Ensemble

Commissioned by Lewis Britton Middle School, Morgan Hill, California. A minor blues with dark timbres and tight voicings to develop your ensemble. Open for any soloist on minor blues changes. A good c...

The piece was first commissioned by the California Music Educators Association (CMEA). This is the laid back blues in the style of Jimmy Giuffre's 'Blue Birdland'. Two sections open for solos. Require...

Mod tempo minor blues. Easy to play but interesting to perform. Hip voicings & flowing lines. Tenor & trumpet solos. Trumpet to high C.

Haunting ballad with lovely voiced chords. No solos. Limited trumpet range.

Playable by most school bands, medium blues with easy rhythms.

The Opener, written by James Morrison, an Australian jazz trumpet virtuoso, is an up tempo 'rhythm changes' trumpet feature with a short 16 bar drum solo. There can be other soloists added depending o...

Lush, dramatic ballad. Tenor Sax featue with solo and cadenza to finish. Also features trombone soli and extended coda passage building to climax. Lead Trumpet goes to C. 1/4 note = 76.

Medium slow band ballad with features in each section. Changes for guitar, trombone, and alto. No doubles. Lead to A5. Easy.

Bright blues, a real showpiece for your band. Tenor solo, opt bass.

Frank Mantooth, nommé trois fois aux Grammy Awards, a donné à ce vieux standard un traitement swing frais et direct. Parmi les points forts, un soli de saxophone (avec option trompette 4) qui est vrai...

David Liebman Series. Comp. by David; arr. by Andrew Rathbun. Originally recorded with Elvin Jones and featured on Lieb's Big Band recording As Always, this arrangement features a variety of challengi...

David Liebman Series. Comp. by David, arr by Arnon Palty. A contrafact based on Softly As In A Morning Sunrise features a woodwind super sax rendition of McCoy Tyners solo on Softly from an early Colt...

Modern, pedal oriented, straight ahead Ballad. This chart is a feature for first tenor. It is a ballad closest in style to the Coltrane quartet's late versions of Body and Soul and Naima. Rhythm secti...

The chart can best be called a driving funky rock feel. The tune is meant to be both happy and yet reflective. There is a little bit of a black church feel in the groove to this tune. Portions of the...

The work begins with a soli statement for the trumpets and then the saxes and then the trombones. The theme is not cast in the form of the blues but the solo section evolves into the blues.The backgro...

Commissioned by The Noteables (US Air Force Jazz Band), 'Drop Down' is an uptempo bebop big band tune that, while sounding familiar, is wholly original. This song features solos for trumpet and guitar...

Crackin'is an exciting and challenging medium tempo shuffle (132+=BPM) for big band, based on the jazz blues progression, in B-flat, featuring the jazz organ (a synthesizer that has an organ sound/pat...

Dedicated to the people of Japan. This programmatic work has four sections. 1. To represent the Earthquake of March 11, 2011; an introduction using a kumoi scale first as a solo flute section, then fe...

This is a combination modern straight ahead and funky cross-stick groove piece. Solos for trombone 1 and alto 1. The send off to the alto solo features a full band soli with a texture reminiscent of M...

Ambidextrosity is a medium-up bop tune featuring a Three-in-one-esque frontline of Flugel, Bari Sax, and Bass. There are plenty of intricate ensemble passages and solo space for the three featured ins...

Romp is a medium-tempo bluesy waltz in Bb. Features full chorus of bass solo with backgrounds after the head statement - easy changes, but your bass player must be a strong soloist. Saxophones follow...

If you are looking for a 10 piece record copy of Frank Foster's Shiny Stockings, this is it! The trumpet goes to a written D above the staff. Arranged for Alto, Tenor, Bari, 2 Trumpets, Trombone, Guit...

Winner of the 2010 Ithaca College Jazz Composition Contest, Transcen-dance is a colorful piece featuring tenor 1 and trumpet 2. The ensemble and tenor soloist take an exciting and mysterious journey u...

Winner of the 2010 Ithaca College Jazz Composition Contest, Transcen-dance is a colorful piece featuring tenor 1 and trumpet 2. The ensemble and tenor soloist take an exciting and mysterious journey u...

Up-tempo be-bop shouter. Starts w/sax soli. Has open solo section Goes to dbl-X section. No score. Recorded by the Matt Catingub Big Band on Sea Breeze Jazz, My Mommy and Me.