Big Band pour les professionnels

Superstar was a pop hit for several artists in the '70s and '80s, and Mark Taylor has given it fresh life as a contemporary-sounding jazz waltz. A solo trombone is featured throughout, with plenty of...

Composé dans un style merengue flashy, ce bref flamboiement de gloire est parfait pour ouvrir le bal ou pour une partition entraînante pour des ensembles plus mûrs. Il comprend des lignes de saxo frém...

Le style est simplement rapide, ce qui ne laisse pas présager de l'énergie qui se dégage de cet album de Mingus. L'intensité est construite par couches successives, en commençant par la basse, suivie...

Sofrito est un classique du latin jazz rendu célèbre par le légendaire percussionniste Mongo Santamaria. L'arrangement brûlant de Michael Mossman se caractérise par un groove chacha modéré et une gran...

Commandé par l'orchestre de jazz de Houston, voici un morceau de shuffle très rythmé qui fera sonner à merveille votre ensemble d'adultes. La section rythmique prépare le terrain pour les saxes sur la...

If you're looking for a flagwaver that'll set the audience on the edge of their seats, look no further! Mark Taylor pulls out all the stops with a chart that's full of great counterpoint, powerful ens...

Même si la section de saxophone a le droit de se vanter dans cet arrangement exceptionnel de ce mambo classique d'Horace Silver, l'ensemble entier a l'occasion de montrer ses muscles. La trompette sol...

This early composition by Chick Corea features a jazz waltz in a breezy medium tempo. Even in this standard jazz form you can hear Chick's unique twists and turns in this iconic jazz standard. Beautif...

Recorded in 1977 on the album Heavy Weather, Palladium is a jazz fusion staple from the ground-breaking group Weather Report. Wayne Shorter's dynamic composition is orchestrated here for full jazz ens...

C'est l'un des meilleurs morceaux de Sammy Nestico ! Elle comporte un solo de trombone (écrit pour Bill Watrous) qui va jusqu'au si bémol aigu et nécessite un interprète fort, mais entre de bonnes mai...

This 'barn burner' by outstanding arranger John Wasson was recorded by the very hot Jim Widner Big Band for his commercially available CD Body and Soul on the Chase Music Group label. Pure Latin fire...

Ce swing est comme un numéro de haute voltige qui exige vitesse, agilité et puissance. Le brillant compositeur/arrangeur Gordon Goodwin a écrit cette partition au tempo rapide pour son Big Phat Band e...

Funky ! Gordon Goodwin est l'auteur le plus en vue de la scène actuelle. Le Big Phat Band est moderne, branché, excitant, frais et captivant à écouter - et voici la vraie chose telle qu'interprétée/en...

Marked "easy does it" at the start, this laidback swinger opens with a sax soli supported by bucket-muted brass figures. Solos for piano and/or guitar appear throughout, and the chart concludes with a...

This is a program arrangement in four tempos - an easy classical introductiona jazz waltza swinging fourand back to the introduction material to wrap it up. This material contains original ideas from...

This high-flying chart stars the whole band in striking conversational exchanges between sections and all together in an awesome unison shout! Guitar, trumpet, tenor and trombone are the designated so...

Originally recorded by Count Basie and revised for the SWR Big Band CD Basie-cally Sammythe tempo is very bright and features solo tenor sax. It also includes several places for up-front drum work and...

As recorded on the SWR Big Band "Basie-cally Sammy" CD, this updated arrangement stars tenor sax, trombone and piano in the solo roles. The tempo is bright, the ensemble work is designed for more matu...

Written for and recorded by the Sammy Sammy Nestico Orchestra on the CD This Is The Moment, this minor blues explores a variety of colors within the full-band setting. For this reason, striving for go...

Recorded on the Quincy Jones-Sammy Sammy Nestico CD "Basie And Beyond," this medium-tempo swing journey covers every aspect of the big band jazz experience: a brass section chorus, two sax choruses, r...

Recorded by the SWR Big Band on their "Fun Time" CD, the 'aces' here are the alto sax and trombone soloists who play in separate and simultaneous solos for a truly unique effect. A dynamic chorus by t...

This Basie flavored chart does not have the ordinary chord progression. It's "pretty" jazz, but always keep the beat in mind. It heats up with some very interesting, playable ensemble work from measur...

This is Sammy's favorite chart! It features multiple ensemble choruses in a driving jazz waltz rhythm. Solos are for guitar, tenor sax, alto sax, and trumpet. Rhythm section parts are partially notate...

This chart features combos within the band, and alternates back and forth between the keys of F and Ab. There are two sax choruses and solos for tenor saxophone, trumpet, and trombone.

Opening with ad lib piano and trombone solos, this bright jazz swinger features super-charged full-band writing that's propelled to an unforgettable finish by some explosive drum kicks. Terrific festi...