Jim Weisheit Big Band Noten

Up-tempo Swing. This driving, exciting piece explores changes from stability to instability and back to stability again. Quick, explosive motifs in the beginning of the piece give way to a developing...

Foundations was written in honor of Dan Burkholder, the first jazz band director at the Univ of Texas at Arlington. This ballad is a flugelhorn feature throughout. Starting with a lush introduction wi...

Albequirky was written for the 2007 New Mexico All State Jazz Band. A cross between a tribute to Benny Golson and Thelonious Monk, this relaxed swingin' chart (q=116) features comfortable ensemble wri...

Tunnel Vision was commissioned by the Keokuk High School Jazz Program in Keokuk, IA. This chart makes a great complement to straight-ahead swing tunes with its straight-eighth, cross-stick groove. A n...

Wtih a drum solo out front, this up-tempo swinger features modal A sections and simple changes on the bridge, serving as a great introductory chart to faster playing without all the complicated chord...

Great swing chart. Front line baritone sax & flute unison with nice ensemble writing. Dbls.

Swing chart featuring trombone solo.

Medium swing chart featuring trumpet & tenor solos.

Medium swing chart featuring trumpet and bass solos on this Lionel Hampton-Ruby Fisher chart.

Medium swing chart featuring trumpet solo.

Easy melody, easy groove, Ensemble feature, medium swinger.

Lots of deft Anderson touches in this hard-swinging Lionel Hamilton-Ruby Fisher tune featuring extended tenor and trombone solos, brief piano solo.

Starts with slow/moody intro. Solo piano has written solo followed by written flugelhorn solo over lush trombone chords. Drums set-up new medium fast swing tempo and we're off with a minor-key tune th...

A medium-slow tempo swinger (quarter=100) with lush chords and a pretty melody. Solos in piano and trombone 2 with a brief sax soli. A good chart for the high-level high school band which gives trumpe...

This medium-up swinging chart is reminiscent of Bob Bookmeyer's early writing for big band. The chart containes tenor and trombone solos that can be opened up as well as some extreme register work by...

Part II is a medium-swing composition in 3/4 that features a linear melody across each section of the ensemble. The trumpet section doubles on flugel horn and provides subdued orchestrations throughou...

The title 'Jazz Mind' refers to the thought process of the jazz musician who is intently focused and yet easily distracted to new ideas. This dichotomy is represented in Jazz Mind by a light hearted '...

This is an in-your-face high energy feature for ensembles that wish to showcase the skills of the entire band through varying time signatures and grooves. Alternating between Afro-Cuban and swing, Dou...

A medium-up swing chart based on advanced chord changes. It features trumpet, trombone, guitar (opt) stating the melody, with solos in trumpet, piano & sax soli. The 'big' ending allows the chart to w...

Hard swinging Art Blakey styled medium tempo F minor blues. Solos for trumpet and trombone and/or alto. Recorded by the Kansas City Boulevard Big Band on 'Stellar' on Sea Breeze Jazz.

Medium up swing chart based on the chord changes to a similarly titled standard. Features exciting ensembles and solos for trumpet and tenor. Recorded by the Kansas City Boulevard Big Band on 'Stellar...

This is a medium to medium-up tempo swing for younger bands based on the changes to a sweet tune. Brass ranges are very reasonable with some interesting amount of rhythmic challenge and hemiola along...

From the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, 'Swing Dance Tour' of 2000. Swing Tempo; approx. 140-145 bpm to the 1/4 note. Swing chart with a modern harmonic appeal, flanked by traditional vocabulary. Solo...

From the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, 'Swing Dance Tour' of 2000. Swing Tempo; approx. 140-145 bpm to the 1/4 note. Requires an 'Ellington Feel'. Solos (as assigned by leader). Modal changes as assi...

Shuffle / swing chart with Tpt., Gtr., and Bone solo. The chart is fairly demanding for the reed section at times. Approx. 140-145 bpm to the 1/4 note. Demands swing style similar to Thad Jones/Basie....