A solid, infectious 3/4 funk groove is coupled with a modern chord progression to give this driving chart plenty of audience appeal. Written or ad lib solos are offered for tenor sax and trumpet, but...
Featured on our Volume 20 jazz demo, this tune will energize any big band program. Abundant articulations for horns, striking dynamic contrasts, and an expandable solo section are highlights. A chord...
Der lebhafte Salsa-Titel 'Las Colinas' im populären, kubanischen Songo-Stil hat das Potenzial, Ihr nächster Publikums-Hit zu werden. Im offenen Soloteil können sich Tenorsaxophon, Trompete und Posaune...
Ever since the widespread popularity of the Jeff Jarvis' funk original, Critical Mass, requests for a sequel have been pouring in. At last, Jeff has composed and arranged 'Honk', with all the characte...
'Late In The Quarter' ist ein funkig-swingender Titel im 'New Orleans Feeling' mit einem großartigen Groove, eingängigen Call-and-Response-Abschnitten und viel Raum für Improvisation.
In 'Funk Tank' verschmelzen ein funkiger Backbeat-Groove mit dem Feeling der Fusion-Ära zu einem sagenhaften Titel für fortgeschrittene Big Bands. Mit optionaler Vibraphonstimme.
A fun piece for advancing groups, this chart alternates between hip-hop and swing styles. Written or ad lib solos are included for alto, trumpet and guitar, and 3rd & 4th Trumpets double on flugelhorn...
Dieser'bouncige' Funk-Titel im swingenden 16tel-Feeling für fortgeschrittene Ensembles groovt von Anfang bis Schluss. Die eingängige Melodie wird von soliden Gegenmelodien und Background-Figuren unter...
This burning, high-energy samba will bring the house down, and is perfect as an opener or closer. Solo space (written or ad lib) is provided for alto sax, tenor sax or vibes and then trumpet or trombo...
This funky rock tune includes conservative ranges, fully written-out rhythm section parts, and repetitive rhythms which makes it playable by advancing groups through professionals. The piano has a sol...
Commissioned by the Northwest Missouri All-District Honor Band, this funky tune for advancing groups features a swinging bass line fused with a half-time, hip hop groove. It includes a fun saxophone s...
This groovy, hip-hop inspired chart will give your best trumpet, tenor sax and trombone players the showcase they deserve! Featuring a cool 'Mintzeresque' breakdown section that sets up the open solo...
This straight eighth chart for advancing groups features tenor saxophone and grooves from start to finish as it pays homage to two native South Carolinians, Chris Potter and Chris Bullock (Snarky Pupp...
Written for advancing groups to feature any instrument, this beautiful ballad with trumpets on flugelhorns changes to a double-time Latin feel for the improvisation section. This is an excellent vehic...
Written for jazz artist George Rabbai and recorded by the little big band Power of Ten on their Earth Tones CD, this moving, lyrical ballad features solo flugelhorn (or trumpet) throughout, a double t...
Standard jazz ensemble plus opt. vibes; trumpets double on flugelhorn. Commissioned by Steve Holland and the Dowling Catholic High School Jazz Ensemble, this beautiful ballad/jazz waltz for advancing...
When you're lucky enough to find the perfect ballad to feature your star trombonist, it's often a highlight of your concert. Los Angeles film orchestrator Bill Liston has penned the ideal vehicle to s...
This great new shuffle checks all the boxes: driving groove, intense ensemble writing, and vivid dynamic contrasts. Craig skillfully uses tension and release to create several high points throughout t...
This modern straight-eighth feel chart for advancing groups will showcase the ability of your band to sustain a strong sense of time throughout. The lengthy solo section vamps on two chords for an imp...
This chart has all the characteristics that make Jeff Jarvis' funk charts so popular with jazz bands everywhere. Written in the style of Tower of Power, frequent articulations are provided for the hor...
Mit 'Ciudad De Oro' ('Die goldene Stadt') hat Bob Washut ein funkiges Latin-Konzertstück geschaffen, das auf dem kubanischen Musikstil Timba basiert.
This chart conjures up mental images of driving on a curvy mountain road overlooking a picturesque desert valley. This exciting chart for advancing groups has a driving 12/8 funk feel that is sure to...
This chart for advancing groups tips its hat to the likes of Tito Puente and Poncho Sanchez. Commissioned for the Arizona All-State Jazz Band, this funky cha-cha over modal changes provides solo oppor...
Standard jazz ensemble, 4th Trumpet doubles on flugelhorn. Written in memory of Michael Jackson, The King Of Pop, this driving funk original built on a minor motive embodies many of the elements of gr...
This funk original for advancing groups provides an ideal way to sustain the interest of the audience while teaching essential jazz fusion skills to developing musicians. Written in the style of Herbi...
Here's a great funk original that utilizes clearly articulated rhythmic figures supported by a driving groove and full harmonies. A powerful solo section over a simple repeated progression invites num...
The title is perfect for the cool, laidback feel of this bossa nova original for advancing groups. Melodic motives are assigned to the full ensemble and to various sections of the band. Written or ad...
Standard jazz ensemble, opt. flute. Scored in a bright Latin style, this engaging original is designed to make advancing jazz ensembles sound their very best. For optimum results in achieving a stylis...
El Tigre is composed in the songo style, which is frequently heard in salsa music. The memorable winding melodies and sturdy harmonies are supported by the effective and constantly active rhythm secti...
Commissioned by the St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute Jazz Ensemble of Kenmore, NY, this spirited Latin original for advancing groups is a real showstopper! The title in Portuguese means a samba schoo...
This exciting, uptempo samba for advancing groups is a great way to spotlight a fabulous trombone section on the familiar In A Mellow Tone or Rose Room chord changes. Trombones not only play the melod...
For years, Lennie Niehaus has composed and arranged great music for jazz ensemble at all ability levels, and this work for advancing groups is no exception. Interesting chord changes and backgrounds c...
This driving shuffle original comes from a recent recording of the H2 Big Band entitled You're It! (Jazzed Media 1053). The band features the writing of Dave Hanson and is co-led by acclaimed jazz tru...
Show off your rhythm section with this high-powered be-bop chart for advancing groups based on I Got Rhythm changes. Solos for piano, bass, and drums plus a soli for the rhythm entire section provides...
Standard jazz ensemble with opt. flute. Continuing with Strommen's popular baseball-theme charts, this one refers to the tradition of infielders tossing the ball to each other after a successful out....
Inspired by the music of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, this medium swing original for advancing groups features a combo style melody and a hard-driving rhythmic feel. The written or ad lib solo...
Here's a great cool swing chart for advancing groups reminiscent of the music of Stanley Turrentine and Cannonball Adderley. Although it employs the blues scale, it is not a blues. Ad lib solos are of...
You'll definitely want to add this terrific swing chart to your library, especially given the overwhelmingly positive response to this composer's previous publications! The catchy melody has some comp...
This chart for advancing groups is inspired by the music of Henry Mancini and the spy movies of the 1960's. This cool minor swing tune features alto saxophone, trumpet and guitar on the melody, and wr...
This hard swinging original for advancing groups evenly distributes interesting chords, inventive form, and a catchy melodic line between the sax and brass sections. Sheets with chord changes for C, B...
This medium swing chart for advancing groups utilizes variations on the half tone/whole tone scale. It contains interesting orchestration sections using a small band, and the ensemble and shout chorus...
Built on an extended 16-bar minor blues, this relaxed original shifts between two and four feels to create subtle contrasts within the swing style. Ideal for advancing groups and dedicated to the Comp...
Sure to delight audiences with an abundance of interesting original material and surprise interludes, the superior orchestration techniques in this chart will make bands of all ability levels sound im...
Inspired by the music Sammy Nestico wrote for Count Basie, this medium swing chart for advancing groups features the saxophones and trumpets in strong unison melodies. Naturally, it features written o...
This exciting, up tempo swing chart for advancing groups, which features solos for 1st Alto Saxophone, 2nd Trumpet and Piano (written or ad lib), a saxophone soli and an ensemble chorus which moves fr...
This burning swing/shuffle chart maintains the blues tradition while mixing in some contemporary harmonies, with nice shout sections for the entire ensemble. Written or ad lib solo space is included f...
Here's a great, moderately-fast-swing chart for advancing groups featuring the II-V progression that's common in many popular standards. The angular melody featuring wide skips and scale-like interval...
Written in a hard driving shuffle style, it features all sections of the band with written or ad lib solo space for tenor saxophone. There is also an acappella feature for the winds that will keep eve...
This swing original for advancing groups is equally appropriate as an opener, closer, or anything in between. Included are brief idiomatic saxophone soli passages, a stop-time section featuring the ho...
This original for advancing groups by Stan Kenton alumni, Lennie Niehaus, is sure to please players and audiences alike. The material is well developed and provides plenty of opportunity for various p...
As the title implies, this chart for advancing groups is more than just a blues - it's scored in a blues format, but with a bridge. The tuneful melody is supported by well-articulated and dense ensemb...
Feature your drummer in this original work paying tribute to drummer Danny D'Imperio, whose experience is 'deep' as he has played with Woody Herman, Maynard Ferguson, Chuck Mangione, the Vanguard Orch...
Given the widespread popularity of Jeff Jarvis' funk charts for big band, you're going to love this original for advancing groups. Solos are offered for alto sax, tenor sax, trumpet, and trombone, but...
This beautiful folkish chart in an even-eighth note ECM style features diatonic melodies over lush chord voicings. The tenor and piano solo can be played as written or ad lib. A guitar chord chart by...
Style: BRIGHT SHUFFLE Ranges: F6 trumpet, G4 trombone Solos: written or ad lib tenor, trumpet, piano Rhythm Section: notated; guitar chord chart included Instrumentation: standard, plus opt. Flute
Your audiences will love this retro R&B original with an upbeat, infectious groove. Originally record by the composer on Try Something Neu (NuGroove Records NUG-2036-2), this chart is reminiscent of t...
This is a captivating, contemporary eveneighth note ballad in the ECM tradition. Your 1st Alto player can really shine during this tuneful original for advancing groups. The composer highly recommends...
This beautiful ballad features the ensemble and is truly a gem at this level. Lush harmony abounds and all the colors of the contemporary jazz ensemble are utilized. There is a short written Piano sol...
Distant Ridges is a dramatic, haunting ballad that features Alto Saxophone. The minor chord changes and light Rhumba feel combine to help give this music a distinctive flavor. The Alto solo is complet...
This classic big band alto sax feature was recorded on The Big Band Side Of Andrew Neu: Catwalk featuring Eric Marienthal. Beginning as a jazz ballad, it transitions to a double time swing for the wri...
Set in a warm, contemporary feel, this straight eighth ballad features the pianist on written figures and a flugelhorn soloist that improvises over lush chord changes. Voicings are clearly notated for...
If you liked Jamie Roth's blues chart It Is What It Ain't you will definitely want to check out this latest composition. Brimming with energy this piece will showcase the band's ability to create dyna...
One of the most famous (and beautiful) beaches anywhere is Varadero in Cuba. Listening to Michele's new funk tune, it is easy to envision the clear blue water and white sand stretching for miles.
This straight 8ths feel chart for advancing groups is steeped in gospel and 1960's funk. Two solo sections are included, the first is playable by any saxophone (written or ad lib) or rhythm section pl...
Composer, jazz educator and Trumpet performer Jeff Jarvis has a proven track record writing exciting funk charts, and Get After It is the latest in his series of hits! Engaging harmony and thrilling B...
Inspired by the music of Brazil, this chart for advancing groups is an upbeat, catchy medium samba that's impossible to get out of your head. Written or ad lib solos for tenor saxophone and trumpet le...
Commissioned by Cannonball Musical Instruments, this American Brazilian samba is perfect for advancing groups. Similar to American Latin jazz artists Chuck Mangione and Spyro Gyro, this samba original...
Set in an easy, modern samba feel, this chart for advancing groups is influenced by the music of Pat Metheny, Kenny Wheeler, and Maria Schneider. Smooth lines and satisfying chord voicings combine to...
This is the perfect Latin tune to program in the middle of your set. With a captivating melody, ample solo sections (written or ad lib for trumpet and alto saxophone), and an ensemble that builds to t...
Crafted in the style of the legendary chart of Bill Holman's on Just Friends this new composition from Jack Cooper uses a unison line in the winds over a full chorus of the tune before it breaks into...
Commissioned by John Rush and the Los Alamitos Jazz Band #1, this original for advancing groups is exactly what you need to open your next concert or festival performance. Several musical generations...
This is a straight-ahead swinger with more than a few twists and turns. As a 24-bar minor blues it has great solo changes with a modal feel. Solo space (written or ad lib) is provided for tenor sax, t...
Balance your concert program with this buoyant, medium-tempo swinger for advancing groups that evokes classics like L'il Darlin' and Cute. Although solo space is provided for alto saxophone and trumpe...
This relaxed swinger for advancing groups is in the style of many Count Basie/Sammy Nestico charts. Written in memory of legendary Hall High School jazz band director Bill Stanley (West Hartford CT)....
Here is something different for your jazz band program - a groovy second-line tune with a tinge of contemporary jazz. Alternating with a swinging bridge, this chart delivers energy to your set!
Das Arrangement wechselt vom Balladentempo zu schnellem Swing und endet als Ballade. Solo für Posaune oder Flügelhorn. Die Stimmen der Rhythmusgruppe sind nicht vollständig notiert (z.T. nur Akkorde).
Here's a great ballad for advancing groups that features alto saxophone soloist. The lyrical melody and rich harmonies combine to create a perfect setting for this showcase. Dedicated to California ed...
This straight ahead shuffle in the tradition of Duke Ellington's train songs will be a welcome addition to advancing big band literature, and is also appropriate for professional bands as well. Berger...
For jazz bands ranging in size from 9 to 17 players, this solid funk-rock tune features unison riffs, creative counterpoint, and a written or ad lib solo for tenor sax. Careful attention to articulati...
This cleverly written funk chart for advancing groups is definitely not headed for the scrap yard, but rather to your concert stage. It's a fun piece with a choice of 'recyclable' soloists, and severa...
If you're in the market for an infectious funk tune that your audience will love, this chart designed for advancing groups fits the bill! Though the piece generates a lot of excitement, it won't overt...
Bossa mit einem frühen Klaviersolo sowie einem Duett für Trompete und Posaune gefolgt von zwei erweiterbaren Soloteilen für Posaune, Trompete und Tenor-Saxophon. Gegen Schluß bekommt der Pianist noch...
Commissioned by the 2006 First Jazz Ensemble at the Melbourne Youth Summer Music School in Australia, this Latin original for advancing groups is sure to have your audience tapping their feet. In his...
This Latin rock piece for advancing groups is set in a Carlos Santana style, played with a gentle, yet driving beat - similar to Brazilian music. Mellow Latin percussion instruments (congas, shaker, t...
Here's an exciting new samba chart for advancing groups that is sure to put a smile on everyone's face. It features beautiful harmonies, interesting counterpoint and lyricism. Everyone gets to dig int...
Here's the perfect follow-up to a high energy tune, namely an easy-going, feel-good bossa nova. This chart contains a combo featuring tenor saxophone, trumpet, and trombone that 'converses' effectivel...
Swing in der Tradition von Basie und Ellington.
Here's a great Art Blakey style swing chart that features a quartet within the big band. Showcase your 1st Alto Saxophone, 2nd Trumpet, and 2nd Trombone on this accessible, yet grooving original for a...
As with all Mike Lewis charts, the ensemble writing is full and satisfying, while providing adequate opportunities for advancing groups to hone their skills. This one contains a brief (16 bar) piano s...
If you're in the market for an uptempo modal blues chart that is sure to light up your audience, Chill Factor is definitely up to the task. Written for advancing groups, this one has great chord chang...
Commissioned by the 2006 First Jazz Ensemble at the Melbourne Youth Summer Music School in Australia, this accessible swing chart for advancing groups will make a great addition to your library. It fe...
Why not give your saxophone section some time in the spotlight with this moderate swing original from former Stan Kenton saxophonist/arranger Lennie Niehaus? Unison melodies, harmonized solis, and an...
As the title suggests, this engaging original has a gospel-inspired melody and chord changes. The saxophone section shares the limelight with trumpet and tenor saxophone soloists. The saxophones are r...
