Mittelschwere Ballade-Noten

An outstanding ballad for tenor or soprano saxophone soloist, this chart is truly gorgeous. Modest brass ranges (trumpet to fourth space E) make this arrangement accessible to most high school jazz en...

Background: Thelonious Monk had gone from a quirky pianist/composer to international star, in many ways thanks to a Columbia Records recording contract that began in 1962. Like fellow jazz artists on...

Adapted for standard jazz ensemble from the version with strings recorded by Pete Christlieb on the CD 'A Portrait Of Sammy,' this beautiful ballad featuring tenor saxophone is an inspires everyone to...

My Foolish Heart is an arrangement of one of the most popular melodies ever written. It is very much in the style of the 'Kenton Ballad,' featuring the trombone section in a slow, richly harmonized se...

Buddy Rich played this chart constantly! Features a great bass trombone solo on the tune. Flute doubles required on all saxophone parts. Here is a rare chance to feature the bottom of the trombone sec...

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 the bass trombone solo, as recorded (The Kenton Era) by George Roberts with the Stan Kenton Orchestra. Folks have been waiting for this one for a long time. Johnny Richards sets this wonderful...

Graettinger arranged this standard in his most unusual way, using dissonance offset with the beauty of this gorgeous melody. It is a trombone solo pretty much throughout the entire ballad. Great writi...

Astor Piazzolla's music lends itself well to the big band idiom, and Fred Sturm is a masterful arranger for big band. As recorded on 'Libertango ! Hommage to Astor Piazzolla' (HR Big Band), this chart...

Bill Potts' arrangements for the recording 'The Jazz Soul of Porgy & Bess' are legendary. This medley is one of those charts, and it includes 5 different themes from Gershwin's masterpiece. There is s...

Grades 4-5

The ballad "The Castle" was originally written for the EBU Big Band's concert in Bergen in 2000. The band, consisting of a musician from each of the EBU countries, performed specially commissioned mus...

Ballade ist eine Art norwegisches Volkslied, das ursprünglich "Tanzlied" bedeutet, vom lateinischen Wort ballare ("tanzen"). Dieses Arrangement ist stark von der Version der norwegischen Folk-Rock-Ban...

Mit wenigen Worten viel zu sagen, ist eine Kunst. Diese Kunst beherrscht der 1927 in Prag geborene Komponist Pavel Stanek par excellence. Als er die ersten Skizzen zu seinem ADAGIO ESPRESSIVO am Klavi...

Dieses seelenvolle Solo für Posaune mit Blasorchesterbegleitung regt zum Träumen und Schwärmen an. Der Solist kann dabei seine Musikalität, Feinheit und seinen „Sound“ zum Besten geben! Die Ausgabe en...

Blasmusik aus der Arktis des Musikers, Komponisten und Seelsorger Aaron Solberg. Seine aktuelle Heimat ist im nördlichen Kanada, nahe dem 60. Breitengrad. Dieses langsame und gefühlvolle Stück widmete...

In Stillness strebt nach dem, was größer ist als wir selbst. Es kann ein Gott oder viele Götter sein, oder es kann die Größe der Vergangenheit oder der Zukunft sein, aber es ist das Licht, das gerade...

“Song for Frances” is a classic love ballad, written for concert band and brass band, with a soloist on euphonium. The piece always has the soloist in focus and gives him plenty of room to show off, b...

Diese 'Ballade für Bassposaune' gab eine Musikerin als originelles Geburtstagsgeschenk für ihren Mann, der eben dieses Instrument spielt, bei Jan Van der Roost in Auftrag. Von diesem Geschenk können n...

This arrangement was written by Benny Carter in 1960 for an upcoming record date that Peggy Lee would do with Capitol. The arrangement was recorded, but has not been issued. It is possible that Peggy...