Jim Weisheit Big Band Noten

Fast be-bop. Bop City is a fun workout to rhythm changes. Students can swing on this arrangement at a slower tempo than that of the Live At Birdland recording, while advanced players can take the bull...

A driving shuffle groove a la Killer Joe makes this trad.. Christmas tune really come to life. Features Alto sax & keyboard. Lead Trpt to G5. Lead trumpet written to G5. Recorded by the Trilogy Big Ba...

Haunting melody is given a modern polychordal & mixed meter treatment. Solo for soprano, sax & piano. Recorded by the Trilogy Big Band 'Does Christmas' on Sea Breeze Jazz.

Commissioned by the Nova Jazz Orchestra in St. Paul, MN, 'A Time of Reckoning' is a piano feature, with additional solo space for guitar or vibes. This chart continues the long tradition of pieces bas...

Inspired by the harmonic and rhythmic components found in the music of Thelonious Monk, Hooked, features the saxophone section while the brass sections prod and propel with straight-eigth passages tha...

Straight eighths, medium tempo. Commissioned by saxophonist Dave Camwell, this piece features your soprano saxophonist. Starting with melodic ideas on solo soprano in the lush key of concert Gb, the b...

A slow, mysterious ballad feature for texor sax. Good from the mid-level high school band on up to the pros with lead trumpet only reaching B above the staff. Tenor plays melody and has a chance to im...

Good Morning to All is the original melody from which 'Happy Birthday' comes. Although 'Happy Birthday' is still under copyright, this arrangement of the original melody will be instantly recognizable...

Punch Took A Leap brings a harmonically and rhythmically fresh sound to literature that is specifically written for a high school level ensemble. Ideal for intermediate ensembles, this composition is...

this is a short piece in the Tex-Mex style. Which makes a great break tune or something to change the mood. One piccolo for sax part.

A Medium-Up shuffle on a familiar 16 bar tune by Sonny Rollins. It features some nice modern trumpet and saxophone ensemble figures over a catchy vamp with a Thad Jones inspired shout section. The sol...

You actually don't have to look too hard for the changes on this straight ahead blues tune as they are in every part (well, except for the drums). Includes a fun, rollicking sax soli and a kicking sho...

Commissioned by the Bernardo Yorba Linda Middle School to feature their drummer, Mark Tumlinson. A C minor blues with an open section for solos plus an extended drum solo. Medium up to up tempo.

Great ensemble written in the style of 'Nestico'. Alto solo.

Ruby Fisher ballad gets under your skin with Anderson-devised sweetly moody Flugelhorn setting out the theme.

Andersons dark, melancholy chart of Ruby Fisher ballad is a showy vehicle for tenor on theme & improv., 2nd & 4th trombone dbl. Euphonium. Doubles.

Ruby Fisher's affectionate ballad tribute to the late singer, Teddi King, has Flugelhorn introducing the melody. Sections keep building to trade-mark Anderson's climax. 2nd & 4th trombone dbl. Euphoni...

Easy - medium 3/4 time in jazz-pop style. Nice melody & changes w/Tenor sax feature. One sax part is piccolo.