Duke Ellington Big Band Noten

Duke Ellington's 'Blue Goose' is a beautiful medium swing tune based on 'Star Dust' with a soprano and bari sax introduction and short solos for trumpet, trombone, and tenor. Featuring a sax solo with...

A movement from Duke's masterpiece, Black, Brown, and Beige, this is a slow blues that features the trombone section, and short solos in call and response for tenor sax and trombone. An unaccompanied...

A movement from Duke's masterpiece, Black, Brown, and Beige, this is a slow blues that features the trombone section, and short solos in call and response for tenor sax and trombone. An unaccompanied...

One of Ellington's first hits from 1926, this moderate two-beat chart features a classic Bubber Miley plunger trumpet solo, as well as great ensemble writing for all sections. Can be done with tuba or...

What better way to introduce the music of Duke Ellington to your young jazzers than with this wonderfully scored arrangement by Michael Sweeney? Even at this easy level, this chart really swings and w...

Including open solo space for any player, here's a swingin' chart on the Ellington classic arranged for a small group setting.

Here is the classic Ellington swinger in a fabulous version for younger players. The drive and excitement of the original is still there as Mark starts out with a small combo of 2 tenors and 2 trombon...

Adapted from the arrangement that John Clayton did for Dianne Reeves and the WDR radio big band in Cologne, Germany, here is a moderately slow and sulty swing version of the Duke Ellington favorite. A...

Maybe not as well-known as some other famous Ellington standards, yet What Am I Here For? is an engaging and tuneful composition that certainly deserves more notice. Arranged in a medium swing style,...

Nobody could swing like the Duke! Here is his medium swing standard In a Mellow Tone skillfully arranged for the six-horn format that also includes solos for trumpet and alto sax. The shout chorus is...

Here's one of the iconic tunes from Duke Ellington in a swingin' chart scored for the little big band format. Mark really gets the most out of just the six horn parts in this great sounding chart! Sol...

Here is a creative chart in the little big band format on Duke Ellington's classic swing tune. Solos are included for tenor sax and trumpet.

One of the all-time Ellington classics is this elegant medium swing tune. Mark's smooth arrangement features plenty of rich ensemble scoring plus solos for trumpet and trombone.

Billy Strayhorn's iconic jazz standard, recorded by Duke Ellington, is skillfully adapted in this easy version. From the trademark introduction, saxes on the main theme, and short written or ad lib. s...

Warner Bros. Publications is proud to present this important new series, Jazz at Lincoln Center Library. Each selection was selected by the Center's musical director, Wynton Marsalis, for Essentially...

Warner Bros. Publications is proud to present this important new series, Jazz at Lincoln Center Library. Each selection was selected by the Center's musical director, Wynton Marsalis, for Essentially...

This Duke Ellington classic is now in a very easy and playable arrangement by young band specialist Paul Cook. Paul has a way of making these easy level charts sound so right, yet be so easy to play....

This Duke Ellington classic is now in a very easy and playable arrangement by young band specialist Paul Cook. Paul has a way of making these easy level charts sound so right, yet be so easy to play....

This Duke Ellington classic is now in a very easy and playable arrangement by young band specialist Paul Cook. Paul has a way of making these easy level charts sound so right, yet be so easy to play....

Even though they call him 'Duke,' Ellington is actually the King of Jazz! The year 1999 marks the 100th anniversary of his birth, and there's no better time to add this classic Ellington chart to the...

We are proud to offer a special Dave Wolpe arrangement of this sultry Ellington classic to celebrate the Duke's centennial year. Dave's writing for jazz ensemble and solo vocalist will really show off...

Jelly Roll Morton always claims that one of the essential elements from the very first days of jazz was the break. A break was when the regular rhythm was suspended, and one of the players had to step...

Warner Bros. Publications is proud to present this important new series, Jazz at Lincoln Center Library. Each selection was selected by the Center's musical director, Wynton Marsalis, for Essentially...