Partitions pour Big Band

Bossa rock. Great ensemble writing. Solos: Tenor & Trombone. Doubles. No score

Bossa nova written for John Patitucci. Features Bass solo [naturally]. Dbls. No score

Nice Bossa-nova. A change of pace for the concert. Features Bone solo. No score.

Bossa Nova featuring tenor sax solo. Doubles required. No score.

A pretty Flugel feature in the bossa style. Great feature for the trumpet player w/that great sound.

Pretty bossa featuring Flugelhorn. This tune is pretty quiet throughout but does have some hot ensemble writing. No dbls.

Comp. By Steve Allen & arr. by Tom, is a cooking Latin jazz piece featuring solos: trpt, & alto sax. This chart is becoming a standard for Steve & is requested by most of the bands he works with. As u...

Guess what? It's a samba! This tune starts w/soprano and flugel lead in a rather quiet fashion & builds to a shout section featuring the trpts. The middle section features anyone who wants to blow. Re...

The alto gets a nod on the solo section. This very subdued melody gives way to a full shout chorus but still holds to a very kick back kind of chart. Comp. By Steve Allen, arr. by Tom Kubis. This boss...

Hey it is a sultry samba! As you know, on the Keep Swingin CD on Sea Breeze Jazz, Steve Allen's sambas are always something special. This is a very pretty melody introduced by the soprano sax and flug...

This is more a jazz latin feel then a cha cha. This starts out with a small group playing the cute melody and works into some powerful backgrounds and ensembles. Lots a good fun on this tune, but agai...

A lush and haunting Bossa Nova. This chart challenges your band's ability to balance & play sensitively. Dbls.

A lush and melodic bossa nova featuring Flugel. The chart also utilizes interesting contrasts through the use of flutes & contra-bass clarinet dbls.

Bossa that features flugelhorn.

148-152 = half note. A show stopper to be played as fast as possible. This piece goes into half time bossa for alto solo [2nd part]. Recorded by Bob Florence Limited Edition on With All The Bells & Wh...

A gentle bossa nova featuring 2 altos. Woodwind doubles are clarinets, bass clarinet and Eb contra alto clarinet. Quarter note = 100. Recorded by the Bob Florence Limited Edition on Serendipity 18 on...

Luci is a Trumpet feature with a light Bossa Nova feel. The introduction has the soloist play fills with the Drums and later the rest of the Rhythm section. The Saxophone section introduces the theme....

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...

Powerhouse chart. Med. bright tempo. Alternates Latin & swing. Challenging line & another great chord progression from Ladd. Fugue is the blowfish delicacy highly prized in Japan. If not cleaned prope...

Demanding line played against driving straight ahead & rhythm Latin section has rich 5 part saxes. Tune alternates between driving jazz 4 & Latin 2.

A Latin tune based on different uses of the Phrygian Mode, it has 3 easy harmonic sections. Can be played with 6 horns & rhythm.