Lennie Niehaus: Mittelschwere Noten

This arrangement of Duke Ellington's tune has interesting parts for all players. There are solos, solis, and tutti passages with give added excitement to this great melody. After the first chorus and...

The inspiration for this impressionistic work came when Lennie decided to take time off from composing and spent a day at the ocean near Santa Barbara. As he watched waves washing ashore, the sun spar...

This is another of the many wonderful charts arranged by Niehaus for the Stan Kenton Orchestra. A more beautiful ballad has not been written, and this one features a trombone and a tenor sax solo. As...

This is another of the many wonderful charts arranged by Niehaus for the Stan Kenton Orchestra. A splendid rendition of a great standard, and it swings like crazy! It contains all of the elements so a...

This is another one of those absolutely wonderful charts that Lennie did for Stan Kenton for what was known as the dance book. It was the hippest dance book ever! A medium-swing tempo sets this great...

As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on Adventures In Standards, this is a medium-swing chart on a great tune. Lennie uses a neat vamp in the trombones to offset the melody in the saxes. The full...

As performed by the Stan Kenton Orchestra, here is one of the hippest charts from the Kenton book. It was a favorite with the band and audiences alik, and it swings like crazy. There is a nice, long t...

As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on 'Adventures In Standards', this is a medium, swing chart on a great tune. Lennie uses a very clever countermelody throughout the arrangement. There is solo...

Here is another terrific chart as recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on Adventures In Standards. Lennie sets the chart at a very fast, swinging pace, using countermelodies, a 6-horn group in places...

As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on 'Stage Door Swings', this medium-up swing chart comes roaring out of the chute with a brass 'pop' and leads into the piano stating the melody. There is addi...

Lennie Niehaus wrote a series of terrific arrangements for the Stan Kenton Orchestra (this was recorded on the 'Stage Door Swings' CD). This chart is a medium-swing version of a great Rodgers & Hammer...

Not every Niehaus dance chart was recorded by the Kenton Band, but this chart was played all the time by the band. A wonderful medium tempo setting of a great jazz standard. Features the saxophone sec...

Requiring no improvisation, these creative originals in a variety of jazz styles encourage players to focus on good ensemble blend, balance and phrasing. Paying careful attention to articulations and...

Requiring no improvisation, these creative originals in a variety of jazz styles encourage players to focus on good ensemble blend, balance and phrasing. Paying careful attention to articulations and...

Requiring no improvisation, these creative originals in a variety of jazz styles encourage players to focus on good ensemble blend, balance and phrasing. Paying careful attention to articulations and...

Requiring no improvisation, these creative originals in a variety of jazz styles encourage players to focus on good ensemble blend, balance and phrasing. Paying careful attention to articulations and...

Requiring no improvisation, these creative originals in a variety of jazz styles encourage players to focus on good ensemble blend, balance and phrasing. Paying careful attention to articulations and...

This arrangement features the music of the great film composer Henry Mancini, as arranged by well-known film composer, Lennie Niehaus. The playful nature of this novelty song from the Paramount Pictur...

This is another of the many wonderful charts arranged by Lennie Niehaus for the Stan Kenton Orchestra. Features the lush Kenton trombone sound and gorgeous full ensembles. As recorded on the Sophistic...

Requiring no improvisation, these creative originals in a variety of jazz styles encourage players to focus on good ensemble blend, balance and phrasing. Paying careful attention to articulations and...

Requiring no improvisation, these creative originals in a variety of jazz styles encourage players to focus on good ensemble blend, balance and phrasing. Paying careful attention to articulations and...

Requiring no improvisation, these creative originals in a variety of jazz styles encourage players to focus on good ensemble blend, balance and phrasing. Paying careful attention to articulations and...

Every player in this swingin' arrangement of the great jazz classic gets a chance to shine in a mix of solo, duet and full-group passages. In the letter which came with his proofs, veteran arranger Ni...