Anspruchsvolle Noten für Big Band

Recorded by the Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band on the Grammy-nominated album March Of The Tadpoles, this swing excursion gives three soloists -- piano, trumpet (or flugelhorn), tenor sax -- am...

This contemporary fast swing chart utilizes dense clusters, challenging chord changes, and unpredictable form lengths. Solos are included for tenor, trombone and drums. 4th Trumpet doubles on flugelho...

There are two things you can always count on from Tom Kubis - a great chart and a great title! He writes skillfully, seriously, and often with a sense of humor. In this original he tips his hat to one...

Standard jazz ensemble, SATTB saxes. We welcome Tom Kubis to the Kendor family of writers with this swing chart that definitely lives up to its name. Solos are offered for soprano sax, trumpet and tro...

If you really want to grab your audience's attention, program this medium slow swing original. Proficient groups will find the feel of this chart resembles the John Coltrane classic, Equinox. Well orc...

This medium swing original is the title track from a recent recording of the H2 Big Band entitled You're It! (Jazzed Media 1053). The band features the writing of Dave Hanson and is co-led by acclaime...

This classic chart is taken directly from the original ink parts that were on the stands at the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra (now the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra) debut performance in February 1966...

Diese Melodie von Jimmy Van Heusen und Sammy Cahn wurde ursprünglich für den Rat-Pack-Film "Robin and the Seven Hoods" geschrieben. Wunderbar melodisch und visuell aufregend im Konzert, war es Sinatra...

Holen Sie sich den unvergleichlichen Zauber von Frank Sinatra und Count Basie direkt auf Ihre Bühne! Mit „Fly Me To The Moon“ in der legendären Version des Kult-Albums „Sinatra at the Sands“ präsentie...

As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on 'Contemporary Concepts,' this publication completes the goal of getting this entire watershed recording into print. It is the quintessential feature for alt...

This great chart is recorded (1999) on the Azica CD 'Swingin' the Blues.' Holman grabs this simple Ellington tune and runs with it. The arrangement is yet another amazing example of Bill Holman's extr...

Oliver Nelson delivers great arrangement after great arrangement, and this one is no exception! A quick, uptempo swing tune, ''Gon Gong'' is the perfect ''opener'' for any program. Featuring primarily...

This is the original Billy Byers arrangement made famous by the Basie Band as recorded on the 'Pop Goes the Basie' album! Up front is a conducted trombone solo followed by everything we love about Bas...

We are excited to put into print this terrific swingin' Al Cohn arrangement as played by the Maynard Ferguson Big Band on their album, 'Come Blow Your Horn'. Also available in an edited version, it fe...

Erleben Sie einen zeitlosen Jazz-Klassiker in einem wahrhaft meisterhaften Gewand: „Just Friends“ im grandiosen Swing-Arrangement der Legende Bill Holman. Dieses außergewöhnliche Werk für Big Band bes...

Boy, you talk about a wonderful Trombone Feature .... this is IT ! It has been recorded by trombonists Jiggs Whigham and Andy Martin, and will certainly go down as one of the best Trombone features ev...

This amazing work was commissioned by the I.A.J.E, ASCAP and the Dizzy Gillespie Commissions and was premiered at the IAJE Conference in New York City. It is a piece approximately 12 minutes in length...

This chart is the exact, original one that Oliver Nelson wrote for his terrific recording More Blues and the Abstract Truth. This was taken directly from his score. A wild, wonderful, multi-metered li...

Hank contributed so much to the Kenton book in the '70's, and this chart is one of the best of the bunch. A lovely, melodic, easy-flowing piece in 5/4 which is a great vehicle for getting into odd-met...

Recorded in 1953 on the Kenton Showcase album (This music is available from Mosaic Records in their Russo/Holman CD set.), this is a medium tempo swing chart which was (and still is) very different an...

Holman wrote this to feature (of course) Zoot Sims on tenor saxophone. This is a feature throughout the chart and is a typical 'swinger' in the Holman style of the early 1950's. The only recording is...

If there is one chart which seems to capture the essence of Stan's mid-fifties bands, this is the one! The chart swings like mad from downbeat to the end. This is one of Holman's best early charts, an...

Bringen Sie den unverwechselbaren Swing-Sound der goldenen Jazz-Ära auf Ihre Konzertbühne! Mit „Shiny Stockings“, einem der zeitlosen Meilensteine des Big-Band-Repertoires, verzaubern Sie Ihr Publikum...

Gordon Goodwin gives this easy-to-play holiday chart a jazz waltz treatment. Features include: a soprano sax part (alternate alto 1 part), a 2nd alto part with flute (alternate 2nd alto sax-only) and...

Rich DeRosa continues to amaze us with his clever arrangements of traditional Christmas songs. This time, he has incorporated this Christmas favorite with a Wayne Shorter style/ feel, and the result i...