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Everything you'd want is contained in this impressive ballad feature for your tenor sax soloist. Varying moods including a reggae-flavored middle section make this definitely one not to be missed!

This lush and hauntingly beautiful ballad is the perfect showcase for your trombone soloist. Don't pass up this gorgeous chart!

Jeff Taylor's sensitive and dramatic contemporary ballad is loaded with lyrical magic and impact. Here's an exquisite feature for your tenor soloist that you really shouldn't pass up!

Your tenor soloist gets the spotlight in this gorgeous, contemporary ballad. Very impressive both in competition and concert!

QUIET TIME is a Basie-Styled ballad which effectively introduces young players to the rich voicings and extended harmonies of this important jazz style.

Shift the spotlight to your alto sax soloist for one of the hottest contemporary ballads in years. NIGHTWATCH will easily be a highlight on any of your programs.

From the mysterious intro through the haunting ballad section and into the samba-like improvisation, MYSTERY WOMAN will really let your tenor soloist shine!

This gorgeous. contemporary ballad features your trumpet (or flugelhorn) soloist. Makes a great change-of-pace selection on any program.

Jeff Taylor's Reminiscin' is another distinctive chart from the William Allen Publications Stage One Series. It's a full ensemble ballad for developing bands with a mellow sound and it's playable with...

This fine fresh ballad is written in the melodic and harmonic style of the late, great Henry Mancini. Although it is intended to be a lyrical trombone solo, an instrument favored by Hank, it is also s...

This contemporary pop-styled ballad spotlights a flugelhorn (trumpet) soloist and will round out your concert program beautifully.

A light rock ballad that's very playable yet with a surprising degree of sophistication and appeal. Can be effectively programmed as the second part of the Western Suite.

You can feature either an alto sax or trumpet soloist with this enchanting, pop-styled ballad. You'll really enjoy performing it!

A driving big band blues by a master of the craft. The ingenious use of counterpoint and powerful ensembles combine to produce a truly impressive chart that really 'cooks.'

A great 'tour de blues' by the writer of Nice 'n Juicy and Gospel John. As the title implies, it features a soli line of bari sax, bass trombone and bass. But before it's over, the whole band enjoys q...

Your band gets a heavy workout on this solid, hard-driving blues. Masterful counterpoint, fierce ensembles and plenty of room for solos highlight this important original that sure to become a standard...

After an effective stop-and-go head, this straight-ahead blues opens up and swings like crazy! By the writer of Buddy Rich's Big Swing Face.

A slow, down-home blues featuring the trombone section on the head with a driving double-time section for solos.

Really down and dirty! All you could ask for from a slow but screaming blues. This super chart features a brilliant double-time sax soli and solid shout choruses!

A Basie-styled blues that really 'cooks' yet is easily played. A natural as an opener on your program.

This exuberant big band blues is solidly written for younger players. There are blues choruses for your choice of soloists as well as some solid hard-driving ensembles!

This medium-tempo blues chart features 16-bar blues choruses for solos, solid band backup 'kicks', and some explosive ensemble writing for your younger ensemble.

No apology is really necessary for this exciting big-band blues! There's a great sax 'head' with solid brass punches and solos written on the standard blues changes. This dynamic new chart will really...

This solidly scored blues keeps the whole band swinging from beginning to end! Here's masterful big-band writing within the reach of almost any group.

Here's a dynamic medium shuffle that's ideal for developing jazz groups. There's some driving sax lines, short solos for various players and exciting choruses for the entire ensemble.