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Relaxed samba features trombone or piano. Lovely melody and changes. Fun and challenging sax soli. Lots of solo spaces.

Half-time shuffle (1/2 note = 96). Oddly-constructed phrase lengths (7+6+4) is fun for both the listener and the player. Solo space for any sax followed by any brass followed by guitar, piano or bass....

Toes will be tapping when playing this jazz/rock tune. The chart moves along with a happy feel that's fun to play and definitely one that will leave your audience singin.

A nice relaxed rock style with close-voiced ensemble in the introduction and clusters at the end. You have the option of 'opening up' this arrangement for additional solos.

The unique blend between girl's voice (optional) and flute will introduce another color that will set your band apart from the others.

Another chart recorded by Doc Severinsen based on themes of Bela Bartok. This clever adaptation will make your band a FESTIVAL WINNER.

Latin rendition of Billy Mitchell tune. Orchestrated by Paul Lopez. Solo: Trumpet. Recorded by the HMA Salsa Jazz Orchestra 'California Salsa' on Sea Breeze Jazz.

A wonderfully different and clever mixture of a Guajira style with a blues form. Chart opens up for plenty of soloing. Flute doubles. Medium tempo. Interesting last chorus.

Dedicated to the great Chick Corea, Catch Me Up was inspired by excitement, vision, and intrigue communicated through Chick's music.

A burning adaptation of the Michael Brecker tenor feature from his album Two Blocks From the Edge.

The melody is relaxed, playful, and even crazy at times. A funk shuffle groove provides the foundation for this superb chart.

This burning contemporary original will be an audience-pleasing opener or festival chart, and your band will dig it too. It's a 12 bar (but not a blues) form in C minor. The melody is stated by a trio...

Medium-up Jazz Waltz. Wonderful melody set over a feel-good C-major pedal point. Excellent opener or closer. Tenor & Flugel have melody and jazz solos. Recorded on the Valley Jazz Orchestra CD Free Fo...

A tribute to breadcrumb-and-popcorn-hungry ducks at your local park. Fun calypso in C-minor. Jazz solos in each section. Mouthpiece quacking in the trumpets. Title track of the Valley Jazz Orchestra C...

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...