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Bob Curnow has a way of picking out the Metheny tunes that work so well in a big band setting. This chart is based on a bright, happy tune of Pat's. The medium tempo and contemporary feel make this a...

Kid A' is the title track on Radiohead's 2000 album. Steve Owen's inventive big band arrangement is scored in 3/4 (unlike Radiohead's duple meter) with an ethereal introduction and ending separated by...

Idioteque' was recorded on Radiohead's 2000 CD Kid A, and Patty Darling's chart is a model for arranging contemporary pop/rock music for big band. It's rare to find such an artful and creative score t...

Radiohead recorded 'All I Need' on their album In Rainbows in 2007. Arranger, Sherisse Rogers, conformed to the groove, melody, and bass line of the original, focusing her treatment upon reharmonizati...

Extensions is a funky, hip-hop fusion chart with nice mood changes throughout. This chart generates a lot of excitement without a lot of high blowing (written B in the trumpet part). This piece has an...

Eighteen is a flat-out, rock n' roll chart based on a tune from one of Pat Metheny's earlier albums, 'Offramp.' This chart has a hypnotic, powerful, energetic bass line. It is a soprano saxophone feat...

The music of Steely Dan has come to Sierra Music! Originally arranged for the HR Big Band (Germany), the late, great Fred Sturm has given us another rock chart worthy of any band's library. In typical...

The music of Steely Dan has come to Sierra Music! The late, great Fred Sturm originally arranged this for the HR Big Band (Germany), and Sierra is thrilled to add it to its catalog. Set as a slow rock...

The title says it all! Your band and your audience will have a good time with this chart by Les! It is a Latin-rock setting of a very hiptune. Lots of counterpoint and excitement. Space for tenor sax...

As recorded by the Tonight Show Band on 'Once More With Feeling' (Amherst), this is a lovely, warm ballad setting of this great standard tune. Trumpet is featured for most of this chart. There are thr...

Bob Curnow has written some marvelous arrangements of Metheny/Mays music in the past, and this chart will surely 'tug at your heartstrings.' This is a gorgeous melody, with a solid, contemporary feel...

This great chart, a magnificent ballad feature for trumpet, is recorded on the 'Tonight Show Band, Volume One ' CD (Amherst Records). The magic of Newsom's arranging combined with the genius of George...

Exactly as recorded by Chris Conner with the Stan Kenton Orchestra, this moody, brilliant arrangement is a perfect vehicle for your vocalist. The key is F major. The way the band supports the singer a...

As originally recorded by the great Charlie Mariano with the Stan Kenton Orchestra, this is a must-have solo feature for alto saxophone. Let your alto player (or trumpet ...... parts provided for eith...

This wonderful ballad is recorded on the Stan Kenton Orchestra 'Sketches On Standards' CD. And it has beautiful ensemble writing, while providing plenty of alto saxophone solo space. Your band will lo...

This is a gorgeous ballad arranged by Willie Maiden for the great Maynard Ferguson Orchestra and is included in 'The Complete Roulette Recordings' (Mosaic). There is wonderful ensemble writing that is...

This arrangement by Oliver Nelson is a gorgeous Alto saxophone feature of Cole Porter's 'I Worship You.' The Alto player can either perform the 'solo' part (completely written out) as originally playe...

This is a beautiful, lush, straight-eighth ballad on the popular Cole Porter tune 'Easy To Love.' Arranged by Lennie Niehaus, this short (and quite dancable) chart exemplifies the Kenton-esque warm an...

Here is a deeply emotional, gorgeous ballad from the self-titled album Lyle Mays. It begins with solo piano (written out) and moves into lush ensemble playing. There is a short, improvised Tenor solo...

Rich DeRosa, Professor of Jazz Composition at the University of North Texas, has composed a fascinating, brooding, and pensive melody of 'Mixed Emotions.' Set in a very contemporary feel with lush har...

As recorded by the Oliver Nelson Orchestra, 'Heidi' is the 3rd movement of the Impressions of Berlin suite. A gorgeous solo feature for alto saxophone throughout, this piece builds from a quiet beginn...

Every once in a while a melody is written that words cannot convey and only the soul understands. Master of melodies Pat Metheny did just that in his composition of 'Tell Her You Saw Me', and Bob Curn...

This is a lovely, bossa-type ballad which is captured by soft sounds from the whole band, especially flugelhorns. There is ample space for a trombone solo, and there are optional flute parts. Les does...

Pat Metheny writes superb ballads. This one is the final track of the Secret Story CD, and it is absolutely beautiful! Curnow continues to capture the essence of Metheny's orchestral sense, and, altho...

This chart is recorded by Oliver Nelson on the recording titled Black, Brown and Beautiful. (RCA Bluebird CD) Johnny Hodges was the guest soloist on this absolutely gorgeous alto saxophone feature. A...