Big Band pour les professionnels

This Beatles classic is treated to a creative and varied setting in this production number from Richard Tuttobene. The lush chorale-like opening leads to a jazz waltz setting of the main theme featuri...

This Beatles classic is treated to a creative and varied setting in this production number from Richard Tuttobene. The lush chorale-like opening leads to a jazz waltz setting of the main theme featuri...

Available again, here is Frank Mantooth's classic chart from 1987 as performed by the Ashley Alexander Big Band on Seems Like Old Times. Let your piano player show off with this stunning ballad arrang...

You don't normally think of this great tune as an up-tempo burner, but Mark Taylor's creative chart is a real eye opener! Features solos for Trumpet, Tenor, and Piano.

When Les Hooper sets out to do an arrangement of a favorite tune, you can expect something new and exciting...and that's certainly what happened with this chart! Full of surprises and plenty of solo r...

The arranging genius of Gordon Goodwin is readily apparent in this unique version of Miles Davis' classic. At times a jazz waltz, at times straight ahead swinging in 4, the ensemble lines flow effortl...

Written for and recorded by the U. S. Air Force Airmen of Note, Joe Jackson director, John Wasson has created a stunning and unique setting of this long-standing jazz classic. The chart is filled with...

In the skilled hands of Mark Taylor, this uptempo bebop classic becomes a showstopper! Listen for the masterful Bird sax soli as well as tight ensemble sounds, all at a brisk pace. If your band is rea...

This Beatles classic is treated to a creative and varied setting in this production number from Richard Tuttobene. The lush chorale-like opening leads to a jazz waltz setting of the main theme featuri...

Although Movin' Uptown has some technical difficulties (range and tempo), it shouldn't present too much of a musical challenge for your students. The style and content are very similar to a number of...

This stately, bluesy, mood piece from 'The Queen's Suite' is an exquisite composition that swings ever so slightly in its regal tone.

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Jeep's Blues is one of many blues lines written by Ellington's star alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges. This one was for an Ellington small group recording under Hodges' name in the late 1930's. It's basi...

Jeep's Blues is one of many blues lines written by Ellington's star alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges. This one was for an Ellington small group recording under Hodges' name in the late 1930's. It's basi...

Juan Tizol's Moon Over Cuba started life with the title of Puerto Rican Girl. Although the copyright date is 1939, the only performance of this piece is the Victor recording from 1941. This obscure pi...

Juan Tizol's Moon Over Cuba started life with the title of Puerto Rican Girl. Although the copyright date is 1939, the only performance of this piece is the Victor recording from 1941. This obscure pi...

Even when Benny Carter wasn't writing for Count Basie, many of his charts from the 1950's onward sound like they could have been written for Basie. Maybe this is because so many of Basie's arrangers (...

Symphony In Riffs is Benny Carter's most famous piece. Originally composed and arranged in the 1930's for 4 reeds and 5 brass, Benny re-scored this version for a larger band some 50 years later. Benny...

Although Movin' Uptown has some technical difficulties (range and tempo), it shouldn't present too much of a musical challenge for your students. The style and content are very similar to a number of...

Although Movin' Uptown has some technical difficulties (range and tempo), it shouldn't present too much of a musical challenge for your students. The style and content are very similar to a number of...

Although Movin' Uptown has some technical difficulties (range and tempo), it shouldn't present too much of a musical challenge for your students. The style and content are very similar to a number of...

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An original by Gordon Goodwin, this is a jazzy half-time groove chart. This chart is not as challenging as some of Gordon's other charts, but it will still work the band. Features solo space for alto,...

A medium swing chart in the style of Basie and Hefti, you'll love this Goodwin adaptation of the wonderful holiday classic. Not a drum showcase, but the drummer has plenty of solo space beginning on b...