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There are quite a few charts in the Kenton Library that stand out because of their extreme originality. This is one of them. It is also a very demanding and exciting chart. The melody and harmonic str...

As recorded by the Tonight Show Band on 'Once More With Feeling' (Amherst), John's arrangement (to quote Doc Severinsen), is a 'masterpiece.' We agree with that. The trumpet solo part is very short an...

This is surely one of Gershwin's most beautiful melodies,' and Potts arranged it to feature trumpet throughout (as recorded on the 1959 album 'The Jazz Soul of Porgy and Bess', featuring the Bill Pott...

This Cole Porter tune has become a jazz standard because of a great melody and great changes. Now we have a superb big band chart that really cooks! Hooper does not demand a lot of high notes, but the...

Les calls this funky, fire-spitting rock! This is another off the Hooper chicken rock charts. The style that Hooper has created in this type of tune is very unique and very exciting! (full score incl....

As recorded on the Les Hooper Big Band's Anything Goes, this is a lovely, contemporary, rock ballad, which features alto saxophone throughout. The band parts are very simple in content and easy to pla...

Vortex is '...the freshest, most innovative, hippest, intelligent, and artistic writing for large jazz ensemble that I've witnessed in years' - Fred Sturm. Patty has once again created a highly origin...

This cute little novelty piece is one that Stan Kenton would include in the program to feature the trombone section and Red Kelly on vocals.  It was recorded on 'Live at the Tropicana', and will make...

In 1953, Kenton recorded an album titled Sketches on Standards. It was a great recording containing the arrangements of Russo and Kenton. The piece has a wonderful trombone solo in it (as originally r...

Bob Curnow has a way of picking out the Metheny tunes that work so well in a big band setting. This chart is based on a bright, happy tune of Pat's. The medium tempo and contemporary feel make this a...

Bob Curnow continues to add to his catalog of arrangements of Metheny & Mays compositions. Metheny & Mays have given us a great upbeat rock tune with a beautiful melody! This chart will challenge and...

Hold on to your hat! This wild, hard-rock chart is unbelievable in it's energy, meter changes, strong rhythmic motifs and more. The opening is strong, with the whole band roaring and then settling int...

Here is another fantastic Metheny/Mays masterwork, orchestrated by Bob Curnow. The piece was originally recorded on the Speaking of Now CD by the Pat Metheny Group. This arrangement is loaded with lot...

Kid A' is the title track on Radiohead's 2000 album. Steve Owen's inventive big band arrangement is scored in 3/4 (unlike Radiohead's duple meter) with an ethereal introduction and ending separated by...

Radiohead performed '15 Step' in 5/4 on the 2007 CD In Rainbows, and arranger Matt Harris has transformed the original meter into a series of infectious grooves in 11, 3, 5, and 7. The piano, tenor, a...

Arranger Dan Gailey said that 'Knives Out,' recorded on Radiohead's 2001 CD Amnesiac, 'had me hooked the first time I heard it based solely on its beautiful melody.' Organically varied phrase lengths,...

Idioteque' was recorded on Radiohead's 2000 CD Kid A, and Patty Darling's chart is a model for arranging contemporary pop/rock music for big band. It's rare to find such an artful and creative score t...

Radiohead recorded 'All I Need' on their album In Rainbows in 2007. Arranger, Sherisse Rogers, conformed to the groove, melody, and bass line of the original, focusing her treatment upon reharmonizati...

Released in 1995 on Radiohead's second album The Bends, 'High and Dry' remains one of the band's most popular hits. Bob Washut's artful and passionate big band arrangement incorporates a mesmerizing 7...

Extensions is a funky, hip-hop fusion chart with nice mood changes throughout. This chart generates a lot of excitement without a lot of high blowing (written B in the trumpet part). This piece has an...

Omar Thomas has written a stunning, contemporary piece reminiscent of the style of the Pat Metheny Group. It has a straight-eighths feel with solos for piano and trombone. This chart requires soprano...

Eighteen is a flat-out, rock n' roll chart based on a tune from one of Pat Metheny's earlier albums, 'Offramp.' This chart has a hypnotic, powerful, energetic bass line. It is a soprano saxophone feat...

An exciting, contemporary rock / fusion piece which has been played on national television and by All-State jazz bands in Wisconsin, Texas, Georgia, and Alabama. Solo space for Tpt. and/or Tenor. (10...

Bob Curnow continues to add to his Pat Metheny Big Band Series with this wonderful light, laid-back, Latin-rock chart. It is very simple to play, with limited ranges in the brass and a level of writin...

Another amazing, exciting chart has been added to the Pat Metheny Series! Bob Curnow's arrangement of Metheny/Mays' composition 'Stranger In Town' hits you in the face right from the start and ends in...