Swing Big Band Noten

The great Strayhorn tune set in a wonderfully playable chart with Holman's unique, clever approach. There are no unreasonable ranges in this piece, and there is solo space for alto, tenor and trombone...

Bringen Sie mit „Katy - Do“ erstklassiges Big-Band-Feeling auf die Bühne! Dieses mitreißende Arrangement im klassischen Swing-Stil, erschienen bei Sierra Music Publications, begeistert Musiker und Pub...

As originally recorded by Count Basie on the Roulette LP (Vogue CD) 'Kansas City Suite - the Music of Benny Carter,' this is a medium-up Swing chart that everyone will love to play. The saxophones get...

As originally recorded by Count Basie on the Roulette LP (Vogue CD) 'Kansas City Suite - the Music of Benny Carter', this is a medium tempo Swing chart featuring solos for tenor saxophone, trumpet and...

As recorded by Count Basie on the Roulette LP (Vogue CD) 'The Legend', Benny Carter has created a marvelous, quiet, 'smoky' sounding tune ... somewhat in the vain of 'Whisper Not.' This is a wonderful...

Boy, you talk about a wonderful Trombone Feature .... this is IT ! It has been recorded by trombonists Jiggs Whigham and Andy Martin, and will certainly go down as one of the best Trombone features ev...

This amazing work was commissioned by the I.A.J.E, ASCAP and the Dizzy Gillespie Commissions and was premiered at the IAJE Conference in New York City. It is a piece approximately 12 minutes in length...

There were a number of sensational charts written in the 50's for the Bill Holman Band and the Terry Gibbs Band. This is one of them! A great original by Holman, with lots of solo space. Bill Holman w...

Les comes up with another sensational showpiece for your band. The brass ranges are very reasonable. Lots of solo space for whomever you wish to feature. A great Opener for a festival appearance! 5-4-...

This chart is the exact, original one that Oliver Nelson wrote for his terrific L.A. band on the recording 'Live From Los Angeles.' This was taken directly from his score. A wonderful, laid-back chart...

This piece was taken from Nelson's original score. This is not a watered down version. It is exactly as recorded on the Verve Jazz Masters 48 CD. This is a clever, bright, swinging chart which feature...

This piece was taken from Nelson's original score. This chart is exactly as recorded on the Verve Jazz Masters 48 CD. There aren't many charts in this category ..... classic, one-of-a-kind, trend-sett...

This piece was taken from Nelson's original score. Exactly as recorded on the Verve Jazz Masters 48 CD. This is a clever, highly original rendition of the traditional melody. It was written to feature...

This chart is the exact, original one that Oliver Nelson wrote for his terrific recording More Blues and the Abstract Truth. This was taken directly from his score. A wild, wonderful, multi-metered li...

When the Buddy Rich Band played this chart, everyone loved it! Oliver Nelson takes this terrific Duke Ellington tune to another level. The great sax section soli, which was not on the Rich recording (...

Sierra continues to find the lost treasures from Maynard Ferguson's Birdland Dream Band Library. Willie scored this Miles Davis classic to feature four different saxophone players. A typical chart for...

The Maynard Ferguson Band recorded this on their Come Blow Your Horn LP. The chart is an excellent example of Abene's very musical approach to this great Benny Golson jazz standard. Very reasonable ra...

Hank contributed so much to the Kenton book in the '70's, and this chart is one of the best of the bunch. A lovely, melodic, easy-flowing piece in 5/4 which is a great vehicle for getting into odd-met...

When Bill Holman writes a feature for a player, especially in the Kenton Band, you know it will be wonderful. He wrote this one to feature the amazing trombonist Carl Fontana. Sierra Music dedicates t...

As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on 'Stage Door Swings', this medium-up swing chart comes roaring out of the chute with a brass 'pop' and leads into the piano stating the melody. There is addi...

This is one of Holman's best loved (and most often played) charts. Written for the Showcase album, ii is a light, well-paced blues, featuring bass, tenor, trumpet and alto. Holman's well known linear...

Recorded in 1953 on the Kenton Showcase album (This music is available from Mosaic Records in their Russo/Holman CD set.), this is a medium tempo swing chart which was (and still is) very different an...

Holman wrote this to feature Bill Perkins in the mid '50's. It is a tenor saxophone feature throughout and a wonderful chart. Lots of blowing space and the usual swinging ensemble sections for which H...

Holman wrote this to feature (of course) Zoot Sims on tenor saxophone. This is a feature throughout the chart and is a typical 'swinger' in the Holman style of the early 1950's. The only recording is...

If there is one chart which seems to capture the essence of Stan's mid-fifties bands, this is the one! The chart swings like mad from downbeat to the end. This is one of Holman's best early charts, an...