Swingende Weihnachtslieder für Big Band

This wonderful chart is recorded on 'Tonight Show Band, Vol. 2' (Amherst). Once again, Holman takes a fresh look at a great standard tune. Although the piccolo, flute and clarinet doubles make this a...

This piece was never recorded by the Pat Metheny Group. It was 'lost in history' until discovered on a 1985 radio transcription. Pat says this was written for a gig with Charlie Haden, Billy Higgins a...

This was written for Doc Severinsen to premier at the Midwest Band & Orchestra Conference. It is a bright, swinging chart that features trumpet throughout (of course). This can be performed with an ou...

If you're familiar with the great chart on 'I Can't Stop Loving You' that was created for the Basie Band, then you know what this one is about. This tune is set in a heavy shuffle feel, with lots of B...

This is a fast-paced, swinging opening movement, with lots of solo space for alto sax, tenor sax, trumpet and drums. There is also plenty of high-powered ensemble playing throughout. This serves as a...

As recorded on 'Libertango ! Hommage to Astor Piazzolla' by the HR Big Band (Germany), this arrangement will surely lift your audiences out of their seats. It features a main soloist of your choice (o...

One of the most famous of all standards in an easy arrangement for both vocalist and big band. The vocalist has the spotlight, but the band gets a chance to sparkle, too. Key of C.

One of the most famous of all standards in an easy arrangement for both vocalist and big band. The vocalist has the spotlight, but the band gets a chance to sparkle, too. Key of C.

5 Sax, 4 Tpt, 4 Pos, 4 Rhythm, keine Extra-Stimmen!

Medium Swing für Big Band

An up-tempo swinger that absolutely sizzles! Outstanding ensemble writing by a brilliant young writer.

Straight-ahead swinger with great lines and ensemble writing. Solos for tenor and trumpet.

This laid-back straight ahead swinger starts with a sax soli and keeps building to a roaring finish. It really romps!

This extremely well-crafted swing-style original features great counterpoint with interesting parts for all sections of the band.

Based on the familiar tune, this straight-ahead swinger opens with a great chorale. Choice of soloists.

Straight-ahead jazz swinger in the minor mode. Features a choice of soloists and a great ensemble!

An outstanding straight-ahead swinger that, appropriately enough, features your 'low' instruments: trombones, tenors, and bari sax.

This driving up-beat swinger has the whole band rompin' from top to bottom. It's a great workout for your ensemble that's bound to 'bring down the house'!

There's plenty of room to spotlight your drummer in this exciting contemporary straight-ahead swinger that simply refuses to let up from beginning to end!

After a gorgeous chorale statement of Deep River, the band swings into a driving straight-ahead treatment of Down By The Riverside. An outstanding Jeff Taylor arrangement!

Here's a driving straight-ahead jazz swinger with tight ensembles and roaring shout choruses. GROOVEMAKER makes a great opener and will show off your band at its best!

Shift your band into high gear with this dynamic new straight-ahead swinger! It features solid jazz lines and roaring shout choruses yet is very playable.

IN THE POCKET is a stunning minor-modal swinger that's both powerful and impressive, yet easy to prepare. It'll be a winner on any festival or concert performance.

Here's a swing chart with all the right stuff! Inventive lines, solid ensembles and great changes make it perfect for learning this important big-band style.

This medium tempo swing chart starts with a 'happy jazz' shuffle feel. A 'small band' of alto, trumpet and trombone are featured on the melody which leads to a straight-ahead groove.