Mittelschwere Noten für Big Band und Jazz-Orchester

Recorded by the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra on the album The Jazz Orchestra, this energetic adventure for capable bands is a series of alternating ensemble and solo sections for trumpet or trombone...

This spirited chart, originally recorded in a small group setting on the CD I Remember Jaco (BMG-Novus), is playable at a variety of brighter tempos but should ultimately be performed fast. A solid rh...

As recorded by the Bob Mintzer Big Band on the Incredible Journey CD, this tune features the drummer in a series of short cameo fills that eventually culminate in an unaccompanied, expandable solo jus...

Recorded by the University of North Texas Lab Band, this medium advanced swing tune brings to mind the legendary collaborations of Gil Evans and Miles Davis. Written to portray the vibrant arts distri...

Recorded by the University of North Texas Lab Band, this medium advanced swing tune brings to mind the legendary collaborations of Gil Evans and Miles Davis. Written to portray the vibrant arts distri...

Recorded by the Bob Mintzer Big Band on the album of the same name, this exciting tenor feature showcases several call-and-response conversations between the soloist and band. The drummer also shares...

Written by one of the most creative and original writers of big band music in the world today, 'That' is the logical sequel to Neil Slater's composition, 'This'. Neil's masterful orchestration shines...

Written by one of the most creative and original writers of big band music in the world today, "That" is the logical sequel to Neil Slater's composition, "This". Neil's masterful orchestration shines...

Recorded by the University of North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band on their Lab 2002 CD, much of the texture in this medium up-swing tune is dedicated to unison contrapuntal areas requiring a fluid, horiz...

Recorded by the University of North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band on their Lab 2002 CD, much of the texture in this medium up-swing tune is dedicated to unison contrapuntal areas requiring a fluid, horiz...

Recorded by the Bob Mintzer Big Band on the album Incredible Journey, this laidback Basie excursion starts with a 32-bar (expandable) piano solo backed by bass and drums before the ensemble joins in....

Recorded by the Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band on the Grammy-nominated album March Of The Tadpoles, this swing excursion gives three soloists -- piano, trumpet (or flugelhorn), tenor sax -- am...

Where or When" war schon in seinen frühen Tagen mit der Tommy Dorsey Band ein Lieblingsstück von Frank Sinatra. Diese Version ist eine Transkription des Billy Byers-Charts, den er mit der Basie-Band "...

Ein weiteres Juwel eines Charts aus dem Sinatra-Riddle-Album "Swing Easy" von 1954. Nach einem Intro mit nur drei Noten geht es direkt in den Chart, wobei die Rhythmusgruppe eine sehr strukturierte Un...

Diese klassische Komposition von Clarence Williams wurde am Beginn der Jazzära geschrieben und spricht die Sprache von Count Basie. Ein achttaktiges ausgeschriebenes Pianosolo fügt sich in eine ruhige...

The arranging and composition professor at William Patterson University has written this medium groove gem. It swings hard and has plenty of ensemble and unison passages with a blues feel though not a...

An impressive Count Basie style chart delivers with the sound of jazz big bands so popular in the late 40's into the mid 50's. Great teaching piece that is very playable and it swings! Written solos....

Geoff has taken this well-known Nat Adderley tune and given it a breath of fresh thinking, interesting voicings, and very playable phrases. This excellent chart features any soloists you want (chord s...

The Bill Holman Great Big Band recorded this chart on the Capitol album (same name) in 1960. It is a clever, humorous, nifty chart that features duets in stereo with tenor saxes and trumpets (and othe...

Bill Holman titled this one after the signs which used to be in the old-time dance halls around the country. Written in the '50's for Maynard's Birdland Dream Band, this chart is a laid back, swinging...

Sierra continues to find the lost treasures from Maynard Ferguson's Birdland Dream Band Library. A Country Boy starts out with a lazy trombone solo on the written melody and swings along from there. R...

This is the original version of the tune recorded in 1946, and also included in the Milestones LP. This was transcribed by Bob Curnow for Gunther Schuller's Smithsonian Jazz Orchestra concerts. Tenor...

This is exactly as recorded on the new Les Hooper Big Band CD 'Out of the Woods.' It is a wonderful piece, written in an easy swing tempo, with a great feel, fresh harmonic content, lots of clever lin...

One of the great Basie recording was 'The Legend,' of which all the pieces were Benny Carter originals. This chart is from that recording, and it is a wonderfully soulful piece, set in a slow swing te...