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A very playable Latin chart that will be a great addition to your concert. Medium tempo with great melodies, hip harmonies and written solos. Easy to play while making your band sound full and rich. I...

This medium tempo Latin style chart will please audience and your musicians alike. Every section gets a chance to show off. Easy solo changes will allow everyone the chance to improvise. Very cool!

Extended blues form shifts from a Swing Shuffle to a Funk bridge then back again. Optional lead trumpet notes save chops but won't take the energy away from this chart.

That Toddlin' Town'. Medium Swing Tempo.

Medium fast modern swing chart with lots of unison and ensemble passages making this very playable.

Medium groove Basie style written as a tribute to the great Ernie Wilkins. This one really lays well with solos for tenor and trumpet. Includes well-written sax soli.

A tasty up-tempo swinger in the true Basie style. A great opener that has numerous solo spots to give everyone a chance to shine. This chart will give your band a solid mature sound. Includes an optio...

A medium tempo swinger featuring plenty of call and response hence the title 'Cross Talk.' A must for your library as it presents the classic big band jazz sound with the emphasis on call & response....

Here's a great Basie Style Swing chart! Starts off with a (written) piano solo, and then saxes take the theme before the rest of the band kicks in. Familiar Basie-style ending modulating upward, creat...

This medium tempo swing chart has a laid-back bouncy feel, and is very playable. Lots of space for solos on a blues scale. Goes together quickly, and bound to be a favorite for the band!

For band directors who have a good rhythm section and at least one soloist capable of handling a fast tempo, this one makes a great vehicle to show off your strong soloist(s). Based on the changes to...

Dies ist ein herausragendes Tribut an DEN großen Schlagzeugstar der Bigband-Szene, Gene Krupa. Obwohl sie kurze Trompetensoli mit Plunger beinhaltet, ist diese aussergewöhnliche Nummer in erster Linie...

That Toddlin' Town' Medium Swing Tempo

A real crowd pleaser at an easy level.

Has the feel of L'il Darlin' but quite different melodically and harmonically. Easy to play and very smooth. Ensemble Balld.

This beautiful Bossa Nova shows us Thad's sensitive side

A real Thad Classic made accessible by Mike Carubia. Higher brass notes removed, sax soli re-scored & it still sounds like Thad.

Written in the style of Sammy Nestico and the Count Basie Orchestra this composition captures the feel and excitement of the Basie band with limited brass ranges at a Grade 3 Level. Beginning and end...

Commissioned by Jim Dragovitch, director of the GW Hewlett HS Jazz Ens., this 16 bar tune features a unison melody carried by the trombones & tenors and plenty of Full Ens with short stop time before...

For band directors who have a good rhythm section and at least one soloist capable of handling a fast tempo, this one makes a great vehicle to show off your strong soloist(s). Based on the changes to...

Ein echter Brecher. Eine hart pulsierende Rocknummer mit einer funky Melodie. Das Stück ist als ein 16-taktiger Blues in F-Dur und mit einer Menge Raum für Soli all Ihrer Solisten geschrieben. Es bein...

Hier ist eine von Thad Jones' bekanntesten Kompositionen, die in F-Dur neu geschrieben wurde, um sie mit Schul-Jazzbands besser spielen zu können. 'Big Dipper' ist ein publikumsfreundlicher Blues, der...

Hier ist ein zeitloses Medley für Weihnachts- und Adventskonzerte, das fünf bekannte Weihnachtslieder beinhaltet: Oh Tannenbaum, Angels we have heard on high, The first Noel, Silent Night und Joy to t...