Walrus Music Publishing

Beautiful traditional orchestration for Brass of a favorite Christmas Carol. Tune Recorded by many Artists: THE CHIEFTAINS, MORMAN TABERNACLE CHOIR, and ELVIS. Tpt. 1, top note B. Scored for: 2 Bb Tpt...

First performed Christmas eve in a small Austrian village church by a few singers with guitar accompaniment (performed by the composer, Franz Gruber) in 1818, this song has become the most recorded Ch...

The popular yet ancient melody has been attributed to a variety of composers, yet it still remains anonymous. This arrangement explores the tune from times past to the present. The first verse is tran...

The popular Christmas standard first appeared in 1839 in the key of Eb, the key of this arrangement in its entirety. It is a mixed meter Fantasy progressing through modulating colors and textures and...

This arrangement combines traditional form and chord structure with a more current harmonic language. It begins and ends in the traditional key of D with two modulations to F. The intro and interludes...

This carol has been attributed to several different composers, and in fact several different versions of the popular Christmas tune have been published in the last two hundred years. This 4/4 arrangem...

This medium level jazz influenced arrangement begins with a moderate waltz chorale that flows gently to a jazz waltz and then a moderate tempo bossa nova. Moderate ranges prevail with 1st Trpt. to con...

This is the tune an early theory teacher of mine used as an example of a minor key melody that doesn't evoke sadness or melancholy. That may or may not be true. The quintet begins with a dark poignant...

A surging powerful chart w/a decided funk flavor. Ladd took a 'Tower of Power' lick & wove this chart around it. Has an exciting melodic line & some great dialogue between the band & percussion/drums....

An original tune written on the changes to Body and Soul. Features alto and trumpet on the theme and the solos. This is an interesting arrangement. It has a balance of small band and a big band writin...

This chart pays tribute to the style of Neal Hefti's 'Lil' Darlin' and is dedicated to his lovely wife. While the score shows the featured instrument as Trumpet or Flugelhorn 2, parts include an Alter...

Selected as a finalist for the 2007 BMI/Charlie Parker Jazz Competition Award, this gorgeous jazz waltz was originally written as a surprise for his wife on their wedding day. Lush sonorities are achi...

This lovely ballad is the third movement of Foster's Count Basie Remembrance Suite. The lead Trombone is featured in an entirely written solo, except for a short improv cadenza on the ending. Also fea...

A 3/4 ballad features solo trombone. A fifth trumpet part could replace section 1st trombone. Lots of tension in this one built off of melodic minor lines and harmonies. Solo trombone to high C, lead...

Begins as a ballad, double times to a jazz waltz, and settles into a jazz samba. Features tenor or optional solo flute on very difficult chord changes. Flute doubles in Alto 1 & 2, and Tenor 2. Flugel...

This is a medium tempo AABA bluesy shuffle in F minor that features the top three trombones on solos and the entire section in an 'a capella' soli. The 3rd Trombone solo is cued in one of the tenor pa...

A medium-up tempo in a 12-bar form that's almost a blues. Features trumpet or trombone solo exchanges with sax solis and alto or tenor solo exchanges with brass solis plus a string of exciting contrap...

This chart is dedicated to Horace Silver & Blue Mitchell. Written in a small group within a big band, it contains all of the elements of Horace's style. Solos for piano & trumpet. As recorded by the J...

This chart is a soprano feature with a straight eights bed that builds to a high point for lead trumpet solo. Modal changes with rich textured backgrounds. It evokes a Scottish Highland flavor with an...

Joseph Zynczak was a close friend and publishing attorney of John's for over thirty years. The chart reflects the energy with which he tackled the business at hand. He was as relentless in his challen...

One of Pat La Barbera's newest compositions that is a cross between a C minor and an F minor blues with a couple of extra bars thrown in for good measure. Arranged by John. Solos for Trumpet, Trombone...

The National Anthem featuring Soprano sax as recorded by the Tom Kubis Big Band. Easy medium for the band.

Slow dirty blues with clarinet and trumpet solos, plunger muted brass, clarinet lead in sax section (on tenor part) and alternating double time feel to keep the rhythm section on their toes. As record...

The Quiet Corner sets a gentle but slightly funky groove full of soft colors and smooth textures, courtesy of muted brass, flugelhorns, and the flutes. The chord changes are lush and rich and fun to b...

Beautiful, contemporary 12/8 feel, featuring solo bone and tenor sax. 4 flugels with saxes on unison flutes at beginning. Solos begin with a semi-free feel that can be opened up. Unison trumpet soli o...