Mittelschwere Noten für Big Band und Jazz-Orchester

The relaxed Neal Hefti 'Lil' Darlin' groove makes a nice change on a jazz program. Not rangy or technically difficult. But takes a mature band to make it feel right. Solos: Piano, Tenor, Trumpet.

Dedicated to the spirit of jazz that never dies. A smooth jazz ballad that displays the ensemble's control on long sustained passages. Nice harmonic sequence with changes similar to 'Giant Steps' and...

Named for the intense style of jazz Miles was playing with his quintet in the late 1960's. An unusual composition for me. Based on a twelve tone row, this piece is sometimes tonal, sometimes atonal. S...

Medium tempo, 16 bar blues shuffle written for a Thad Jones style. Tenor solo & sax Soli.

Exciting up tempo adventure. Starts out w/a strong melody & ends w/a cooking shout chorus to test your ens. Solo for Bone & alternate changes for Trpt.

Medium blues chart that really cooks. Solo: Baritone [opt'l Alto], & of course Bass.

Ballad featuring the trombone section.

A fun blues chart in the style of the James Brown band, w/a twist-eleven bars in 11/8 w/the twelfth bar always in 12/8. An open section provides solo space for any soloist in your band on Bb Blues. Fl...

Medium tempo blues shuffle that can feature as many soloists as you wish. A cappella section, soloist trades fours with the sax section, trpt section and trbn section.

(comp by Ron Miles, arr by James). Quiet arrangement of a Ron Miles ballad written for his appearance at the Central Coast Jazz Festival in 2003. This chart is intended as flugel/trumpet feature, but...

Lush ballad featuring the trombone section. Lead trombone solo. Pretty changes and lush voicings. Trumpets on flugelhorns. Medium level.

David Liebman Series. Comp by David arr by Vince Mendoza. This is a lyrical composition in an eighth note featuring Bb soprano sax with challenging chord changes of all types throughout the long form...

David Liebman Series. Composed by David arr by Ed Summerlin. Celebrating Charlie Parker, this straight-ahead jazz composition is in a 'time, no changes' format with plenty of room for the soloist to d...

David Liebman Series. Comp by David arr by Scott Reeves. A straight-ahead chord changes jazz tune with an ostinato bridge. It features the sax section playing part of Liebman's original solo recorded...

Unique chart featuring an acoustic and an electric bass together, as well as a jazz and a rock groove. Scored with an optional guitar part to cover one of the bass parts. Doubles

Medium rock shuffle with soprano lead. Open solo section for any instrument and an extensive sax soli.

Medium samba that features Flugelhorn solo. Doubles - flute and soprano

Medium blues shuffle featuring tenor saxophone and trombone.

Chase theme, adventure-oriented song thats heavy on the Krupa-style toms. A jumping sax/trombone riff is played over low brass drones, while the trumpets shout high above. Jazz solo for flute, and a b...

Medium slow 'Basie' groove. Short solos for Tenor, Alto & Trpt. Recorded by the John Mahoney Big Band on 'In From Somewhere.'

C minor. Soprano sax, trumpet and drum/percussion solos. Lead trumpet top note written F, but not rangy. Lovely 6/8 afro latin chart. Medium difficulty, but a few challenging ensemble rhythms. Alto sa...

Unison sax melody accented by tight brass punches. 12 bar blues.

Easy ensemble piece featuring flugels (optional) over saxes in a cluster voicing reminiscent of Al Belleto's 'Relaxin', easy mid register shout chorus. Open solo backgrounds.

Medium cut time funk / hip - hop feel with different 20 bar chorus structure. (arrangement is written in 'big two' cut time to avoid problems with reading sixteenth note funk rhythms). Trumpets / Alto...

As the title emplies, there's some pent-up anxiety in this tune. Sort of monkish at times. There's a harmonically interesting sax soli with soprano lead. Also, a nice spot to feature your piano player...