Big Band pour avancés

Composer Eric Richards offers a creative, challenging and effective original in 6/4 time, with a straight eighth groove that moves into a swing feel, but still in 6. You'll discover that this chart fe...

Chelsea Bridge is a level 4 Premier Jazz Series piece designed for high school and college bands. Full instrumentation includes 5 saxophones, 8 brass, and 4 rhythm parts. Background parts are provided...

Bring the unmistakable energy of bebop to your concert stage with the legendary "Yardbird Suite"! This outstanding big band edition from the renowned Belwin Music catalog captures the unforgettable sp...

This piece has a cool vibe between the New Orleans-style marching beat in the drums and the horn section's Latin-style melodies and counterlines.--The Instrumentalist

Red Clay from the Premier Jazz Series is designed for highs school and college bands. Full instrumentation includes 5 saxophones, 8 brass and 4 rhythm parts. background parts are provided behind impro...

This good arrangement of a Henderson classic has a laid-back Latin feel . . . Great sax lines, loud background punches, and a neat montuno section (fast brash final chorus in Cuban music) create stron...

Anthropology from the Premier Jazz Series is designed for high school and college bands. Full instrumentation includes 5 saxophones, 8 brass and 4 rhythm parts. Background parts are provided behind im...

On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever) from the Jazz Vocal Series is designed for high school and college bands, and features vocal solos with some SATB arrangements. Full instrumentation includes 5 sax...

On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever) from the Jazz Vocal Series is designed for high school and college bands, and features vocal solos with some SATB arrangements. Full instrumentation includes 5 sax...

On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever) from the Jazz Vocal Series is designed for high school and college bands, and features vocal solos with some SATB arrangements. Full instrumentation includes 5 sax...

Also known as 'Hark! The Duke's Trumpets' and composed and arranged by Billy Strayhorn for the Duke Ellington Orchestra in 1956, this classic arrangement has no trumpets-just saxes and rhythm section....

A very hip and contemporary chart arranged and recorded by Kris Berg for his big band in the Dallas area. On this great jazz standard, there is solo space for alto, trumpet, tenor, and trombone, lots...

A very hip and contemporary chart arranged and recorded by Kris Berg for his big band in the Dallas area. On this great jazz standard, there is solo space for alto, trumpet, tenor, and trombone, lots...

The melody is stated by saxes and trumpet 2, solo space is for alto 1, tenor 1, trumpet 2, and guitar, all optional as needed. There is also space for a drum solo as well. An interlude with lower dyna...

This medium-tempo swinger bridged the gap between the Old and New Testament Basie eras.

A straight-eighth Latin groove with a Chick Corea flavor! This powerful and creative chart has plenty of activity for all players. Features include a soprano sax lead (alternate alto 1 part provided),...

Arranged especially for the USAF Airmen of Note, this alto ballad is outstanding in every respect. The introduction features 'bones playing the bridge, followed by the A section statement with alto an...

A Metheny-ish ballad with straight eighths with sort of a melancholy feeling, Graham Breedlove's use of color is superb, with soprano sax (alternate alto 1 included) and flugelhorns. Solo space provid...

A chorale intro leads into a funky groove. Saxes take the heat with some hot solis, and the brass section stays busy as well. Rhythm section parts are critical, especially the bass, but it's not too c...

Freddie Hubbard's great jazz waltz with the Les Hooper touch is an excellent combination. The trumpet 2 has the initial melody statement and (written-out) solo space and chord changes for alto, tenor,...

A great Ellington tune that uses simple chord progressions and riffs to maintain an infectious, relaxed, though forward-moving swing.

Dizzy Gillespie's medium tempo swing tune is great for the whole band and created a phrase synonymous with fun for generations to come.

A wonderful tune with a rich texture and voicings. This is a solo vehicle for C, B-flat, E-flat or bass clef instruments with all parts include---especially ideal for flute or vibes. Bossa nova tempo...

Ellington puts his stamp on a classic New Orleans tune, medium difficulty with solos over B-flat blues changes.

A great swinger on one of Coltrane's brilliant compositions. Set around 208 BPM, this chart includes solo space for alto and tenor and a lead trumpet range to written high C. A big shout chorus and sa...