Latin Big Band Noten

A really delightful samba! 339 measures of pure delight! Features soprano sax and flugelhorn, as well as drums and bass. This is one your band will want to play and play and play..... the samba we've...

What a wonderful jazz chart! The theme is stated with a bossa nova feel by tenor and flugelhorn, followed by exciting ensemble sections (highest trpt. note a written D). This is a great opportunity to...

This is a drum set feature which really shows off your drummer. Steve Houghton uses this in his performances. It opens with a Cute (Hefti) - like feel (brushes and a neat, light be-bop line), goes int...

Dan Haerle has created a very nice, very hip latin chart with a great melody. There is a written-out trumpet solo in this modern, catchy chart. It is surely very playable by most bands and a great sel...

Bob Curnow has written some marvelous arrangements of Metheny/Mays music in the past, and this chart surely belongs to that wonderful 'new' big band literature he has created with such pieces as 'The...

Fred has written a wonderful medium-tempo bossa nova chart with a nice solo exposure for guitar (or piano if no guitar). The piece is very smooth in its effect, with changing textures throughout. All...

This is one happy chart! It starts with the trombones laying down a nifty bass line, and then a great groove with a calypso pattern. Trumpets take the melody, and things cook on from there. Solos for...

As recorded by Count Basie on the Roulette LP (Vogue CD) 'The Legend', this is an up-tempo latin and swing chart. Solo space is provided for tenor sax, trumpet and drums. There is an 'open' solo for y...

Fred wrote this exceptional latin chart to feature tenor saxophone on a written and improvised solo. Once again, the ranges are all very reasonable, and the chart is fresh, interesting and very exciti...

Here is another fantastic trumpet feature for a fantastic trumpet player. A great ballad standard in a gorgeous setting! There are two solo parts provided, Maynard's version and one for mere mortals....

The publication of this piece is dedicated to the memory of Manny Albam, the composer. Bob Curnow took the original orchestration (as recorded by Stan Kenton's Innovations Orchestra) and scored it for...

This is a new edition (Finale computer notation) of the original arrangement, with no editing. Instrumentation requires 1 alto, 2 tenors, baritone and bass saxophone, 5 trumpets, 4 horns in F, 4 tromb...

Saxophonsatz: 1 Alt-, 2 Tenor-, 2 Bariton-Saxophone

A samba in 7/4 ...... only Hank could make that work! This is a tough chart, but well worth the effort. Exactly as recorded on the 'Live at Butler University' CD. Trumpet, alto saxophone and drums are...

Movement I (of 7) of the Cuban Fire Suite. Finally ... the definitive version of this magnificent music. The first of seven movements published by Sierra Music. The original score of Richards' was the...

Kenton had many hits over the years, and this very creative arrangement by Pete was one of them. A great Latin setting with that unforgettable trombone lick in the shout chorus. There is room at the e...

Johnny Richards at his best! A very playable chart without a lot of range concerns for brass. A bass trombone feature from beginning to end, in a Latin and a Swing feel. This chart is recorded on the...

As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on 'Live at Brigham Young University,' this may well be Willie's best chart done for Stan. Maiden uses a latin feel, the lush sound of the trombones and saxoph...

As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on 'Back To Balboa' (Capitol)

This is a gorgeous feature for tenor saxophone (there is also a piano solo). Sensuous, warm, lush ..... all those good things. Set in a slow bossa-nova style, this lyrical piece will please your playe...

A medium latin groove setting for a marvelous trombone solo on the melody. Room to improvise for the soloist leads to a great, swinging shout section before returning to the latin feel and a beautiful...

As recorded on 'Tonight Show Band, Vol. 2' (Amherst), this chart won a Grammy for best big band arrangement. Holman took this great standard, put it in 3/4, and wrote scintillating counter lines that...

If you know 'The First Circle' or 'Minuano,' then you'll have some sense of what this incredible composition is all about. The chart is almost 700 measures long, and it contains all of the elements th...

This fantastic samba has it all! It's written in an extended blues format and features an a capella ensemble, lots of space for solos and a high-flying sax soli.