Curt Berg

Alternates between bossa nova & samba, featuring a flugelhorn soloist & an additional optional tenor sax soloist. Much color is provided by wdwd dbl. in all sax chairs. The harmonic & rhythmic challen...

Piano sets the groove for this straight ahead med swing chart. A flowing contrapuntal sax & muted Trpt live leads to the solo sections for Alto & Trbn. 'Basie' inspired riff sets up the screaming shou...

Piano sets the groove for this straight ahead medium swing chart. A flowing contrapuntal sax & muted Trpt live leads to the solo sections for Alto & Trbn. 'Basie' inspired riff sets up the scr...

Smokin' from the start w/a bright rock feel, the soloists & a small ens over a grooving swing are featured. Saxes follow w/a challenging dbl. x soli. Another in the continuing episodes of the Furry Fr...

Here is a moderately slow swinger that has lots of ensemble including a long sax soli. Alto sax solo. No dbls.

Here is an angular, bluesy medium swing chart featuring tenor sax, drums, bass, and optional trombone jazz that was written in the 80's. It opens with a drum solo with band hits, and has some tricky t...

Your dog may ignore it completely, but your Trbn sec. may eat up this jazz waltz. The chart incl. plenty of ens solis for the bones as well as solos for 2 players & the Piano. The chord chgs are not e...

This chart combines a moderate 16th note Latin feel w/a memorable tune, somewhat complex harmonies and a rich tonal, palette to make a unique addition to your band. Features Guitar solo & requires a B...

This one's a funk shuffle with an unusual form featuring solos by Trpt & Synthesizer (opt'l Guitar). There is a challenging brass soli w/Drums & lots of intricate sax writing. No dbls.

Featured by the Ed Shaughnessy 'Energy Force Big Band', his shuffle is a Trpt/Alto duet. Solo space for both w/cued bckgs. Ens shout initiates interplay between the sections

A 3/4 & 4/4 ballad. Chart makes extreme use of subtle shadings & complex harmony. Builds to a high energy 'McCoy' slow three. Optional vocal choir parts. Dbls.

A straight eighth ballad with a haunting melody. Alto sax solo.

Fast Latin and 4/4 jazz. (3/4 bars thrown in for good measure). Some sax dbls.

3/4 time take-off 'Old Folks', medium slow tempo. Trombone feature.

Perhaps you need a good funk shuffle with no woodwind dbl. that features trpt and tenor sax. This one features both instruments on the melody and on solos and should be playable by most bands.

This is a flugelhorn feature with a straight 8th feel in 5/4 time that is dedicated to Seattle trumpeter Hadi Al Saadoon. Parts are included for doumbec & require to give the composition a Middle East...

This chart is a shuffle featuring (guess who) the Bone section. The writing is quite adventurous in terms of harmonic and contrapuntal content, & two soloists are featured as well as the full sec. Dbl...

Essentially the same as the big band version, but for little band. Solo in Bass, Bari, Sax & Drums, some dbls. Scored for A,T,B, 2 Trpts, 1 bone & Rhy. No score.

Spacy rock w/meter changes galore, some dbl x jazz, unusual orchestration & lots of wdwd color make up this extended arrangement. Guitar & Piano have the solo space. Dbls.

Chart based on a 15 beat ostinato pattern, over which different metric schemes are superimposed. There is also a secondary theme in 5/4 time. The rhythmic feel is always straight eights, sometimes get...

Chart begins with a pianoless chorale in 4/4 time, accelerating into a train-like 6/4 samba feel. Three different 4-bar melodic sections are run over a rhythmic vamp, leading into 10-bar secondary sec...

Medium swing feel, and alternates between 6/4 and 4/4 time. The rhythm parts are fully notated on the head, and will challange the best band. The solos are mostly in 6/4 time, and a short written inte...

Chart combines bossa nova and samba feels along with 3/4 and 4/4 meters to make an interesting and harmonically complex composition. Backgrounds are provided behind the soloists. Scored for Trpt, Teno...

Solo flugelhorn. The harmonic structure is fairly complex. AAB Form. Some sax dbls.

Here's a medium swinger with lots of harmonic action & much ensemble writing. Instrumentation includes flugelhorn, tenor sax, trombone, piano, bass, and drums.

To celebrate his move north, Berg has come up with this straight-eight composition featuring an angular line, mixed meters, and a tricky ensemble section. The horns include soprano sax, flugelhorn, an...

Trumpeter Ron King and chef Jeff Smith were the inspirations for this bossa nova. The melody is stated twice with different harmonizations, both of which are incorporated into the solo form. The instr...

Here is a ballad which alternates between 4/4 and a slow swinging 3/4. This composition has heavily notated rhythm parts and complex harmonies and should be an interesting challenge for a top band. Th...

Hadi's Feast is dedicated to Seattle trumpeter Hadi Alsaadoon. It is in 5/4 time w/ a straight-eight feel. Scored for: Soprano, Flugel, Trbn, & Rhythm

Combines a bright straight 8th feel with a predominantly minor chord structure, a lyrical melody, and a challanging ensemble chorus after the solos. It+s not a traditional blues, but the changes are u...

Here is a ballad with a plaintive melody and rich, dark harmonies. Tenor sax is featured at first, soon to be joined by the Flugelhorn and Bone. Scored for: Tenor, Flugel, Trombone and Rhythm

The melody/lead is split between two players, and the jazz may be shared in desired. The chart employs mixed meters at beginning and end, and requires a rhythm section with very good reading ability....

Medium minor blues. There is much additional material as well. The bass trombone is featured both in written and improvised solos, and the third trombone has an extended solo as well. Both the bassist...

Lovely ballad that features the first trombonist. There is no improvisation in any of the parts, and the piano has an important notated part to play. The solo part is not technically difficult, except...

The tempo is medium fast with a strong swing feel. The title of this Bill Evans composition suggests the fact that the meter continually alternates between sections of 3/4 and 4/4/ time. Both tenor tr...

Medium tempo jazz waltz by Bill Evans with a great melody and somewhat complex and chromatic harmony. This arrangement features jazz by the bass bone and one tenor bone as well as the pianist. The ens...

Here is a chart based on changes from a well-known jazz classic from the 60's which alternates between Latin and swing feels. Soloists include bass trombone, piano, tenor bone, and drums. The ensemble...

Comp by Bill Evans arr by Curt. Fieve is an earlier Bill Evans tune based on 'rhythm' changes. The tune (and the arrangement) is a study in tuplets, especially five quarter notes over four. The head i...

If the title doesn't suggest the tune on which the chords in this Curt Berg chart is based, it will soon become apparent when played. The key, however, modulates up a minor third half-way through the...

An up-tempo original by Curt that is loosely based on some classic changes by Ray Noble. Solos are shared by solo trombone, piano and drums. There are occasional half-time seing sections on the bridge...

Moderate tempo. Chorus & Bckgds written in 4 Bone parts. Solo follow unison soli w/bass, leads to full ens shout chorus. Bones 1 & 2 are in tenor clef. Trbn quartet & Rhy section. Parts only.

Arranged in the bossa nova style in which it is commonly played. Intro and ending are clock-like, and the melody is split between various players. Solos include one trombone and piano. Arrangement emp...

This is a medium up-tempo arrangement of a popular Bill Evans swinger that features bass and drums as well as one tenor bone player. After an intro composed by the arranger, the bones play the melody...