Anspruchsvolle Noten für Big Band

This was recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on Back To Balboa, and it is a highly original, exciting chart (latin/swing) on a great standard tune. Johnny Richards wrote for Kenton as well as anyone...

This chart has appeared on a couple of different albums over the years ('Kenton Classics' and 'Hits'). It is typical, swinging Rugolo as he was writing in the late '40's. Solos for trumpet, alto, bass...

This is a somewhat 'unknown' chart which Hank did for Kenton in the last years of the band (it never got recorded) and, in many ways (Curnow's opinion) it could be the best! It is written in 5/4, has...

Mulligan's writing for the Kenton Band was fairly minimal in quantity but extraordinary in quality. He had a profound effect on the band and the writers to follow him. This composition was recorded in...

This may be the all-time greatest jazz arrangement of a standard tune. Recorded on the Contemporary Concepts LP, this great standard is turned into a marvelous vehicle for solo statements from alto, t...

Russo always created wonderfully interesting (and challenging) arrangements of standard tunes. He explores unusual instrumentation and exciting new harmonizations. Recorded on the Kenton Sketches on S...

This is one of the many wonderful charts arranged by Lennie for the Stan Kenton Orchestra. He is able to capture the Kenton sound without a lot of high-range problems or difficult concerns for the pla...

This is NOT the Glenn Miller version of this tune. Gene Roland arranged this for the Kenton Band (recorded on the 'Live at the Tropicana' CD), and it swings like crazy! There is a nifty pattern create...

Bill Holman has created a rollicking, swinging, wonderful 'tribute' to Woody Herman with this great chart. As recorded on 'Bill Holman Band Live' (jazzedmedia.com), this chart features solos for tenor...

This is a wonderful chart, an old tune in a new dress, as only Bill Holman can do it. It's the exact chart as recorded by the terrific Charlie Barnet Big Band. The tempo is bright, a swinging excursio...

This chart is not for the faint-of-heart. It moves at a fast, swinging pace, and it captures the spirit of Parker's classic bebop tune, including the humor. As recorded on the new CD 'The Bill Holman...

As recorded on the new CD 'The Bill Holman Band Live', this chart features two tenor saxophone players throughout, playing together and separately. This is the ideal solo vehicle for your tenor player...

As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra (Creative World CD) on ' Live at Redlands University', this chart is a rip-roaring latin and swing chart that just flies along. There is solo space for alto sa...

As recorded on the new CD 'Hommage', Holman has written a witty, musical, fun-filled 'fantasy' on the well-known American tune (as in 'You are my....') with lots of space for creative playing, and the...

What a marvelous chart this is! The 'engine' which keeps on going is a 4-bar vamp in the rhythm section. It occurs throughout the piece and ties everything together beautifully. Set in a bright swingi...

As recorded on 'Tonight Show Band, Vol. 1' (Amherst), Holman has set this wonderful standard in a hard-driving swing, with lots of great ensemble section writing. The piece features a challenging trum...

As recorded by the Tonight Show Band on 'Once More With Feeling' (Amherst), this wonderful chart is the hottest 'flag-waver' of all time. Holman starts things out with the trumpet section's 'call to a...

As recorded by the Tonight Show Band on 'Once More With Feeling' (Amherst), this bright, swinging chart is a blast ! Bill Holman is at his best, weaving descending unison lines with the tune stated by...

As recorded by the Tonight Show Band on 'Once More With Feeling' (Amherst), this is one of Tommy's 'classic' charts .... swinging, inventive and just plain wonderful. The arrangement moves through a s...

This wonderful chart is recorded on 'Tonight Show Band, Vol. 2' (Amherst). Once again, Holman takes a fresh look at a great standard tune. Although the piccolo, flute and clarinet doubles make this a...

Tauchen Sie ein in den unvergesslichen Zauber der Swing-Ära mit dem legendären Klassiker „Moonlight Serenade“, erschienen bei Belwin Music. Dieses meisterhafte Arrangement für Big Band mit Gesang vers...

Bringen Sie pure Lebensfreude und unbändigen Swing auf die Bühne mit dem zeitlosen Jazz-Klassiker „When You're Smiling“! Dieses erstklassige Big-Band-Arrangement aus dem renommierten Hause Walrus Musi...

Up tempo swinger. Feature Mel Lewis & Louie Bellson. Drawn out melody line set stage for some driving rhythm, followed by whole chorus of full ens w/drums playing fills. Drum & Tenor solos. Recorded b...