Henry Wolking: Mittelschwere Noten

This Samba is the second chart I wrote for Ashley Alexander following Super Frank. Like Super Frank, it has a well-defined 32 bar head and inventive ensemble interactions with the trombone soloist. Iv...

Swing, Medium Blues. Instrumentation: 5 Saxes (flute on 1st alto and 1st tenor),5 trumpets,4 Trombones,Guitar, Piano, Bass, Drums.Soloists - Trombone, Trumpet , Tenor Sax. My Grannys Hand Blues Commis...

Medium Up Tempo Swing.Other than sharing a common tempo and style, Jelly Roll Morton would hardly recognize this quirky piece. Harmonically the term stomp implies a chromatic dominant chord progressio...

This arrangement takes its orchestration directly from Debussy's solo piano masterpiece, not the popular fake book lead sheet. Debussy's impossibly difficult to forget melodies, transitions and interl...

Trumpet feature in a subtle swing tune inspired by Bill Evans.

Medium Swing Hard Bop.Commissioned by Jim Boitos and the Illinois State University Jazz Ensemble, this hard blowing angular chart features the trombone section with a lot of powerful ensemble work. Th...

Beginning with a moderate waltz chorale, this wonderful old tune finds its groove as a bossa nova alternating with a jazz waltz. The C minor changes for solo trombone is in the relaxed bossa style. Th...

This medium level jazz influenced arrangement begins with a moderate waltz chorale that flows gently to a jazz waltz and then a moderate tempo bossa nova. Moderate ranges prevail with 1st Trpt. to con...

This is the tune an early theory teacher of mine used as an example of a minor key melody that doesn't evoke sadness or melancholy. That may or may not be true. The quintet begins with a dark poignant...

Style:up bop/supersax.5 Saxes: soprano 1, alto 2, alto 3, tenor 4, tenor 5, 1 Trumpet or Bb instrument (opt.),1 Trombone (opt.),Piano, Bass, Drums. Soloists: Piano, Drums, and optional from the above....

Grand scale medium tempo blues chart written in traditional 'Basie'. Some Sax dbls.

Hip shuffle w/solos for Guitar, Tenor, Trpt, Trbn & Drums. Some Sax dbls.

Inspired by 'Flowers All Over' a wonderful tune by Dutch pianist Jasper Van't Hoff, this even 8th medium tempo march/dance big band arrangement features soprano sax (alto 1), trombone, and drums. Autu...