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As recorded on the new Les Hooper Big Band CD Out of the Woods, this hot, blues shuffle is full of energy and good ol' down-home funky blues. This is a VERY exciting chart, with solo space for alto an...

As recorded on the new CD The Bill Holman Band Live, Holman has written a witty, musical, fun-filled feature for baritone saxophone. Lots of space for creative playing, and the wonderful contrapuntal...

Bob Curnow has taken the brilliant arrangements done for the Stan Kenton Orchestra by Ralph Charmichael and created a medley of fresh, modern versions containing Angels We Have Heard on High, The Holl...

As commissioned (and recorded) by the SWR Big Band of Stuttgart, Germany, this terrific collection of Kenton tunes contains Artistry In Rhythm, Eager Beaver, Sunset Tower, Intermission Riff, Concerto...

As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on Merry Christmas, this chart has optional saxophone parts which nicely cover the french horn parts (originally written for only brass and rhythm section). Th...

Four wonderful tunes.... Eager Beaver, Dynaflow, Opus in Chartreuse and Artistry in Rhythm are included in this medley. Curnow put on paper what the band used to play to close most concerts or dances...

Bob Curnow brings you yet another epic Metheny/Mays masterpiece. Complete with beautiful melodies, evolving grooves, plenty of solo space, and the always-anticipated and exciting ensemble sections, th...

Neil Slater has created a marvelous composition. It can be heard on Lab '91, as recorded by the University of North Texas One O' Clock Lab Band. 'Values' opens with a stirring, slow theme and then mov...

New to Sierra Music, composer/arranger Jamey Simmons brings a great, new original, 'Greasin' the Skids', set to a New Orleans 2nd Line Feel (with momentary switches to a swing feel). Ranges and rhythm...

Here is a very clever and catchy original Latin composition from one of our newer composers, Jamey Simmons. Set in a couple of different feels, this chart is playable by most bands due to written out...

Ce tableau vient s'ajouter à une collection croissante de tableaux de Radiohead qui ont fourni aux orchestres du monde entier des choix merveilleux et uniques pour leurs programmes d'orchestre de jazz...

This is a TERRIFIC tune, full of the happy, spirited, hip melodic and harmonic stuff that we've all come to love about Pat's music. A minor blues solo section is surrounded with a terrific mix of odd-...

If you had the chance to put into print a great jazz standard with over 370,000 views on YouTube, would you? Well, we did it!This great arrangement by Eric Miyashiro of Mike Mainieri's "Trains" is a c...

This is one of those charts that can be played by any reasonably accomplished big band (including high school players). It is Mulligan's own chart on his famous tune. The only recorded version of it,...

Astor Piazzolla's music lends itself well to the big band idiom, and Fred Sturm is a masterful arranger for big band. As recorded on Libertango ! Hommage to Astor Piazzolla (HR Big Band), this chart i...

This chart is destined to become a best-seller because of its unique and exciting format ... an orchestration of Jelly Roll Morton's original recording of one of his most famous compositions. The arra...

Another great chart to add to the ever-growing Pat Metheny Series, Bob Curnow has arranged this down-right funk tune originally recorded on the PMG album We Live Here. Set in the pocket of a medium-sl...

Sierra Music is pleased to present yet another wonderful, contemporary composition by Patty Darling. She has provided us with many publications ranging from our 'Easy-to-Play' series to the 'Radiohead...

This medium-funky chart that is guaranteed to put a smile on everyone's face. A hip and clever composition from John Ellis arranged by Jamey Simmons, this chart has wonderful ensemble passages with lo...

Recorded on the 'The New Sound of Maynard Ferguson and his Orchestra 1964,' this is the original version of the chart (instrumentation 4 saxophones, 4 trumpets, 2 trombones, Piano, Bass and Drums) as...

Recorded on the 'The New Sound of Maynard Ferguson and his Orchestra 1964,' this is an edited version of the chart (instrumentation 5 saxophones, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, Piano, Guitar, Bass and Drums...

Lots of strutting, plucking and general good feeling in this one. Maybe the last of the Hooper chicken charts. Always room for plenty of improvisation and roaring ensembles, blasting through the high-...

Dan has created a very nice, very hip shuffle / funk chart with a great melody. There is a written-out tenor sax and guitar solo in this swinging, catchy chart. There is also a nicely done section for...

If you have three hot trumpet players, this will be a great chart for you. Actually, it features 3 players on flugelhorns, with a very hip, funky, moderate groove that just feels terrific! Brass range...

A wonderfully fresh and inventive funk chart (Yup!). Ted Wilson's 4 Christmas charts are terrific and VERY playable. Trumpet and trombone solo spaces are surrounded with exciting punch figures which r...