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From Composer Ron Jones: 'Level: Advanced level 6 Highest Lead Trumpet note: Written E above high C Winds of Change is a jazz-waltz with a tempo of a dotted half=205 BPM. When I conduct the piece with...

Bluesy, Thad-ish shuffle that features an extended workout for your saxophone section. Solos are open for anyone, and the chart stomps it's way through an exciting shout.

Medium tempo, kinda wild Thad style blues with plenty of challenging ensemble sections for your band to sink it's teeth into. Features piano, bari and tenor solo.

Driving Rock chart. A deceptively slow and pretty intro explodes into a burning rock beat. Chart builds and climaxes in a duel between soloists.

Trombone feature with a Rock and Roll groove and a quasi-Latin feel. Demanding chord changes for the Trombone soloist. Altos double on flute.

This chart exhibits the rhythmic excitement a real samba can evoke. Open solos. Sax doubles. As recorded by the Bill Watrous Big Band on Space Available. See master Otter CD catalog.

A driving funk tune with 'meaty' changes for any of your best solists to play on. This will get them off their feet.

Written as a piano feature, this grooving shuffle can easily be adapted to provide any soloist with plenty of space to stretch out. Humorous interchanges between the soloist and ensemble make this a s...

Features strong solo guitar throughout, starting with a bluesy rubato statement of the theme, followed by a burning gospel rock groove.

If you're feeling like a little '70's nostalgia, dial up this challenging opus, where the big band genre meets John Travolta. Just think, rap music will sound like this someday.

Starts out funky and stays there. If your alto sax soloist has studied his Dave Sanborn, then this is the feature for him.

Your soprano sax soloist will enjoy this pretty song, a shuffly rock ballad with a kind of Al Jarreau feel.

Written for, and in the sytle of the late pianist Bill Evans, this jazz waltz pleases with it's lyrical melody and intersting chord progression. Features a sax soli with soprano lead. Can feature any...

Written and recorded for acclaimed Los Angeles trombonist Andy Martin, this exciting samba pays tribute to Andy's favorite baseball team, the San Francisco Giants. You don't have to be a baseball fan...

Delicate jazz waltz written for Bill Evans. Some Dbls. No score. Scored for A,T,B. 2 Trpts, 1 Bone & Rhy.

Burning samba will push your band & audience to the limit. Definitely not for the squeamish. Dbls. Alto on soprano and Bari on flute. Scored for A,T,B, 2 Trpts, 1 Bone & Rhy. No score.

Open drum solo leads back to the head. Buoyant samba ala 'St. Thomas'. No score. Scored for S,T,B, 2 Trpts, 1 Bone & Rhy.

Driving rock shuffle starts out cool & builds to exciting conclusion. Ens writing features aa sections. Solo changes on all parts. Scored for A,T,B, 2 Trpts, 1 Bone & Rhy. No score.

Your band will schmooze it's way through a sassy melodic line while the rhythm cooks up a laid back jazz-rock shuffle. No score. Scored for A,T,B, 2 Trpts, 1 Bone & Rhy.

Ballad. Solos for Tenor 1 & tenor 2. Diff. Ens section. Requires mature band to make it sound right. No dbl.. Trpt written to high D, scored for Alto, tenors, Bari, 3 trpts, 2 Trbns & Rhythm. ALMOST B...

Slow blues. Features Piano solo. Guitar solo & an open solo section. Trpt written to high D, No Dbls.

Obviously, this is not a chart for those with a fear of ledger lines. Blowing changes appear for Trbn 1, & Guitar. This screams from downbeat to cutoff. Was commissioned by the U.S.A.F 'Airmen of Note...

Ia a samba feature for gifted alto and trumpet soloists. The chart is fairly demanding for the ensemble and does not attempt to avoid unconventional tonal centers (e.g. Cb Major). Despite the challeng...

1/4 note = 126. Even 8ths. Written for Flute, Tenor, Bass Clarinet, 2 Flugelhorns, 2 Trombones and 4 Rhythm. Commissioned by United States Air Force Band of the West. Open solo section.

Commissioned by the Southeast Iowa Bandmasters Association for the SEIBA Honors Jazz Ensemble, 'Bird Clues' is a 24-bar 'bird blues' bop vehicle that moves back and forth from F to Db (12 bars each)....