Jim Weisheit Big Band Noten

Holiday favorite, German folk tune. Recorded by Stan Kenton and Nat King Cole. Great medium swing treatment as featured in the film A Charlie Brown Christmas. Open section for all to solo. Tpt.1 top n...

Scott Joplin classic, made popular in the movie 'The Sting'. Alto sax feature, Tpt. 1 top mote 'A'. Scored for A/T/B/2 Tpts./1 Bone/Rhythm. Medium Difficult. Little Big Band Series.

Popular Folk Song from the Bahamas, first published in 1917, Orchestrated in a Cooking CALYPSO Style. The inter-locking Rhythm patterns make this a real HAND-CLAPPER. Revived in the 1960's , by THE KI...

Great arrangement of this pretty waltz classic. Tune recorded by Nat King Cole. Open section for all to solo. Trpt 1, Tope note F# (Top of staff) Scored for: A/T/B, 2 Tpts, 1 Bone, P/G/B/D. Complete t...

It's the BASEBALL SONG! Jazz waltz style. Open section with background for all to solo. Tpt.1 top note 'G' above the staff. Scored for A/T/B/2Tpts/1Bone/Rhythm. Medium Little Big Band Series.

Happy New Year! For the traditional Guy Lombardo sound...direct the saxes to use extra wide vibrato. Tpt. 1 top note G. Scored for A/T/B/2 Tpts/1 Bone/Rhythm. Medium. Little Big Band Series.

Favorite hymn orchestrated in a moderate jazz waltz feel. Tune recorded by many artists: Cece Wynans, Alan Jackson, Sandi Patty, Elvis. Complete Transposed Score.

An aggressive, driving straight-eigths chart that features guitar and alto 1 (solos in both), and the drums toward the end. The arrangement centers around modern harmony, rich textures, and an excitin...

Lengthy (~9:30). Up-tempo driving ECM feel/free. Rhodes piano (opt. piano). Woodwind doubles (soprano sax, clarinet/bass clarinet). Commissioned by the University of Oregon Jazz Ensemble and premiered...

Mineyo (Samba Min) was written by saxophonist Tim Ishii for his daughter. The arrangement remains faithful to the playful nature of the original tune, with solo space for anyone in the band. Beginning...

Commissioned by the Westwinds Jazz Orchestra in Calgary, Gozar is a high-energy chart with a 12/8 Afro-Cuban feel. Starting with open solo space for percussion or drumset, the bass enters with an osti...

Pulse was commissioned by the jazz program at Virginia Tech. Although this chart is a guitar feature, the solo part will work well for vibraphone, saxophone, or trumpet as well. This chart starts with...

The centerpiece of Dan's big band CD, Pulse, this three-movement suite with narrator features the poetry of acclaimed poet Timothy Young. A metaphor of a trip to the underworld, the poem examines them...

Nice arrangement of Johnny Warrington-Ruby Fisher chart. Ballad featuring trombone.

Ballad featuring trombone with x-time feel of this Johnny Warrington-Ruby Fisher chart.

Lew's exciting Latin-tinged blazer dedicated to his New York base. Tenor, trumpet & trombone solos punctuate this one.

In this Johnny Warrington-Ruby Fisher tune, Anderson sets woodwinds and muted trumpets over a samba rhythm with extended Flugelhorn and brief tenor solos. Saxes dbl. flute, clarinet. Recorded by the L...

This medium-up straight eighths chart is scored for soprano, 2 tenors, baritone, 4 tpt, 3 tbn and rhythm. It features solo flugelhorn on melody and improvisation, and there is also a trombone solo. So...

One of the winning compositions from the 2005 ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Awards competition, Hike!!! was premiered at the North Seas Jazz Festival in the Hague. Exciting meter changes and cl...

Winding Rose is an exhilarating composition that consists of clever melodies and an imaginative rhythmic treatment. Comprised of several tempo an meter changes, this piece begins with a slow introduct...

This is the first of three compositions that are based on the nearly 550 year old melody entitled L'homme arme (The Armed Man). This collection incorporates compositional techniques from renaissance c...

Part III is a high-impact feature of the L'homme arme melody set in various orchestrations. An up-tempo closer in 3/4, a drum solo begins this part accompanied by an ostinato bass line. The energy sta...

Funk fusion piece which was featured by Buddy Rich on his album 'Big Band machine'. Formerly published. Solo vehicle for soprano sax. Some parts difficult.

This is a very exciting, boiling-energy funk-fusion piece which challenges the whole band but features tenor sax & drums.Recorded by Bruce Lofgren Jazz Orch on ' The Blues and Other Passions'.

Looking for a great closer? This piece has an evocative, atmospheric introductory statement in half time which turns into a blistering jazz-rock-samba show-stopper that roars right on out. Flute dbls...