Mittelschwere Noten für Big Band und Jazz-Orchester

This wonderful, medium-tempo, swinging version of this great classic is recorded on the Stan Kenton Orchestra 'Sketches On Standards' CD. It has wonderful ensemble writing and solo space for tenor sax...

Bill Holman's arrangement, from the Maynard Ferguson Band 'Boy With Lots Of Brass' recording, is a wonderful medium-swing tune with solo space for piano, alto, and trumpet. This chart spans the spectr...

Recorded by the Tonight Show Band on 'Volume One, The Tonight Show Band with Doc Severinsen,' this is a great chart on a classic jazz standard. This is pretty much a feature for alto saxophone, but th...

This is a very fresh sounding, interesting and fun piece ....... just what we have come to expect from Les Hooper. Lots of counterpoint (and counter rhythms) and a wonderful solo section (you choose t...

This is a great swingin' blues chart that is playable by most any band. With solo space for almost anybody, this toe-tapping tune is a great vehicle for opening up a chart to showcase the soloists in...

If you're looking for variety of style, this wonderful chart should fit your needs. This piece, set in 12/8, has a smooth, flowing melody, a wonderful rolling triple feel and Hooper's always clever en...

This is a fast-paced, swinging chart, with lots of solo space for trumpet and baritone saxophone. There is also plenty of high-powered ensemble playing throughout. This edited version is created from...

This Al Cohn arrangement, from the Maynard Ferguson Band 'Boy With Lots Of Brass' CD, is a wonderful medium-swing tune. This chart is loaded with Al's supreme musical taste and sense of humor. There i...

This Bill Holman chart was written for the Maynard Ferguson Orchestra. It is recorded on 'Live at Peacock Lane' and is a bright swing tune that features solos for alto saxophone, tenor saxophone and d...

It Could Happen To You is one of the best known standard tunes, and this arrangement certainly does it justice. Willie arranged this for the Maynard Ferguson band. This version is an edited chart that...

Inspired by a similarly-titled original Bob Curnow composed for the great Doc Severinsen, 'The Doctor Is In' was written for trumpeter extraordinaire Dr. Vern Sielert. Set in a medium-up swing feel, t...

This chart comes right out of the tradition of Sammy Nestico/Count Basie. It is a marvelous arrangement of a great standard from the American Songbook. Vern Sielert sets this in a medium-swing tempo/f...

This 'edited' version of 'Where's Teddy' (as played and recorded by Maynard Ferguson's Birdland Dream Band) is much more playable for the trumpet section as a whole than the original 'pro' version (wh...

This is another great Oliver Nelson chart (it swings like crazy!). It starts in 3/4 and then goes to 4/4 and has a wonderful feel and flow as it moves through the different sections. The piece has ver...

Arranged by Lennie Niehaus and performed by the Stan Kenton Orchestra, this great medium-swing chart has outstanding ensemble writing. It also features solo space for Tenor saxophone and Trumpet. A gr...

Arranged by Bob Curnow to be played by a 10-piece small band, this great medium-swing chart has outstanding ensemble writing. It features solo space for Tenor saxophone, Trumpet, Piano, and Drums. A g...

Sierra Music is happy to add David Springfield to their long list of distinguished composers and arrangers. David's original composition, 'A Little Peace', is a delightful, catchy tune set in a laid-b...

Recorded by the Buddy Rich Big Band on both their albums 'Big Swing Face' and 'The New One,' this great Bill Reddie chart is one of the most dynamic tunes Buddy every played. They played it almost eve...

As recorded by the Buddy Rich Big Band on their album 'The New One,' this great arrangement is full of fire and energy. Set as an up-tempo shuffle, this is a wonderful chart that features lots of solo...

As recorded by the Maynard Ferguson Orchestra on 'New Sounds of Maynard Ferguson,' This Willie Maiden arrangement takes a great tune and puts it in an up-tempo swing setting. The chart has a bop-like...

This Oliver Nelson melody was originally recorded with a small group. Bob Curnow took this great tune and arranged it for big band in a very hip way! Set in an easy swing feel, this chart has quite a...

Vern Sielert has created a marvelous arrangement of Michel LeGrand's extremely popular melody. As recorded by the North Texas Two O'Clock Lab Band, it is set in a modern 'ECM' swing feel. The melody i...

Vern Sielert has created a marvelous arrangement of Michel LeGrand's extremely popular melody. As recorded by the North Texas Two O'Clock Lab Band, it is set in a modern 'ECM' swing feel. The melody i...

As recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra on their album Count Basie's Finest Hour, 'Doodle Oodle' is a barn-burning Billy Byers original. In usual Basie fashion, this chart swings its tail off with in...

Sierra Music offers another Billy Byers masterpiece written for and recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra on their album Frankly Basie. Set as a medium swing in the inimitable style of the Basie band,...