Lennie Niehaus: Mittelschwere Noten

An energetic swinger with all of the elements to make it a festival award winner. Suggested solos for tenor, trumpet and piano with an out chorus that will have your audience on their feet.

A fresh, easy-going swing chart with Lennie's special touches. Confidence-building unisons and easy ensemble passages that are fun to play. Sug gested solos for several instruments, and a definite cro...

A tasty laid back slow swinger from the pen of master arranger, Lennie Niehaus. Has some nicely written fills for the piano and solos for either Alto or Trumpet. A solid shout chorus in the middle and...

This moderate swing original is a great way to sustain the interest of an audience while teaching essential jazz skills to developing jazz players. It includes sturdy melodies and counter lines, a sax...

For years Lennie Lenny Niehaus has written great music for jazz ensembles at all ability levels, and this work for advancing groups is no exception. Interesting chord changes and backgrounds combine w...

This original for advancing groups by Stan Kenton alumni Lennie Lenny Niehaus is sure to please players and audiences alike. The material is well developed and provides plenty of opportunity for vario...

This hard swinging original for advancing groups evenly distributes interesting chords, inventive form, and a catchy melodic line between the sax and brass sections. Sheets with chord changes for C, B...

This medium swing chart for advancing groups utilizes variations on the half tone/whole tone scale. It contains interesting orchestration sections using a small band, and the ensemble and shout chorus...

This original for advancing groups definitely lives up to its name as it transitions through a variety of moods, swinging hard every step of the way. Adding to the appeal is an 11-bar chorale that's p...

Professional composer Lennie Niehaus continues to provide top quality material to satisfy fans of big band jazz. For years he has composed and arranged great charts for jazz ensembles of all ability l...

Professional composer Lennie Lenny Niehaus continues to provide top quality material to satisfy big band jazz fans. For years he has written great charts for jazz ensembles of all ability levels, and...

Sure to delight audiences with an abundance of interesting original material and surprise interludes, the superior orchestration techniques in this chart will make bands of all ability levels sound im...

This solidly scored chart was originally recorded at the world famous Lighthouse Cafe by the Lennie Lenny Niehaus Octet on a compact disc entitled Sunday Afternoon At Hermosa Doug Beach. This big band...

This clever original combines solid swing figures with a few unexpected twists - just when it sounds like it's going to be in a minor key it suddenly switches to major. Advancing groups will really en...

This clever original combines solid swing figures with a few unexpected twists -- just when it sounds like it's going to be in a minor key it suddenly switches to major. Advancing groups will really e...

Composed especially for Vaughn Weister's Famous Jazz Orchestra in Columbus (OH), this moderate swing chart is playable by advancing groups all the way to professionals. Featuring a driving groove and...

Here's a great, moderately-fast-swing chart for advancing groups featuring the II-V progression that's common in many popular standards. The angular melody featuring wide skips and scale-like interval...

In this moderate swing original, an abundance of ensemble writing is tastefully seasoned with occasional solo and duet passages involving all members. The guaranteed highlight is the miniature shout c...

This swingin' version of the familiar Christmas song features a great deal of ensemble writing punctuated by duet segments for two tenors and two altos. A good dose of linear movement in the inner par...

Five Christmas carols are arranged here at the grade 3 level in a contemporary style. The chords are adventurous, the time signatures are interesting, and the arrangement gives all players the chance...

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...