Big Band pour les professionnels

Grades 4-6. (Nestico)

A luscious alto sax ballad at 74 BPM. A lyrical vehicle with rich harmony and textures, soaring ensemble figures, and a soli with saxes (alto 2 opt flute), trumpet 2, guitar, and piano. A brilliant ch...

As recorded by the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra on their Monday Night album, this expressive swing ballad gives solo work to trumpet, trombone, and to everyone for 3 bars just before the closin...

As recorded by the Bob Mintzer Big Band on Incredible Journey, this gospel ballad is a full-length solo feature for tenor sax. It starts with a rubato intro in 4/4 before switching to 6/4, and goes ou...

The Michael Bublé version on the DVD 'Caught In The Act' features mainly strings and the rhythm section. Cy Payne has carefully adapted the arrangement for the usual big band line up, plus optional sy...

Augmented Big Band Version Big Band Vocal line up plus full strings (4 Violin I, 4 Violin II, 3 Violas & 3 Cellos). This was a number one hit ballad for singer songwriter Billy Vera, recently featured...

The new CD Brilliant Corners, as recorded by Bill Holman's Band, is taking the jazz world by storm! Here is one of the ballads on the recording, which contains all Thelonious Monk compositions as arra...

The Pythodd Club in Rochester, New York was where the famed La Barbera brothers were first exposed to real, live jazz, and the Hammond B3 organ was often a part of these groups. Here John uses the org...

Recorded by Barbara Morrison with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra for The L. A. Treasures Project, this powerhouse arrangement is a study in contrasts. The sparse and quiet opening gradually build...

As recorded by the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra on Central Park North (Solid State #18058), this classic swinger is a winning mix of solo-with-rhythm-section and full-band passages. Designated soloi...

Recently recorded by the H2 Big Band on You're It! (Jazzed Media 1053), this driving shuffle for proficient groups is imaginative, skillfully orchestrated, and harmonically unique. Solo space is provi...

This moderate shuffle recalls the energetic hand-clapping tradition of a church camp meeting, and the energy level stays strong throughout. This 8 bar blues in the key of Db, is playable by advanced l...

Composer Fred Sturm has written a wonderful and exciting shuffle tune which features tenor saxophone, trumpet and drums. The heavy shuffle feel moves to a half-time feel, then into a stop-time section...

Recorded by Weather Report on their landmark album Heavy Weather in 1977, Havona epitomizes the high-energy jazz fusion style of Jaco Pastorius. This version for Little Big Band is a real showpiece fo...

This Ellington favorite adapts beautifully to the small band format in the skilled hands of Michael Mossman. The classic tune is still there, but with a contemporary twist.

A big ensemble intro leads into the familiar and hip bass and piano lick followed by a melody stated by alto, tenor, trumpet, and trombone. This chart features great section and ensemble parts through...

As performed by Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band - As recorded by Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band on the CD That's How We Roll, but minus the woodwind doubles, saxes only. Arranged for flexibility, it's...

The masters of funk, Tower of Power, are as relevant and active today as ever before. This hit from the '70s features a moderate tempo groove with an occasional 7/8 measure thrown in for kicks. Paul's...

Here is the signature tune from the definitive funk band, Tower of Power. Scored for just 6 horns, this dynamic and authentic chart offers your band a challenge that is worth the extra effort.

Written in a simmering medium tempo, this distinctive funk chart opens with the bass establishing the groove gradually joined by the rest of the rhythm section. A small combo of soprano sax, baritone...

Funky, funkier, funkiest. This Gordon Goodwin chart on the classic funk rock tune 'Play That Funky Music' is a showcase for your lead alto saxophone soloist from start to finish. This one demands a co...

A burnin' jazz classic with a funk groove. If you have played Eric Richards' charts, you know they are meaty but worth the work. The tempo moves along at 208 BPM and the lead trumpet range is to writt...

As recorded by the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra on the album Consummation (Blue Note), this great ensemble chart in a driving funk groove features intricate, interlocking figures, short cameos...