Latin Big Band Noten

Haunting bossa nova with solo section for alto saxophone improvisation.

Bright bossa composed by Louie Bellson, as played with his big band. Great feature for the bari sax and guitar, with optional piano solo.

Receives play on several stations. A hot samba inspired by Chick Corea. Piano solo. Recorded by Pat Longo on 'Extreme Heat'.

Written by Gerhard Guter half a year after losing his father, this piece is a celebration of the joy-filled, mostly care free life of Kurt Guter. While a ballad might seem a more conventional dedicati...

Upbeat samba in F minor and major. Features tenor sax and a drum break that can be opened up. Trumpet goes to high D mostly (briefly to an Eb towards the end). 5,4,4,P,B,D, perc optl.

Here's a suave, beautiful and extremely playable bossa nova designed to feature your alto sax soloist and second trumpet. A memorable melody is supported by sophisticated, yet accessible harmonic moti...

Here's a happy bossa for your band to work on. Your lead trombone gets the opportunity to play a sweet melody and later take a solo over some fun chord changes. This tune has a relaxed, Latin feel! Th...

This light, fun, happy original bossa will make a great addition to your library. The tune has plenty unison, ensemble and some nice counterpoint to make it interesting. It includes an open solo secti...

Written for the Missouri All-State Jazz Band, this high-energy mambo chart features soloists from the saxophone and trumpet sections. Careful research went into the creation of the rhythm section part...

This is an Afro-Cuban style cha cha with intermittent moments of Afro-Cuban 12/8 (bembe). It features an extended sax soli with hints of Eddie Harris in there. While solos for alto sax and guitar are...

Quick moving bossa nova features a small group of muted Trpt, Bone, Alto & Piano. Flexible solo section follows for any number of soloists. Next a full chorus sax soli to the climatic out chorus. Reco...

Designed to showcase your flugel or bone. Written for Bobby Shew. Interesting changes & pretty bossa w/dbl. x samba vamp.

Based on 'It Could Happen To You', the chart alternates between bossa nova and swing feels, and the keys of Eb and G. A sax soli chorus proceeds solos by trumpet or trombone, and alto or tenor, each w...

G minor. Medium tempo cha-cha, Alto sax, trombone and drum/percussion solos. Very tuneful and easy to conceptionalize. Fiery Santana-ish shout chorus. Lead trumpet has one high written D, but is below...

Watch what happens when your band plays this medium-up swing/Latin chart! It's loosely based on not one, not two, but three jazz standards. It swings so cool and sways so gentle, your audience will sa...

Arrangement by Michael Abene. Bright Samba. Joyful, challenging, fun chart. This is the second of two great arrangements done by Mike Abene for the Netherlands Metropole Orchestra's recording featurin...

This is a Brazilian choro for big band. Choro (sho-ro) is a traditional Brazilian music style from the 20's and 30's. It is similar to rag time and Dixieland in its form treatment and counterpoint cha...

This is a Brazilian jazz piece for big band that combines jazz with a simple folk-like motive developed through many rhythmic and harmonic settings. The groove frame is inspired by two Brazilian North...

This is a really fun piece that mixes a Brazilian Maracatu groove with a New Orleans second line groove. It features the tenor saxophone, trumpet, trombone, and drum set as soloists. Piano, guitar and...

This is a Brazilian jazz piece for big band that combines jazz with Frevo. Frevo is a rhythm from Northeast Brazil, normally played during the carnival. Frevo is played at a medium to fast tempo, ofte...

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...

Snowbird Samba is a frisky up tempo samba featuring a front line of two soprano saxes and two trumpets. It has a lot of open blowing space for soloists in all sections. The recording features this ver...

This solo trumpet feature begins with a slow, spacey, zero gravity chorale that returns near the end with a high energy samba foundation. The main body is comprised of melodies supported by a 4/4 doub...

Iberian Fantasy, an up-tempo samba, written and recorded by Buddy Rich at the 1984 Berlin Jazz Festival is a demanding and exciting chart, but musically quite straightforward. If you have a good lead...

An intermediate level big band arrangement. Scored for five saxes (AATTB), four trumpets, four trombones, piano, guitar, bass and drums. The trumpet range goes up to the G just above the staff. This i...