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One of the Basie-style charts that Les is so great at writing.Piano is featured, along with not-difficult ensemble passages that will highlight the tightness of your ensemble. Very reasonable brass ra...

There is always room for a jazz waltz, and you will love this one. There is lots of solo space, flexible and available. This was featured on Hooper's first LP Look What They've Done, on Creative World...

Les has written a thoughtful, lovely Latin tune. Flugelhorns can be used to create a warm, pretty sound. You'll really like programming this one. (condensed score)

Once again Hooper leads the way with a chart that is simple to play but still great to listen to and to play. Solo space is open for Trumpet or others at your discretion. This chart has limited ranges...

Les Hooper has a way of creating charming, interesting and playful music and not making it too hard to play. This chart is very easy to play in terms of rhythm and ranges. The solo bass part, however,...

Hank Levy wrote this wonderful 5/4 chart in the early '70's (1973), and it was recorded on the 'Birthday in Britain' CD. Solos for bass and alto saxophone. 5-5-5-3 (condensed score)

The brilliant Rich DeRosa wrote this extraordinary original piece for the North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band. It is recorded on the CD ' Lab 2018.' There are solos for soprano sax and piano. Sierra Musi...

This wonderfully tasteful jazz waltz has been featured at the Playboy Jazz Festival, performed by many All-State Jazz Ensembles, and is played regularly by the U.S. ARMY JAZZ AMBASSADORS! Solos for Te...

James Miley brings us an original, fresh and fun-to-play composition titled 'Swing State.' With bop-ish lines over a swing feel (with a funky back-beat), this chart brings new life to an eager rhythm...

Just what it sounds like ... a blues chart to end all blues charts! This is a must have for any jazz library. You'll find the Bb blues changes available to soloists of your choice, with great ensemble...

Written for and dedicated to the Bob Curnow Big Band, here is one of the most refreshing charts written in years!! David Jones has created a chart with a character all its own. There is solo space for...

Dee Barton's reputation as a composer for the Kenton band is superb. What isn't known, is how successful he was at creating very hip, but very playable charts in other styles. This is a Benny Golson-t...

Written by Stan in the late 50's, this chart is wonderful in its simplicity and melodic content. A more beautiful ballad has not been written, and Kenton's arrangement really focuses on that beauty. S...

David Baker's music is wonderful to play because of its originality and sense of adventure. This lovely latin piece begins quietly with piano, then brass, and leads into a warm, lush saxophone soli. T...

Geoff has scored a very hip, musical easy-to-play chart in the classic blues form, using his incomparable melodic and harmonic sense of things. Keezer's charts have a wonderful musicality about them,...

Here is a really nice blues chart with fresh, interesting lines and great ensemble passages. This chart is another of Geoff's very creative approaches to big band writing. Written with the young band...

This is a lovely rock ballad featuring alto saxophone throughout. Ellen is a superb composer who knows how to write for young bands and still create fresh, interesting and beautiful music. The melody...

This is one of the most creative, important big band compositions ever written by anyone! It is also a chart which has been in demand for many years. We publish this in the memory of the passing of Wi...

From the pen of one of the best composers in the jazz field. Oddo is best known for his many contributions to the library of the Woody Herman Band. This exquisite piece is a first place winner in the...

This one is destined to be a classic in a short time. A marvelous melody, a great mood, a wonderfully introspective 12/8 feel, with lots of room for creative playing. Geoff Keezer at his best! For a m...

This composer won the Gil Evans Fellowship with this composition. It is printed exactly as recorded by the North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band. An absolutely magnificent chart. Features trumpet, tenor an...

This is the second movement of the suite Paul wrote as a result of his winning the Gil Evans Fellowship sponsored by IAJE. It is a wonderfully moody, slow, bluesy composition which features alto saxop...

This is a wonderful chart by the recent winner of the Gil Evans Fellowship sponsored by the IAJE. Paul Ferguson is an exciting, young jazz composer with a very bright future. This chart, the 3rd movem...

If you're looking for something very different for a jazz history concert, this is it! Graettinger was a Third Stream composer in jazz long before the term was invented. This was recorded on the Kento...

Rich DeRosa once again provides us with his clever take on one of the most popular Christmas carols, 'Joy to the World'. As arranged for the WDR Big Band, DeRosa sets this traditional tune in a zydeco...