David Baker: Anspruchsvolle Noten

This is a great blues chart, and there are never enough of those! Lots of blowing space for lots of players makes this a fun-filled romp through the blues. David wrote this for his top-notch Indiana U...

This is one happy chart! It starts with the trombones laying down a nifty bass line, and then a great groove with a calypso pattern. Trumpets take the melody, and things cook on from there. Solos for...

Contemporary tune. Sectionalized as follows: (A) swing, (B) Latin, (C) modal vamp. Melody uses 4ths and pentatonics. No dbls. 10 brass (include tuba). Solos: trombone & trumpet.

A Lush, sensual melodic ballad a la Johnny Hodges followed by a long, open development section featuring soprano in a quasi-Coltrane section. Sax dbls. 10 brass (include tuba) Solos for Alto sax/Sopra...

A lilting Latin melody over an unusual form. Modal piece with a Gil Evans style introduction in brass. Fun to play on. Alto 1 dbl. soprano. 10 brass (include tuba) solos for trombone & guitar.

Nice easy swing. Exciting shout chorus in brass. 10 brass.

Slow 12/8 blues in the style of 'After Hours'. Attractive mixture of laid back 12/8 feel & an aggressive 3/4 swing. A virtuoso shout chorus in the saxes.

A festive, hard swinging blues with lots of blowing space. No solo, then guitar, then all instruments in a collective improv.

A hard-swinging shuffle. Great shout chorus with virtuosic sax writing. No dbls. 8 brass (no tuba). Solos for Alto & Trpt.

Bebop line with extremely angular & modern sounding chart. Theme is stated in octave line by flute, trombone & string bass. Lead alto dbl. flute. 10 brass.

Fast samba. Bitonals & unusual harmonic progressions. Lots of 'blowing' space. 10 brass.

A modern type tune with bitonals & a form that has straight combined with Latin. Based on the changes to 'Soon'. Reminiscent of 'Birth of the Cool' arrangements. Solo trumpet & tenor. No dbls. 10 bras...