Big Band pour avancés

Medium slow 'Basie' groove. Short solos for Tenor, Alto & Trpt. Recorded by the John Mahoney Big Band on 'In From Somewhere.'

C minor. Soprano sax, trumpet and drum/percussion solos. Lead trumpet top note written F, but not rangy. Lovely 6/8 afro latin chart. Medium difficulty, but a few challenging ensemble rhythms. Alto sa...

Unison sax melody accented by tight brass punches. 12 bar blues.

Easy ensemble piece featuring flugels (optional) over saxes in a cluster voicing reminiscent of Al Belleto's 'Relaxin', easy mid register shout chorus. Open solo backgrounds.

Medium cut time funk / hip - hop feel with different 20 bar chorus structure. (arrangement is written in 'big two' cut time to avoid problems with reading sixteenth note funk rhythms). Trumpets / Alto...

As the title emplies, there's some pent-up anxiety in this tune. Sort of monkish at times. There's a harmonically interesting sax soli with soprano lead. Also, a nice spot to feature your piano player...

A nice shuffle tune that would be a great feature for your guitarist and trombone soloist. Form is blues with a four bar extension.

Pretty ballad for the Sax section with a double x feel section.

Up tempo, contemporary, expansive, modal writing featuring tenor and guitar solos. Great for an opener, closer or contrast piece in the middle of the set. Commissioned by Young Sounds of Arizona, dedi...

Punch Took A Leap brings a harmonically and rhythmically fresh sound to literature that is specifically written for a high school level ensemble. Ideal for intermediate ensembles, this composition is...

Commissioned by Massachusetts chapter of IAJE for the Massachusetts All-State Jazz Band of 1995. Written in the slippery shuffle style of Steely Dan, this piece has lots of engaging ensemble passages....

a medium, slow samba that explores colors and is a feature for the flugelhorn. Saxes also have flute parts. (8 brass). Recorded by the Hawk-Richard Jazz Orchestra on Sea Breeze Jazz. See master Otter...

Driving 12-bar blues. Tenors-opened up for others. Trombone soli. Some sax doubles.

Inspired by the piano styling of Oscar Peterson. Beginning blues theme, on to feature trumpet, alto, tenor and trombone into double time feel where piano can solo or opt for other solos.

A unique, beautiful ballad originally written for a euphonium solo (can be substituted with trombone) with lush, colorful harmonies and a chart that leaves the listeners wanting more.Originally commis...

Twelve bar blues, theme shared by all. Trumpet solo, bass/drums trade.

Straight ahead medium-up bebop tune written for Doc Severinson's Tonight Show Band. Tenor solo can be opened up for other soloists.

A gentle, moderately slow straight 8ths tune in 3/4. The tune begins with a guitar soloist who is also one of the featured soloists. The melody is played by guitar, tenor 1 and trumpet in harmon mute....

A jazzy samba tune. The flugelhorn is the featured horn on the melody the first time and then is later joined by the ensemble. The first soloist is the alto saxophone, who solos over the changes of th...

Bobby Breen was the singer in the Johnny Dankworth Band when Ian was also a member in the early 1960's. He was a good friend too. Band ensemble feature in the 'Lil' Darlin' idiom. Very accessible char...

A real tribute to New Orleans, this second line chart is sure to get your audience up and dancing. It would be a great opener or closer for a concert. Solos for trumpet, trombone, and alto. Trumpet ra...

Change of pace chart. Haunting melody for Alto, different ens textures, unaccomp. Sax. Soli, short brass chorale. Light rock. Trpt 1 to C#, features Alto 1.

this is a short piece in the Tex-Mex style. Which makes a great break tune or something to change the mood. One piccolo for sax part.

Sizzling bop chart sounding much like its title. Features Alto, Trumpet, Bass, and Drum solos. No doubles. Great opener or closer!

A Medium-Up shuffle on a familiar 16 bar tune by Sonny Rollins. It features some nice modern trumpet and saxophone ensemble figures over a catchy vamp with a Thad Jones inspired shout section. The sol...