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As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on 'Stage Door Swings', this medium-up swing chart comes roaring out of the chute with a brass 'pop' and leads into the piano stating the melody. There is addi...

There are a few charts from this library which are very playable by any reasonably well developed jazz ensemble. This surely is one of the best! Holman created a beautifully layered piece, based on th...

This chart has appeared on a couple of different albums over the years ('Kenton Classics' and 'Hits'). It is typical, swinging Rugolo as he was writing in the late '40's. Solos for trumpet, alto, bass...

What a dynamic chart this is! It is included on the CD recording 'The Jazz Compositions of Dee Barton' (1967). It opens with a dramatic, rubato ensemble at a slow tempo (while the bass and drums are s...

This is the original version of the tune recorded in 1946, and also included in the Milestones LP. This was transcribed by Bob Curnow for Gunther Schuller's Smithsonian Jazz Orchestra concerts. Tenor...

This is one of those superb Holman charts written for Stan Kenton in the early '50's that just swings like crazy. It starts off very soft and easy, with clever linear writing. It then roars into an al...

Mulligan's writing for the Kenton Band was fairly minimal in quantity but extraordinary in quality. He had a profound effect on the band and the writers to follow him. This composition was recorded in...

Mulligan's writing for the Kenton Band was fairly minimal in quantity but extraordinary in quality. He had a profound effect on the band and the writers to follow him. This composition was recorded in...

This may be the all-time greatest jazz arrangement of a standard tune. Also from the Contemporary Concepts LP (1955). This great standard is turned into a marvelous vehicle for solo statements from al...

Russo always created wonderfully interesting (and challenging) arrangements of standard tunes. He explores unusual instrumentation and exciting new harmonizations. Recorded on the Kenton Sketches on S...

Another terrific chart from Kenton's Contemporary Concepts LP. Features trombone throughout this fast-paced, Cool Bop chart in the unmistakable style of the late, great Gerry Mulligan. Use this with 3...

The lush trombone section sound of the Kenton Orchestra on a gorgeous ballad. Rescored to be played without the mellophoniums. A wonderful concert or dance book addition. Recorded on the Romantic Appr...

This is one of the many wonderful charts arranged by Lennie for the Stan Kenton Orchestra. He was able to capture the Kenton sound without a lot of high-range problems or difficult concerns for the pl...

This is another of the many wonderful charts arranged by Lennie for the Stan Kenton Orchestra. He is able to capture the Kenton sound without a lot of high-range problems or difficult concerns for the...

This is one of the many wonderful charts arranged by Lennie for the Stan Kenton Orchestra. He is able to capture the Kenton sound without a lot of high-range problems or difficult concerns for the pla...

Lennie Niehaus wrote a series of terrific arrangements for the Stan Kenton Orchestra (this was recorded on the 'Stage Door Swings' CD). This chart is a medium-swing version of a great Rodgers and Hamm...

This is NOT the Glenn Miller version of this tune. Gene Roland arranged this for the Kenton Band (recorded on the 'Live at the Tropicana' CD), and it swings like crazy! There is a nifty pattern create...

Lennie Niehaus wrote a series of terrific arrangements for the Stan Kenton Orchestra (this was recorded on the 'Stage Door Swings' CD). This chart is a medium-swing version of a great Rodgers & Hammer...

This is exactly as recorded on the new Les Hooper Big Band CD 'Out of the Woods.' It is a wonderful piece, written in an easy swing tempo, with a great feel, fresh harmonic content, lots of clever lin...

Benny Carter created a wealth of marvelous, swinging big band music, and this piece is no exception to that. As recorded on 'The Legend' by the Count Basie Orchestra, this medium-swing chart features...

One of the great Basie recording was 'The Legend,' of which all the pieces were Benny Carter originals. This chart is from that recording, and it is a wonderfully soulful piece, set in a slow swing te...

Here is another terrific chart from Shorty Rogers (as recorded on the 'Portrait of Shorty' album). Shorty always had a way of creating wonderful melodies and exciting arrangements for big band. This c...

Shorty Rogers was very well known for his 'nonet' charts (6 horns, 3 rhythm), and this was one of his best-loved compositions. Set in an easy, low swing, 'Pirouette' has a lilting melody, along with a...

Bob Curnow has created a wonderful 'nonet' chart (6 horns, 3 rhythm) on this great Rodgers & Hart tune. The medium-swing setting features solo space for alto, tenor, flugelhorn, trombone and piano and...

Here is a wonderful 'Basie-ish' chart with a catchy melody set in an easy-swing tempo. Curnow has created a laid-back, swinging chart very much in the style of Sammy Nestico and others who wrote for t...