Kim Richmond

Three movement suite that can be performed independantly. Alto saxophone feature. Sold as entire suite only. Mov 1 (Ballade): Entire suite is derived from the Ballade theme. Involving constantly shift...

This chart is recorded on the sensational CD titled Passages by the Kim Richmond Concert Jazz Orchestra. It is a magnificent scoring of the Gershwin classic, a chart for which people have been clamori...

Up tempo swinger. Feature Mel Lewis & Louie Bellson. Drawn out melody line set stage for some driving rhythm, followed by whole chorus of full ens w/drums playing fills. Drum & Tenor solos. Recorded b...

Great opener or closer. Modal in nature, tests most of the elements, from Sax & polyphonic limes to hard-hitting ens passages.

Altered blues, this funky shuffle features the Sax section & full ens, w/extreme dynamic changes.

A soft bucket muted brass sounding characterizes this gentle waltz. Subtle shadings & close voicings challenge players.

This is a colorful tone-piece, slow in tempo, and orchestral in nature. Starting in piano, then progressing to woodwinds, finally reinforced in the brass, the intricate and angularly dramatic theme, c...

Ballad. Chord progression of this Bone feature may be recognized as Beatles hit. Chart moves to heavy Latin tempo. Middles section is fast swing.

Latin bass line, drums march funk rhythm set entrancing mood. Contemporary harmonies. Solos for Piano & Trpt.

The main section starts with a written piano Latin vamp pattern. The theme, stated by octave brass,is a 24-bar blues. The solo section is followed by ensemble development of unison and octave lines, a...

The bass line pattern provides the foundation for this Latin flavored piece, perhaps evoking images (with its exotic melodic line,featuring cup-muted trumpets against woodwinds) of 'South Seas'locales...

This is a commission for the Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association's All-star big band. The rhythm section is important in this medium up-tempo swing piece, especially at the begin...

Straight ahead swinger. Saxes & Guitar state the theme, a soli for Tenors w/Trbns, & solo space w/backgrounds. Re-cap in new key leads to a roaring shout & tag ending. Dbls.

This original composition is based on the beautiful Michel LeGrand melody with a similar title. The piece can optionally start with piano solo alone (written out) stating the melody. The saxes drift i...

Med. up-tempo swinger inspired by Chuck Corea. Melody is stated by small ens before it's turned over the full band. Solo: Tenor, Trpt, Drums & opt'l Bone. Recorded by the Kim Richmond Concert Jazz Orc...

Three part suite ideal for featuring all of your soloists. Part l is swing ensemble, introducing each section. Part ll, a medium blues, varying backgrounds, ending in a drum solo. Part lll is a mirror...

An unusual melody line w/unique modem changes puts out an exciting, joyful mood. Legato start, w/high w/w & mellow brass, it soon breaks into hard rock, and dbl. x swing. Dbls.

This exciting up-tempo free-swinging chart makes good use of a blend of Saxes, Flugelhorns, muted Trpts & Trbns. Solo section is modal. Solos: Tenor Sax, Trpt. No w/w Dbls. Recorded by the Kim Richmon...

Rapid moving 'straight 8th swing' spun out from a 4 note motif. Starts w/strong ostinato/fanfarish section/lengthy intro of angular unison lines reaching full melodic statement by Unison Trbns. Solo;...

This is straight down the middle basic jazz swing, at a comfortable middle tempo wailing groove (120). Lots of ensemble, shout choruses, loud and soft. Written in a basic Thad Jones style, the beginni...

The third movement of the Trump Card Suite is sub-titled 'Davey,' and is a pretty ethereal, but at the same time expressive, melody over light orchestral-type underpinnings and harmonic pedals. There...

This swinger starts with trombone melody and rhythm. An ensemble chorus leads to solo space, then an optional sax soli. A soft shout chorus builds to a loud one, which precedes a recap of the main the...

This up-tempo swinger starts with a upwardly cascading fourths in the saxophone followed by mixed timbre ensemble passages playing snippets of melodic content. After a brief half-time section, and whe...

This composition is a trumpet feature written for jazz stylist Steve Huffsteter. Its tempo is medium-slow swing with soloist playing the tuneful melody. Solo section is double-time swing with plenty o...

This is a medium swing ensemble chart that starts light and soft with a jaunty theme passed around the sections. This is contrasted with a 'chorale' section, still in time, before returning to the 'ja...

Written for Kenton Band. Starts w/fanfare & dirge which builds to a Latin 6/8.Open solo section for drums. Finale features strong Bones & high Trpts, leading to roaring finish. Tenor, Trpr & Drum solo...

An effective & beautiful tone poem, written with elegance & style. Majestic arpeggios, a simple & uncluttered melody & charmingly spun to a delicate conclusion. Vocal choir parts included. Doubles.

Down home gospel features unison ens, solo background & a small 3 horn Group. Blossoms into a lengthy tutti shout chorus, to preaching Alto solo over full ens. Recorded by the Kim Richmond Jazz Orches...

Jazz-rock fusion that turns into a samba. Samba provides chord patterns for solos. Linear-styled ens chorus. Dbls.

A fantastic ens intro leads to a hauntingly unusual sinuous melody line on this Latin chart. Middle is a 4 part fugue leading to an exciting traditional Cuban salsa solo, a majestic shout chorus. Solo...

This chart is a tribute to (and quasi-imitation of) the Bill Russo mid-fifties era pieces for the Stan Kenton Orch. Starting with a double time ensemble section, the piece features a strong trombone s...

Starting with a piano arpeggio pattern, this symphonic style tone poem features a series of unison lines from each section that builds from simple to dramatic. A middle section has a calypso mood whic...

A slow conducted intro builds to the expansively dynamic theme constructed on parallel 5ths over med. Tempo driving drums & floating bass. Short Piano solo, second ens section with shifting tonalities...

Style is 'African' latin, 6 beats of triplets, taken in a slow three. Although this piece can be performed without extra percussion, it is greatly enhanced by them. Several Cascara or bell patterns an...

This chart presents a rubato dramatic introduction before the piano pattern establishes the mood of the piece (even-eigths, but not Rock). The orchestra is divided into several different color layers...

This second movement of the Trump Card Suite features duo jazz trumpets in an up-tempo line over the ensemble. A spritely melodic line is followed by the two soloists alternately trading 8-bar ad lib...

This composition is drawn basically from one 2-measure melodic/rhythmic figure. The rhythm is even-eighths with the melodic lines, often sequential developement of the main motif, combining the instru...

This is a powerful piece with a strong theme initially stated in the middle low instruments. The even-eighth style is neither Latin nor rock but has a driving distinctive rhythmic pattern in the drums...

This major piece begins with a lengthy introduction in 9/8 (in a fanfare-ish manner), changing to 3/4 that at first features trumpets, then the entire ensemble and develops into a lyrical but still rh...

This short composition (2 pages) has a sweeping angular melodic line intially stated in the low instruments over a Latin (Bolero) rhythm. The melody works its way upward through different sections, an...

This up-tempo jazz piece starts with a tutti which spins off into a division of the ensemble into unisons which spell a main motif for the piece. The middle section of the head has the soloist (to com...

Even with a seriously evil title, this has some beautiful moments. If you include timpani in your ensemble, this can be an outstanding feature (2 timps possible, better with 3), but it's all cued in o...

This is based on the Disney tune of a similar name but is a driving up-tempo jazz chart. Featuring some collective improvisational moments in the head, it also has some simultaneous soloing by two pla...

1/2 X rock feel. No score. Alto, Tenor, Bari, Trpt, Bone & Rhythm

Ballad-med swing jazz. A gentle melodic line, w/a continually changing harmonic pattern, leads to solos for Trbn & Piano, the latter characterized by Drums dropping in & out over a walking Bass.No sco...

An ideal opener for a concert program. After a fanfare type intro, a straight-ahead driving rock lifts the band into a striking theme. Fiery vamp for the Alto solo, opt;l open for more. Scored for Alt...

This fast swing starts with a signature concerted jagged figure, after which the rhythm section explodes with walking time. Octave horns enter with melodic fragments which lead to a middle section. Ex...

Based on a constant pedal-point & a regular 2-bar accompanying pattern, this uneven-phrased angular melody line spins out into a open free solo section (on an opt+l D pedal). A short background or int...

This even-8th medium-tempo tune features a haunting 2-part melodic line which spins outover three tonal areas. Open solos explore these tonalities. Instrumentation is trumpet, soprano sax, trombone or...

The mood on this is Latin a la Coltrane/McCoy Tyner/Elvin Jones. It's an extended blues built on 'sus-chords' with a dynamic thematic line. Harmonies on last section built on 4ths. Open solo section i...

This up tempo bebop swing features a horn motif with odd spaces in between. It looks harder than it is, but it sounds hip and natural. The open solo section is over four chords with a break phrase at...

This is the title selection from the Kim Richmond/Clay Jenkins Ensemble CD. The piano pattern establishes the mood of the piece (even-eigths, but not Rock). The unison melody in soft horns (tpt in Har...

Starting with an uneven rhythmic figure vamp intro, the start and stop horn theme is partly octaves, partly built on parallel 4ths, partly 3-part voiced. The rhythm section (especially drums) have ple...

This one has important parts for the rhythm section. Unison octaves for the bass and piano have important lines in the intro and head. The melodic line in the horns is angular yet flowing. Solo sectio...

A swinging modern chart with an involved oblique melodic horn line and start and stop shythm. Open improv section, a repeated solo drum ensemble section after the last head. Instrumentation: trumpet,...

A rhythm section ostinato is the basis for this composition, the harmony of which is built mostly in 4th. The solo section is free (with a tonal center) but has two different backgrounds and send-off...

A short 4 movement quartet, in a atonal style. 1. Moderate, 2. Slow, 3. Very slow, 4. Presto. Two Bb Trpts, Tenor & Bass Trbn. Score & parts.

For Brass quintet with optional rhythm section. Contemporary tonal style. 3 movements: (1) contains improv solos for trombone and trumpets. (2) features trombone solo over impressionistic dream-like h...