Mittelschwere Noten für Big Band und Jazz-Orchester

This is a very catchy and pleasing tune Steve has penned here. Comp. By Steve Allen, arr. by Tom Kubis. This medium swing chart has a great little bounce to it. Opening with a statement by the flute a...

A lively medium up swing that has a classic jazz feel along with the hard swinging big band sounds Kubis is known for. 4th trpt solo. [High D in trpt 1]. Recorded by the Kubis/Allen Big Band 'Fast Car...

Features the bone section on this up tempo swing chart-this is another cooker. Comp. By Steve Allen, arr. By Tom Kubis. Solo section set up to feature bones. The shout features extremes in dynamics. T...

This is medium swing Basie-ish chart that opens up w/the bone section. Comp. By Steve Allen, arr. By Tom Kubis. Solo section is open for anyone to play. The shout section feature extremes in dynamics...

Medium swing chart in a relaxed east coast feel featuring the band & 4th trpt on this very cool melody. Plenty of the usual Kubis shout stuff towards the end & this all ends back w/the Bari & 4th trpt...

Swinger featuring the melody from the 'two' baritone sax parts. Some sax dbls.

MM: quarter note = 88. A different treatment done slowly and quietly in a 3/4 swing feel. Solos are written out piano interludes and ad lib piano solo.

An unusual melody line w/unique modem changes puts out an exciting, joyful mood. Legato start, w/high w/w & mellow brass, it soon breaks into hard rock, and dbl. x swing. Dbls.

Written for & performed by the legendary Clark Terry. Happy swing chart.

Easy swing. Roaring 'flag-waver'. Easy changes and a great closer. Solos for Piano, Trpt & Bone. Dbls.

A swinger. It's straight ahead. No weird stuff. AND IT SWINGS LIKE MAD. Very catchy melody & great changes.

Relaxed Swing in 3/4. Phase Space is set in a relaxed mood with the melody first outlined by the lead trombone. Solo space for trumpet or trombone comes first after the melody with backgrounds sneakin...

Foundations was written in honor of Dan Burkholder, the first jazz band director at the Univ of Texas at Arlington. This ballad is a flugelhorn feature throughout. Starting with a lush introduction wi...

Albequirky was written for the 2007 New Mexico All State Jazz Band. A cross between a tribute to Benny Golson and Thelonious Monk, this relaxed swingin' chart (q=116) features comfortable ensemble wri...

Tunnel Vision was commissioned by the Keokuk High School Jazz Program in Keokuk, IA. This chart makes a great complement to straight-ahead swing tunes with its straight-eighth, cross-stick groove. A n...

Wtih a drum solo out front, this up-tempo swinger features modal A sections and simple changes on the bridge, serving as a great introductory chart to faster playing without all the complicated chord...

Piano sets the groove for this straight ahead med swing chart. A flowing contrapuntal sax & muted Trpt live leads to the solo sections for Alto & Trbn. 'Basie' inspired riff sets up the screaming shou...

Here is a moderately slow swinger that has lots of ensemble including a long sax soli. Alto sax solo. No dbls.

Medium tempo Basie style swing chart that features trombone and tenor. Lead alto dbls flute.

Slow gutsy swing tune featuring tricky unison trombone line and baritone solo. Easy blues changes that can be opened.

Medium tempo swing featuring all sections of the band and soloists from each section.

This humorous piece, based loosely on the harmony of 'You Stepped Out Of A Dream', was written for use with the many high school honor bands and all-state jazz groups MacDonald conducts. Medium-up tem...

Medium swing blues tune dedicated to an army reserve officer who went to Baghdad in 2003. Lots of delicious dissonance. Changes for alto and trombone. Exciting three-chorus stop-time section. No doubl...

(traditional) Written originally as a clarinet feature, but can be played by any solo instrument. Starts with lush trombone hymn-like chorale than goes into a medium swing tempo. Solo space also for p...

This chart is a contemporary medium-swing chart with a two-beat - 4/4 interplay. The sweeping and arching melodic lines of the main theme contrast the more angular lines of the interlude. Solos are fo...