Partitions pour big bands

Great medium tempo blues in Bb that captures the small group feel of the Blue Note recordings from the 1950's & 60's for the full jazz ensemble. Medium tempo Bb blues.

This very hip Cha Cha is a bit more challenging than our other titles but many high schools and Colleges will find this a great addition to their library.

A lovely and subtle jazz waltz which switches between major and minor keys. Tenor, Flugelhorn and piano solos. Doubles.

Slow jazz waltz. Flugelhorn melody statement, with woodwind bckgs. Cadenza.

Light samba featuring flugelhorn & trbn. Simple & straight-forward. Recorded by Bob Florence Limited Edition on Soaring on Sea Breeze Jazz.

A mixture of the old & new! This chart has a challenging modern melodic line, while the backgrounds are highly suggestive of the old 'boogie-woogie' style. An exciting chart for your audience. Open so...

Old time shuffle. Bluesy, rompin', stompin', chart. Open solo section. Recorded by Ladd's Big Band on Sea Breeze Jazz.

Fun rock chart. Quirky, animated melody in unison saxes. Brass may be played down an octave at the end by younger bands. Excellent rhythmic study for sax players.

Title is the answer to the joke definition of 'Country Rock'. But this chart ain't coCountry & it certainly isn't rock, though it does have some of the hippest country licks you're going to hear. Exce...

Lush Flugel/Bone pads in this Funk & Latin chart. Your band will have fun working out the excellent contrapuntal weaving of 4 different lines. Marvelous ostenato bass. Dbls. Solos for Tenor, Trpt & op...

The Woman with the Laughing Eyes. Wonderful Latin chart. Features Flugel or Alto solo. Excellent Latin rhythms & some real fun lines & exquisite lush voicings. Recorded by Ladd's Big Band on Sea Breez...

Companion piece to 'The Queef Mobile'. Joyful bluesy romper. Excellent melodic line. Easy changes. Recorded by Ladd's Big Band on Sea Breeze Jazz.

Features challenging tutti unison line. Alternates between Latin 2 feel & down & dirty funk. Excellent jazz changes.

Ladd evokes the breath-taking Northern Calif. Coast in this stunning new work. Alto solo. Lush chords that seem to just hover. Some dbls.Recorded by the Ladd McIntosh Big Band on 'Ride the Wild Beast'...

Laid back funk. Great changes. Open solo section. Dbls.

323 measures of spirited music. Not too difficult. Solos; Tenor, Bone & your choice of any other sax.

3 kinds of funk. End has animated unison sax line, Bone punches & staccato Trpt blasts added in layers, building to powerful climax. Alto & Guitar solos.

Good Morning to All is the original melody from which 'Happy Birthday' comes. Although 'Happy Birthday' is still under copyright, this arrangement of the original melody will be instantly recognizable...

5 sax, 4 tpt., 4 tbn., guitar piano, bass, drums. Straight-ahead 12 bar blues. Tempo: mm=136. Tpt range high F. Soloists: alto 2, tenor 1, tpt 4, tbn 2. Post bop-blues uses harmonies featuring raised...

Med. tempo blues which builds into an 'outside' sounding lydian section and climaxes with an a cappella brass soli. Alto, piano, trumpet & trombone solos.

Up-tempo rock/R&B groove with interesting changes. Tenor & trombone solos. Small group free-improv section with trombone & trumpet.

Medium tempo Latin chart with Piano & Alto solos, and lots of dynamic contrasts.

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.

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...

(Whipple Works It Out) The Whipple saga continues! Contemporary funk/fusion feel with solo openings for alto, tenor and guitar.