Mittelschwere Noten für Big Band und Jazz-Orchester

A warm, haunting melody over soft shifting voicings and timbres. Even eighth jazz feel moves to a light funk at times. Medium tempo. Features alto flute (optional c fl) and guitar (or Flugel). Doubles...

Felt in a medium two and written in 6/8, this pensive chart features sweeping lyrical lines over a churning rhythm section. Features alto sax, piano and Flugelhorn.

This is a jazz classic jazz waltz with a beautiful, haunting melody and progression. Composed by John Abercrombie/arr by Dave Eshelman. The tune serves as an improvisors springboard combining energy a...

Jazz waltz featuring Flugelhorn and baritone sax (optional tenor). Some sax doubles

That Toddlin' Town' Medium Swing Tempo

A cappella setting of Bill Evans' timeless ballad. Contrast piece. NO PIANO OR DRUMS.

Samba (1/2 note = 120). Dedicated to Sonny Rollins. Solo feature for alto, trumpet or trombone using nothing more than I, IV, & V chords in F major and relative minor. One full chorus for the soloist...

This is a beautiful chart, with a unique feel. Chart opens with a warm chorale melody, then evolves into an ethereal, straight-eighth (mm=140) ECM-ish feel. Solo changes are included for tenor and tru...

Here's a medium-up tempo modal chart that your band (and audience) will really enjoy. A contemporary head sits on top of an ostinato in open fifths, while the drummer keeps things energized with Elvin...

A great opener: a hard-driving minor blues shuffle always gets the crowd in the right mood. Your tenor player has a short bluesy cadenza at the top and again at the end, and is also featured on the so...

The 'spicy burrito' returns with a vengeance in this Latin chart that sounds much harder than it plays. An ominous opening leads into a 12/8 feel that alternates with a driving Afro-Cuban groove. You'...

Otono (commissioned by Curtis Gaesser for the Folsom Jazz Festival) is a moody, medium-tempo Latin chart, based on the changes of another well-known tune about fall foliage. It's an ideal 'middle-of-t...

The second and more difficult of the two 'Sassy's'. This one mirrors Thad's original in form and style. Slightly richer voicings than SCM-001 but not an overly high lead trumpet part.

Constructed to highlight the tenor sax solo, Thad has once again created a masterpiece from the time honored blues in F major.