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This chart is anything but predictable and takes your band and your audience on an exciting ride, from the opening hip hop feel to the pulsating swing. Bluesy in character, this chart is filled with t...

Blues in F. Swing: medium to up tempo. The tenors always get more solo space it seems than the alto players. Bert wrote this for his alto saxophone players so they would have some serious space to sho...

This Bb shuffle/swing/blues is a tribute to the late, great Ernie Wilkins. It makes a nice opener and you can add some rhythn choruses up front if desired. Saxes jump right out of the starting gate wi...

Here is a straight-ahead, swinging blues with a bridge. It features plenty of intricate ensemble work, a Tenor Sax solo, and a breakdown ostinato chorus that shows off the horns. The addition of an op...

A Tribute To Reverend Tongue is an up-tempo blues 'small group' chart that features the tenor trombone throughout the entire chart. The concept behind this chart was to feature my friend and colleague...

Exciting blues in a double-time, dedicated to a man who spent his life working with chemical and biological weapons ('bugs and gas'.) The unison shout section will leave the audience gasping for air....

This blues-rock tune will leave your audience screaming for more. Vocal 'rap' for any member of the band, with a vocal chorus by the entire horn section. Six horns: alto, tenor, bari, 2 trumpets, trom...

A tribute to Mingus, this medium almost-blues is full of surprises. Opens with bass solo, then trombone solo, before the first head. Six horns: alto, tenor, bari, 2 trumpets, trombone, and rhythm.

This is a medium shuffle blues (quarter note=132) in D flat, originally scored by Frank Foster for the Basie Orchestra. It has now been reduced for a little big band--(2tpt, 1 t-bone, 3 saxes, and rhy...

A straight ahead E-minor blues with a little something extra. Imitative counterpoint in the intro and head. Overall solo form is two choruses of blues, a sus-chord focused bridge, and a final chorus o...

The Blues in Overdrive is just what it says and means, the blues played at a very challenging tempo, 270+= BPM, in a hard-bop style. Every section of the band is challenged both with written parts and...

No-Name Game is a cooking shuffle in Ab based on a 16-bar blues pattern. Features solo space for Alto and Trumpet 2 to stretch out, with an exciting shout chorus. A great opener with a solid groove an...

Written by W.C. Handy 'The Father Of The Blues'. Recorded by Harry James and Nat King Cole. Great down home feeling arrangement. Open section for all to solo. Tpt. 1 top note 'A' top of staff. Scored...

A medium to up tempo shuffle adapted from the original recording, Friday Night at the Cadillac Club is a tenor feature with open solo opportunities for guitar and piano/organ. Guitar can be optional....

Walrus Little Big Band Charts Series Fast altered blues. Solos for trumpet and tenor sax. Contrasting ensemble interludes and a shout chorus with a surprise ending. Top trumpet note: written F above t...

From arranger Ron Jones: 'This chart was created as a showcase for my all-star Infuence Jazz Orchestra made up of the top session and jazz players in L.A. I usually put it at the end of the second set...