Big Band pour les professionnels

Some call this the obligatory weird tune. Very slow, exotic 16th-note feel. Drums use mallets. Opt. bass clarinet in the bari sax. Solos from trumpet and trombone. Trpt range: High E-flat.

Beautiful original ballad feature for your lead alto or bari sax soloist. Very reminiscent of the great Kenton Orchestra ballad style. 8 bars of optional flute dbl. in bckgs. Lush orchestration plus a...

Ab blues chart that really twists the ears. Full brass punch melody gets counterlined with an 'out there' sax unison line. Later the tune goes into a Thad-like jazz march with the trumpets and saxes '...

This beautifully haunting Liebman original is a slow/moody jazz waltz, as arranged for Dave (soprano sax feature) and his big band by Pete McGuinness. It is also found on the NewYorkestra big band CD...

Medium tempo 12-bar blues featuring string bass, of course. The bass soloist states the melody as written, then gets off following an ensemble chorus. Ad-lib solo segments include trading 'fours' with...

This medium up-tempo blues features solos by flute, 4th trumpet , 2nd trombone, and 2nd tenor. It's a nice set opener to get things started vigorously. Your tenor sax soloist has to take it out with a...

This chart lives up to its name. An uptempo minor blues with more than a few twists and turns. 'GO' provides solo space for trumpet, tenor sax, guitar (or piano) and drums. (2 Trp., 1 Trb., A,T,B, rhy...

A vibrant contemporary samba featuring Alto sax throughout. Solo space is provided for Trumpet and Guitar as well. Baritone has optional double on flute. (2 Trp., 1 Trb. A,T,B/Bass Clair, rhythm). Rec...

A jazz tour de force that moves through several different grooves and features guitar, trombone and an open drum solo. Alto and Baritone double on flute. (2 Trp., 1 Trb. A,T,B/Flute, rhythm). Recorded...

Title is a quote from 'The Omni Americans' by Albert Murray. Admittedly program music, and 'Freckles' is the prelude to No. 102 'All Ta' Once. Rubato reed statement followed by trombone solo to orches...

Baritone saxophone solo. Ballad with 1/2 chorus double time. Trpt. high Db. Recorded by the George Stone & Friends Big Band 'Perform the Music of Stewart 'Dirk' Fischer on Sea Breeze Jazz. See master...

Alto sax feature. Blues ballad minor, blues mambo (or rock) minor, blues jazz four major. Tight ensemble, recap of theme with orchestral tag. Trpt. high 'C'. Recorded by the George Stone & Friends Big...

Mambo. Commissioned by Joel Leach for his CSUN 'A' Jazz Ensemble. The title is a play on the University's acronym (CSUN). Tipico call & response intro. Latin Percussion Instrumentation: Piccolo, 3 Alt...

Great funk chart. Features Tenor & Drum solos. One flute dbl. Recorded by University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Studio Jazz Orch.

Loose samba w/straight 16th feel. Piano & Tenor solos. Dbl.. One flute, one clarinet & one bass clarinet. This chart is dedicated to Ray Wright. Recorded by Univ. of Wisc. Eau Claire Jazz Ensemble. Se...

An exciting piece with driving rhythms on a meter layout of 4, 4, 4, and 3 giving the effect of a missing beat every 4 measures. Handclapping on 2 and 4 for the 4/4 measures and 2 & 3 for the 3/4 meas...

A tenacious jazz peice with an infectious 4 bar ostinoto bass line that glues everything together leaving freedom for the horn lines that hover overhead. Not too rangy although there are 1 or 2 high D...

This beautiful, Kenton-style ballad features tenor saxophone on a lyrical, haunting melody accompanied by lushly scored brass.This composition was recorded by the University of North Texas One O'clock...

Jazz waltz that features baritone saxophone, trumpet, and guitar on a memorable, Kenny Wheeler-type melody. It was recorded by the University of North Texas One O'clock Lab Band on their album Lab 200...

Cape Breton is a ballad featuring solo flugelhorn. A spacious and floating introduction leads into a beautiful and lyrical melody played by flugelhorn and tenor saxophone. Light background figures beh...

This is an aggressive, uptempo composition featuring improvised solos for tenor saxophone and trumpet. Composed by trumpeter Ken Edwards and Maynard Ferguson's last drummer/music director Stockton Hel...

Point Aconi through-composed ballad that owes a great deal of its inspiration from Thad's chart To You . The chart begins with a plaintive trumpet solo and gradually progresses into a full ensemble ch...