Partitions pour big bands

The lush harmonies and haunting melody create a showcase for your little big band. Reminiscent of an Italian love song, the flowing melody and rich voicing create a perfect mood for your entire ensemb...

Combines an authentic cascara rhythm [3/2 clave], with a samba.

Grand scale medium tempo blues chart written in traditional 'Basie'. Some Sax dbls.

Hip shuffle w/solos for Guitar, Tenor, Trpt, Trbn & Drums. Some Sax dbls.

In Sea is an up beat, joyous through composed romp written as a tribute to that master of jazz composition, Bob Brookmeyer. Brookmeyers works have highly influenced my concept of jazz composition tech...

Super Frank is a chart written for Ashley Alexander for his first album, Ashley Alexander and His Alumni Band. At Ashleys request, the work was written as a tribute to the recently deceased Frank Roso...

The bear is back! From the count off, this chart drives hard. It features alto 1 in an energetic romp that leads to a shout chorus with 4-way counterpoint. Like a river with class 3 rapids, this chart...

A moving and respectful tribute to Cannonball Adderly. This alto sax and bass feature reminisces on the ballad and medium swing aspects of Cannonballs playing. The piece begins with a free modal bass...

The Clincher features an ostinato bass line that sets up an ascending arpeggio in the melody which winds its way back down and repeats the figure again creating an 8 bar phrase. AABA form. Trumpet ran...

Craig Biondi, originaire du Sud-Ouest, traverse la frontière pour s'inspirer de cette samba moyennement facile. Les sol et la au sommet de la portée de la trompette 1 sont tous abordés dans le sens de...

From Composer Ron Jones: 'Level: Advanced level 6 Highest Lead Trumpet note: Written E above high C Winds of Change is a jazz-waltz with a tempo of a dotted half=205 BPM. When I conduct the piece with...

Bluesy, Thad-ish shuffle that features an extended workout for your saxophone section. Solos are open for anyone, and the chart stomps it's way through an exciting shout.

Medium tempo, kinda wild Thad style blues with plenty of challenging ensemble sections for your band to sink it's teeth into. Features piano, bari and tenor solo.

Driving Rock chart. A deceptively slow and pretty intro explodes into a burning rock beat. Chart builds and climaxes in a duel between soloists.

Trombone feature with a Rock and Roll groove and a quasi-Latin feel. Demanding chord changes for the Trombone soloist. Altos double on flute.

This chart exhibits the rhythmic excitement a real samba can evoke. Open solos. Sax doubles. As recorded by the Bill Watrous Big Band on Space Available. See master Otter CD catalog.

A driving funk tune with 'meaty' changes for any of your best solists to play on. This will get them off their feet.