Big Band Original-Arrangements

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...