Walrus Music Publishing

Rock Ballad. Piece was written for an Akai Electric Valve or Wind Instrument. However, it can be easily played by any treble clef instrument. EVI (EWI, treble-clef instr), Sop Sax, Piano, Guitar, Bass...

Dbl x swing chart w/a subtle use of Charles Mingus -Goodbye Pork Pie Hat+ melody. Fun to blow over. Scored for Soprano, Trpt, Tenor, Rhythm & Aux Perc

Double time latin chart composed for Herbie Mann. Exciting chart with a slow intro and easy changes. Scored for Alto, Trpt, Rhythm and Aux Perc

An ideal opener for a concert program. After a fanfare type intro, a straight-ahead driving rock lifts the band into a striking theme. Fiery vamp for the Alto solo, opt;l open for more. Scored for Alt...

Funk/rock song with Trpt/Bass playing a bop-like melody. Trpt, Alto Sax, Piano, Guitar, Bass & Drums

Lovely contemporary bossa w/nice flowing changes. Scored for (Opt Bb/Eb/C parts) Piano/Bass/Drums

Improvisational piece. Modal bass groove. Conceptually difficult. Scored for (Bb/Eb/C/Bass Clef parts) Piano/Bass/Drums

Exciting, very demanding head played by all! Samba/up-swing. Scored for (Bb/Eb/C/Bass Clef parts) Piano/Bass/Drums.

Contrasting extremes in style. Happy, foot-stomping gospel section. Scored for (Bb/Eb/C/Bass Clef parts) Piano/Bass/Drums

A 3/4 jazz waltz inspired by classic Flamenco dancers of Spain. Scored for (Bb/Eb/C/Bass Clef parts) Piano/Bass/Drums

Chart based on a 15 beat ostinato pattern, over which different metric schemes are superimposed. There is also a secondary theme in 5/4 time. The rhythmic feel is always straight eights, sometimes get...

Chart begins with a pianoless chorale in 4/4 time, accelerating into a train-like 6/4 samba feel. Three different 4-bar melodic sections are run over a rhythmic vamp, leading into 10-bar secondary sec...

Medium swing feel, and alternates between 6/4 and 4/4 time. The rhythm parts are fully notated on the head, and will challange the best band. The solos are mostly in 6/4 time, and a short written inte...

Chart combines bossa nova and samba feels along with 3/4 and 4/4 meters to make an interesting and harmonically complex composition. Backgrounds are provided behind the soloists. Scored for Trpt, Teno...

For those of you who have a teenager, A.D.I.L.O.T. is for you! A.D.I.L.O.T. (A Day In The Life of Tranae) is a commercial hip-hop tune composed for my daughter Tranae. The tune also contains plenty of...

Solo flugelhorn. The harmonic structure is fairly complex. AAB Form. Some sax dbls.

This fast swing starts with a signature concerted jagged figure, after which the rhythm section explodes with walking time. Octave horns enter with melodic fragments which lead to a middle section. Ex...

Medium tempo -neo-bop+ tune w/some alternating meters & a modal solo section. Scored for three horns [tpt/tenor/bone], &Rhythm Opt+l substitute parts in Bb, Eb, C, & bass clef for each horn part are i...

A fusiony ballad for three horns & rhy: solo soprano sax [optional Eb, C, & Bass clef parts included] trpt/flugel, +bone, keyboard/synth., elec. bass, drums & perc

To celebrate his move north, Berg has come up with this straight-eight composition featuring an angular line, mixed meters, and a tricky ensemble section. The horns include soprano sax, flugelhorn, an...

Here is a ballad which alternates between 4/4 and a slow swinging 3/4. This composition has heavily notated rhythm parts and complex harmonies and should be an interesting challenge for a top band. Th...

Scored for Trpt/Soprano-Tenor Sax/Rhythm. Easy blues w/a catchy head

Based on a constant pedal-point & a regular 2-bar accompanying pattern, this uneven-phrased angular melody line spins out into a open free solo section (on an opt+l D pedal). A short background or int...

Hadi's Feast is dedicated to Seattle trumpeter Hadi Alsaadoon. It is in 5/4 time w/ a straight-eight feel. Scored for: Soprano, Flugel, Trbn, & Rhythm

Combines a bright straight 8th feel with a predominantly minor chord structure, a lyrical melody, and a challanging ensemble chorus after the solos. It+s not a traditional blues, but the changes are u...