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Andy Farber is a master at composing beautiful ballads. Your Alto Sax soloist is supported by tasty brass backgrounds and lush soli sections. It's a great feature for the whole band and a wonderful ch...

This sensitive ensemble ballad is one of Thad's most beautiful compsitions. Skillfully re-score in a lower key while keeping the original lines allowing students to experience this masterpiece. A grea...

This beautifully composed rock ballad features your lead Alto player. Rich harmonies make for a lush cushion behind the soloist. The improvised section includes chord changes and a written solo as an...

Even eighth ballad written to allow multiple soloists. By leaving out the appropriate section part and substituting the Opt. Solo part, you can feature Alto, Trumpet, Tenor, Trombone, Guitar, Flute or...

Has the feel of L'il Darlin' but quite different melodically and harmonically. Easy to play and very smooth.

Carl Strommen's new ballad is written as an alto sax feature but also includes solo parts to allow an trumpet or trombone to play the solo part. The classy rock ballad allow you to feature one of your...

Here is a wonderful vocal chart by Lennie on this unforgettable standard. The setting is a ballad, with a rubato section in the middle. Jean Turner performed this for years with the Stan Kenton Band....

Finally, Slide Hampton's incredible music is in print. This wonderful chart was written for the Maynard Ferguson Dream Band. This may well be one of the most beautiful big band arrangements ever creat...

As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on the CD "Live at the Tropicana," this  slow, bluesy piece is a wonderfully understated chart that features an easy-to-play, written piano solo.  This is one...

This chart was originally written for Charlie Parker to perform with the Stan Kenton Orchestra. Eventually it was recorded by Lee Konitz. The ensemble writing is very playable with no range concerns i...

As recorded by the Oliver Nelson Orchestra, 'Wannsee' is the 2nd movement of the Impressions of Berlin suite. This lovely, beautiful, haunting melody features flute and flugelhorn as they each get the...

As recorded by the Oliver Nelson Orchestra on their album Berlin Dialogue for Orchestra, '(A) Relative Calm' is a beautiful ballad that features trumpet throughout. There is very little improvisation...

Fred wrote this version first, before creating the shorter, easier version. This also features alto saxophone throughout, but it has a long, double-time section in which the soloist can really stretch...

As recorded on the brilliant recording A Dream Deferred (Flying Dutchman CYL2-1449), by the Oliver Nelson Orchestra. Quite possibly the most heart-rending, beautiful melody Nelson ever wrote. It featu...

One of Maynard's most beautiful ballads from the Dream Band period. Created by a young Benny Golson. The highest trumpet solo note is a written B. This chart is quite easy to play and makes a wonderfu...

The Kenton Band had many hits over the years, and a couple of them involved the whole band singing. This was one of those charts. Now, if your band isn't into singing (maybe they should be), then this...

Piazzolla wrote many beautiful melodies, and this one is perhaps the most haunting.  This version is a step higher than the "non-Pro" version. It is a flugelhorn solo throughout, with very reasonable...

A combination of beautiful melody and contemporary harmonic structure create a great ballad to feature your Tenor Saxophone soloist. There are some colorful double time feel countermelodies in the bra...

A combination of beautiful melody and contemporary harmonic structure create a great ballad to feature your Tenor Saxophone soloist. There are some colorful double time feel countermelodies in the bra...

A ballad featuring lead alto sax, this lovely tune is based on the form and changes of the well known standard 'The Midnight Sun Will Never Set.' Written in 2016 for the Salt Lake City Phoenix Jazz Ba...

A swing shuffle groove with a hint of gospel, this chart is simply fun to play with a sax soli, some independent bari sax lines and optional (written) solos for alto, tenor and guitar. Lead trumpet ra...

Rien de tel qu'un shuffle pour taper du pied, et celui-ci possède un groove monstrueux. Une ligne mélodique très branchée, des solos écrits pour le sax ténor et le 1er trombone, quelques caractéristiq...