues based changes help to make this swing chart accessible for groups at th...

This straight ahead swing chart for medium level groups lets everyone get in on the action. Featuring ample solo space and plenty of full ensemble work, an open solo section features any soloist, with...

Commissioned by the Northwestern University Jazz Orchestra (LA) in honor of Bill Causey Jr., this beautiful straight 8th ballad will provide a perfect change of pace on any program. The pensive melody...

This medium advanced chart is sure to be popular with musicians and audiences alike. The straight 8th groove and relaxed tempo are in the vein of the great recordings from the ECM record label. Both g...

Commissioned by the jazz division of the Illinois Music Educators Association for the 2020 Illinois All State Jazz Ensemble, this Adam Larson swing composition provides musical challenges to all secti...

Commissioned by the Jazz Division of the Illinois Music Educator's Association for the 2017 All State Jazz Ensemble, this medium advanced chart provides students with a wealth of learning opportunitie...

As recorded by the Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band in 1980 for their Farewell To Mingus album, this fast bebop outing for proficient players features a big full-band opening, sax and brass sect...

With the first half of this arrangement written as a conventional waltz in 3/4 and the second half scored in 4/4 swing, this great classic for augmented jazz ensemble calls for clean, crisp articulati...

Fashioned after the playing of J.J. Johnson and Kai Winding, this moderate swing original casts the trombone section in a variety of starring roles -- solis, trading 'fours' with the rest of the band,...

Opening with a light waltz in the style intended by Borodin, the music gives way to a medium swing style featuring bucket-muted brass and sax section solis. For best results, good breath support and s...

Commissioned by the jazz division of the Illinois Music Educators Association for their All-State Jazz Ensemble in the year 2000, this medium-advanced, bright swing chart holds challenges for all. Fro...

Recorded by the University of North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band on their Lab '95 album, the opening piano solo is a rubato, out-of-tempo intro fashioned after the music of Bill Evans. When that ends, t...

Commissioned by the Illinois Music Educators Association for their 2002 All-State Jazz Ensemble, this driving swinger for medium bands works well at a variety of tempos (144-196) and gives all section...

Dedicated to and recorded by trumpeter Nicholas Payton on 'Gumbo Nouveau' (Verve), this familiar melody takes on new life in this refreshing swing treatment by Doug Beach and George Shutack. Scored at...

Commissioned by Pennsylvania Unit of the International Association of Jazz Educators, a lighter-is-better attitude prevails in this medium-level release. Transparent voicings, creative rhythm section...