As recorded on the Silverline Records album XXL (CD and DVD Audio) by Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, this ferocious chart is a totally hot rock-swing-jazz for big band. It will tear it up every perfo...
Big Band paradise: Gordon Goodwin with a Basie groove. This Disney theme will stay in your mind and the groove will delight the band and the audience 100 percent. Solos for piano and tenor sax, dynami...
A Gordon Goodwin vocal chart! In addition to the vocal part, there are solo lead sheets for alto sax, tenor sax, trumpet and trombone. Gordon has conceived this chart with the vocal intertwined into t...
Gordon Goodwin's chart has a funky, sassy and contemporary groove, just like the title suggests. Solo space for alto, tenor and bari sax, lead trumpet range has a few high G's. You'll dig this chart!...
The title reflects typical Gordon Goodwin humor in this exciting Latin chart. A Latin percussion part is included and will definitely further enhance this very hip Latin extravaganza. Solos available...
As Recorded By Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
From the Disney movie Lion King, Gordon Goodwin has crafted a jazz shuffle that goes and then goes even more. A showcase for alto and trumpet with a unison melody line and solo space for each player....
Today's hottest writer, Gordon Goodwin delivers again. In a clever rock-march style, the melody of this big band chart develops thoroughly then leads into a solo section for alto, tenor, trumpet, trom...
At last, a showcase for the trumpet section from Gordon Goodwin! The groove is straight eighths with a funky feel. Solo space is provided for trumpets 1, 2, 3, 4, but can be tailored as desired. Lead...
This classic Herbie Hancock composition has become one of the most well-known songs in jazz history. Gordon Goodwin wanted to do something a little different in his arrangement without violating the s...
Tasty and groovy with a funky Latin vibe, this tune is composed by Dave Grusin and arranged by Gordon to feature Dave and guitarist Lee Ritenour on the recent Big Phat Band CD, Act Your Age. If you ha...
Composed and arranged by Gordon Goodwin, this buoyant samba is sweet. Soprano sax lead and solo space available for soprano, alto, tenor, trumpet and trombone. Lead trumpet range is to written high F-...
A few twists and turns added to the original Goodman swing version make this chart a definite crowd (and band) pleaser. The chart features a clarinet part and an alternate alto 1 part in lieu of clari...
This is a tour-de-force arrangement of Gershwin's masterpiece. If you can cut it, then play it because it will truly warrant a standing ovation. The sax doubles call for piccolo (alto 1), clarinet/flu...
It's funky with all the Big Phat Band attributes, and it's fairly tough to play, but hey, it's Gordon and you know it will be a hot chart...if you have the horses. The opening lick for piano is really...
Whoa, this is the next Hunting Wabbits chart in the 'trilogy.' As recorded by the Big Phat Band on the Goodwin CD That's How We Roll, this HW3 is fairly challenging, but well worth the effort. There a...
Think of it as turbo-charged musical tongue-in-cheek Gordon Goodwin style. Based on the theme from the movie Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, the theme has been developed per Gordon's usual amazing abil...
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Gordon Goodwin's stellar reputation as a writer is well deserved. A funky half-time shuffle groove for big band, Gordon's clever opening melody statement is played by altos and trumpets with solo spac...
A luscious alto sax ballad at 74 BPM. A lyrical vehicle with rich harmony and textures, soaring ensemble figures, and a soli with saxes (alto 2 opt flute), trumpet 2, guitar, and piano. A brilliant ch...
Gordon's chart is a New Orleans groove with the creative Goodwin touch. Solo space is for alto, tenor, trumpet and trombone. Lead trumpet range is up to high G and some piano ostinato licks are just a...
As performed by Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band - As recorded by Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band on the CD That's How We Roll, but minus the woodwind doubles, saxes only. Arranged for flexibility, it's...
If you want funky, this is it! In a nutshell, this is Tower of Power meets Gordon Goodwin, simple as that. Solo space provided for alto, tenor, bari, trumpet, trombone, and various rhythm players.
Funky, funkier, funkiest. This Gordon Goodwin chart on the classic funk rock tune 'Play That Funky Music' is a showcase for your lead alto saxophone soloist from start to finish. This one demands a co...
A cha cha you won't forget! Trumpet is featured in this fabulous chart by today's hottest contemporary writer, Gordon Goodwin. The trumpet soloist has plenty of space to solo - both improvised and wri...
Composed and arranged by Gordon Goodwin as a duet for Maynard Ferguson and Wayne Bergeron. Gordon adapted this one to feature only one trumpet soloist with written lines and some jazz solo space. It s...
As recorded by the Big Phat Band on the CD That's How We Roll, this swing chart features the trombone section. It's not crazy hard to play, but will require some endurance from the 'bones. Solo change...
As recorded and released by Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band as a digital single. An homage to Oscar Peterson, this chart is a solo feature and includes separate solo parts for piano, C instruments, alt...
An original by Gordon Goodwin, this is a jazzy half-time groove chart. This chart is not as challenging as some of Gordon's other charts, but it will still work the band. Features solo space for alto,...
A swingin' shuffle composed and arranged by Gordon Goodwin. Building continuously, this chart offers solos space for alto, tenor, trumpet, trombone, and piano. A hot sax soli will keep all the saxes r...
Another Gordon Goodwin work of art. Commissioned by New Trier High School, Jim Warrick, director, this is sort of a bluesy-swing chart with a huge shout chorus. Optional vibe/xylophone/percussion part...
Challenging, yes, impossible, no. Gordon Goodwin's Hunting Wabbits 2 will provide all the challenge any band needs as they explore this tongue-in-cheek musical adventure that is well worth the effort....
This funky chart, at 176 BPM, contains a classic Goodwin piano introduction - challenging, but extremely rewarding. Solo space for alto 1, tenors 1 and 2, trumpet 4, and trombone 1. The chart has an a...
A Latin songo groove, Gordon writes Latin charts like no one else! The chart has auxiliary percussion, soprano lead with optional alto 1 part and a hip piano montuno. Lead trumpet range is to written...
Funky! Gordon Goodwin is the hottest writer on the scene today. The Big Phat Band is modern, hip, exciting, fresh, and captivating to listen to - and here is the real thing as performed/recorded by th...
Commissioned by the Crescent Super Band from Utah, this fast swing original is a hot chart. Solo space is provided for alto, tenor, bari, trumpet, and trombone, with lead trumpet range up to written h...
A super swing chart that is very bright and quite a challenge to play. Solo space for all saxes, trumpet and trombone. Includes an auxiliary percussion part. As recorded by Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat B...
A very playable Goodwin swing chart at 140 BPM with solo space for alto, tenor, trumpet, trombone and/or piano. The auxiliary percussion part is for vibes. Lead trumpet range is to written high E. A t...
As recorded by Arturo Sandoval's and his big band on his CD, Dear Diz (Every Day I Think of You), arranged by Gordon Goodwin. This is a swing chart that is very fast around 202-232 BPM and challenging...
This is the title track chart from Gordon Goodwin's GRAMMY Award-winning 2014 CD Life in the Bubble. This plays at around 96 BPM with swing sixteenths. Solo space is provided for all saxes, trumpet 3,...
A superb swing chart beginning mp for the rhythm section played at 162 BPM. The chart builds throughout with lead trumpet range up to written high F#. Solo space for various instruments, sax solis, pe...
Sunset and Vine by Gordon Goodwin is a superb swing chart beginning mp for the rhythm section played at 162 BPM. The chart builds throughout with lead trumpet range up to written high F#. Solo space f...
Swingin' for the Fences.
As recorded on the Silverline Records album XXL (CD and DVD Audio) by Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band. Originally written for vocal group Take 6 and the Big Phat Band, the chart was re-orchestrated for...
Revenge is very sweet! Gordon Goodwin is the hot writer of today's big band charts and this arrangement proves it. Count Bubba's Revenge features a shuffle swing that builds and builds. On top of that...
This swinger is like a high-wire act requiring speed, agility and the horsepower. Brilliant composer/arranger Gordon Goodwin penned this rapid tempo chart for his Big Phat Band and is recorded on his...
Slow and bluesy! The title chart as recorded on Gordon Goodwin's newest CD, The Phat Pack. Things to enjoy: it's kind of greasy, it's full of twists and turns, calls for brass plunger mutes and option...
It's a jazz-reggae groove composed and arranged by Gordon Goodwin for the Big Phat Band. Lead alto sax is written for soprano sax, and solos are available for soprano, alto, tenor, trumpet and trombon...
A Goodwin original, this is a bouncy shuffle that has melodies with big hooks to grab your attention. Shuffles always work great and this one is no exception. 'Roll' has solo space for alto, tenor, ba...
In Gordon Goodwins einfallsreichen Slow-Funk-Version von 'Little Drummer Boy' liegt die Melodie zu Beginn in der Bassposaune und dem Baritonsaxophon. Ein sehr cooles Goodwin-Arrangement!
Holiday jazz by Gordon Goodwin. This adaptation of 'Oh Tannenbaum' is quite an adventure offering a chorale, some Basie style and fast and furious Goodwin bebop. Solo space for alto and tenor sax, tru...
Here is and exciting Gordon Goodwin big band jazz for the holidays as recorded by the Big Phat Band. Features include: a chorale saxophone section introduction, a full ensemble swing at about mm=200,...
A medium swing chart in the style of Basie and Hefti, you'll love this Goodwin adaptation of the wonderful holiday classic. It's not a drum showcase, but the drummer has plenty of solo space beginning...
Gordon Goodwin gives this easy-to-play holiday chart a jazz waltz treatment. Features include: a soprano sax part (alternate alto 1 part), a 2nd alto part with flute (alternate 2nd alto sax-only) and...
Gordon Goodwin's 'I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day' is played at a medium swing around 120 BPM. The lead trumpet range is up to written high G, there are terrific shout choruses, a few modulations,...
