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Rich DeRosa has created a marvelous Latin composition in a baião feel that is recorded by the North Texas Two O'Clock Lab Band. It comes out of the gate roaring. The very hip melody is stated by flute...

There are never enough trombone features. This is a medium-latin setting of the great melody 'Speak Low.' Trombone is featured throughout this easy-to-play arrangement. Most of the solo is in a modera...

Originally recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra on their album Afrique, 'Kilimanjaro' is a mesmerizing, easy-feeling Latin composition which pulses along by the constant tumbao bass groove and infect...

Oliver Nelson delivers great arrangement after great arrangement, and this one is no exception! A quick, uptempo swing tune, ''Gon Gong'' is the perfect ''opener'' for any program. Featuring primarily...

As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on 'Contemporary Concepts,' this publication completes the goal of getting this entire watershed recording into print. It is the quintessential feature for alt...

Bob Curnow continues to add the music of Pat Metheny to the Sierra Music catalog with another of Pat's unforgettable melodies, 'Et Si C'Etait La Fin' (originally recorded on the album Secret Story). S...

As recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra on the album 'Frankly Basie; Count Basie Plays the Hits of Frank Sinatra,' this arrangement by Billy Byers is a fantastic medium-slow swing tune. It is classic...

Aufgenommen von Charlie Barnet und seiner großartigen Band, ist 'Bali Bali Buck Dance' eine wunderbare, aufregende Komposition und ein Arrangement von Bill Holman. Diese Chart ist ein heller Swing und...

This is the original Billy Byers arrangement made famous by the Basie Band as recorded on the 'Pop Goes the Basie' album! Up front is a conducted trombone solo followed by everything we love about Bas...

The great Strayhorn tune set in a wonderfully playable chart with Holman's unique, clever approach. There are no unreasonable ranges in this piece, and there is solo space for alto, tenor and trombone...

As recorded by the Bill Holman Band on In A Jazz Orbit, here is his chart on the wonderful Gershwin melody. It is set at a bright, swinging tempo, and it contains solo space for tenor sax, trumpet, tr...

This chart is the exact, original one that Oliver Nelson wrote for his terrific L.A. band on the recording 'Live From Los Angeles.' This was taken directly from his score. A wonderful, laid-back chart...

Sierra continues to find the lost treasures from Maynard Ferguson's Birdland Dream Band Library. Willie scored this Miles Davis classic to feature four different saxophone players. A typical chart for...

As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra and Jean Turner, this chart used to be Jean's opener when she sang with the Kenton Band. Holman sets the mood right from the top, and things swing on from ther...

If there is one chart which seems to capture the essence of Stan's mid-fifties bands, this is the one! The chart swings like mad from downbeat to the end. This is one of Holman's best early charts, an...

A fun-filled, exciting chart on the old tune. Commissioned as a surprise birthday present for Stan. Trumpet and Trombone solos, and a very clever Holmanesque treatment. Every jazz library should have...

Lennie wrote a magnificent dance book for Stan in the early '60's. This chart was from that period, and it is a full blown jazz chart that really cooks! It has been edited so that it can be played by...

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 great chart is recorded on the 'Tonight Show Band, Volume II ' CD (Amherst Records). Man, talk about a romp-stompin' chart ...... this one is sensational. John has set this in its classic boogie-...

This wonderful, melodic Mercer Ellington tune is beautifully arranged by Tommy Newsom, and it is recorded on the Tonight Show Band CD 'Once More With Feeling' (Amherst Records). This wonderful chart f...

This great chart is recorded on the 'Tonight Show Band, Volume II ' CD(Amherst Records). It has a bit of the Basie touch to it, but it is a very original chart by the great John Bambridge. There is sp...

Ernie Wilkins was one of the most successful contributors to Maynard's amazing big band library. This original is an alto saxophone feature set in a slow, swinging tempo, with a really clever melody a...

Oliver's arrangement of this tune (also know as 'East Side, West Side') is playful in its ensemble writing as it alludes to the hustle and bustle of NYC. The bulk of this chart, though, is really a sh...

Every band from Tommy Dorsey to the Tonight Show Band to Ted Heath seemed to have a version of this great Sy Oliver tune. Bob Curnow compiled some of those versions into one great, new arrangement. It...

Much like Neil Hefti's 'Li'l Darlin',' this Billy Byers original exemplifies quiet, warm ensemble writing at its finest. There is also the contrast of a strong shout section before returning to the qu...