Swingende Weihnachtslieder für Big Band

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...

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...

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...

This is a somewhat 'unknown' chart which Hank did for Kenton in the last years of the band (it never got recorded) and, in many ways (Curnow's opinion) it could be the best! It is written in 5/4, has...

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...

This may be the all-time greatest jazz arrangement of a standard tune. Recorded on the Contemporary Concepts LP, this great standard is turned into a marvelous vehicle for solo statements from alto, t...

There were a few Holman charts that were written for the Stan Kenton Orchestra which had disappeared over the years, seemingly lost forever. This was one of them. However, Sierra Music is proud to hav...

As recorded on the new Les Hooper Big Band CD 'Out of the Woods,' this clever, quirky, swinging chart is terrific. Alto, tenor, trumpet and trombone state the tune, with interjections by the rest of t...

This is exactly as recorded on the Hooper CD 'Out of the Woods.' It is a wonderful piece at a medium swing tempo, with a great feel, fresh harmonic content, lots of clever lines and solo space for ten...

If you know the marvelous 1959 recording 'The Jazz Soul of Porgy and Bess', as recorded by the Bill Potts Big Band (Phil Woods, Zoot Sims, 'Sweets' Edison, Art Farmer, Bob Brookmeyer, Bill Evans and o...

This is the Opener on the 1959 'The Jazz Soul of Porgy and Bess' album, and it is a great opener for any live concert as well. It is an up-tempo, swinging version of Gershwin's tune. Potts is a master...

If you know the marvelous 1959 recording 'The Jazz Soul of Porgy & Bess' as recorded by the Bill Potts Big Band (Phil Woods, Zoot Sims, 'Sweets' Edison, Art Farmer, Bob Brookmeyer, Bill Evans and othe...

As recorded on the new CD 'The Bill Holman Band Live', this chart is a vibrant, clever, swinging original. It was Bill's opening tune at the I.A.J.E. conference concert, and the audience went nuts for...

Bill Perkins recorded this stunning, swinging arrangement with the Metropole Orchestra. Although there is solo space for tenor saxophone, the real 'star' of this arrangement is the whole ensemble. Rob...

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...

Originalarrangement von der CD 'Big Band Shout - Swing it! Vol. 4'

Composer Neal Hefti wrote this classic swinger for Count Basie and legendary arranger Sammy Nestico scored it for the Jazz Band Series. Your band will shine on this medium tempo chart and the ensemble...

The first movement of Mozart's 40th is adapted for big band in this imaginative arrangement. At times pretty and lush, and at other times swinging and intense. this chart will challenge your band in m...

Mr Anthony's Boogie ist ein mitreißender Up-Tempo Swing Boogie Woogie, bei dem die Trompetengruppe und insbesondere die Solo-Trompete Nr. 3 zum Einsatz kommen. Dieser Chart ist wirklich kraftvoll und...

opt. Solo fuer Posaune, Tenorhorn oder Tenorsax statt Gesang

Dieser bekannte Standard aus dem Musical Sweet Charity ist zum Inbegriff des bluesigen Bump-and-Grind-Slow-Swing-Stils geworden. Ihre Posaunen werden mit dem charakteristischen Riff Spaß haben, und je...

Using a Basie-style swing treatment, and written in 4/4 rather than the traditional 3/4, here is a great-sounding chart from Mark Taylor that will go together quickly. All sections get a chance to shi...

Diese Version des zeitlosen Klassikers aus dem 'Dschungelbuch' mit seinem 2-Beat-Swing und der bekannten Melodie ist unmöglich, nicht zu mögen. Darüber hinaus kommt jede Section zum Zuge, erst die Pos...

Mike Tomaro takes this well-known theme from the 1960s and transforms it into a powerful swing chart for the entire ensemble. Saxes are featured at the start with interjections from the brass, followe...