Ensemble

Maria Schneider's music has been hailed by critics as evocative, majestic, magical, heart-stoppingly gorgeous, and beyond categorization. She and her orchestra became widely known starting in 1994 whe...

This Cole Porter tune has become a jazz standard because of a great melody and great changes. Now we have a superb big band chart that really cooks! Hooper does not demand a lot of high notes, but the...

Contemporary uptempo jazz. Through-composed. Moderate brass ranges. Recorded by The Eastman Jazz Ensemble on Changes Over Time: The Evolution of Jazz Arranging (Advance Music 11350). Also recorded by...

Contemporary uptempo jazz. Through-composed. Moderate brass ranges. Recorded by The Eastman Jazz Ensemble on 'Changes Over Time: The Evolution of Jazz Arranging' (ADV11350). Also recorded by the Manha...

Celebration, a 4-movement suite, was written for and premiered by Gerry Mulligan at the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival in Lübeck, Germany in 1994. Recorded by Bob Brookmeyer and the New Art Orchest...

Celebration, a 4-movement suite, was written for and premiered by Gerry Mulligan at the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival in Lübeck, Germany in 1994.Recorded by Bob Brookmeyer and the New Art Orchestr...

Celebration, a 4-movement suite, was written for and premiered by Gerry Mulligan at the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival in Lübeck, Germany in 1994.Recorded by Bob Brookmeyer and the New Art Orchestr...

Celebration, a 4-movement suite, was written for and premiered by Gerry Mulligan at the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival in Lübeck, Germany in 1994.Recorded by Bob Brookmeyer and the New Art Orchestr...

Recorded on Mel Lewis & the Jazz Orchestra Featuring the Music of Bob Brookmeyer.Nevermore was written as a feature for Tom Harrell (Red Baron JK 53753). Entire sax section doubles on woodwinds: Flute...

Recorded on Mel Lewis & the Jazz Orchestra Featuring the Music of Bob Brookmeyer.Nevermore was written as a feature for Tom Harrell (Red Baron JK 53753). Entire sax section doubles on woodwinds: Flute...

Song for Jaco is a warm and lyrical ballad of Peter's, which is dedicated to the legendary electric bassist, Jaco Pastorius. Solo contributions are heard from the lead trumpet, the baritone saxophone...

Prism is a modal composition which is based largely on several reharmonizatios of a simple 8-bar melody. It is a jazz waltz and features the lead alto sax. Correlated with Vol. 1 of the Jazz Workshop...

This arrangement of a great Peter Erskine tune is a real tour de force for the entire ensemble, and always brings the audience to its feet. It features solo space for trombone, soprano sax, piano (or...

Clare Fischer originally recorded Strayhorn in 1962 with his trio on Surging Ahead. We have asked Bill Dobbins to arrange it as a piano feature. He completely wrote out the solo piano part so that it...

Carl Strommen, one of the most prolific educational writers, has penned the funk chart that students will love. The chord structure is blues in F which can feature any of your soloists. This compositi...

Traditional Hymn - Arr. as a Medium Samba.

Vortex is ...the freshest, most innovative, hippest, intelligent, and artistic writing for large jazz ensemble that I've witnessed in years - Fred Sturm. Patty has once again created a highly original...

This is one of Richie's favorite songs. The original trio recording is on Hubris (ECM) and then again on Tribute to Chet Baker. Chet recorded it numerous times. We have asked composer/arranger Jim McN...

Morning is a Cha-Cha that has evolved into a classic of the standard Latin jazz repertoire.

The sax section gets a chance to shine in a very playable soli that weaves in and out of brass punches. This chart makes a perfect vehicle to showcase the saxophone section. Solos for piano and trumpe...

Latin

This breezy calypso features very reasonable brass ranges, written or ad lib solos for trumpet and trombone, and a fully-notated piano part for players with limited jazz experience.

Un voyage instrumental pour les sens d'Erwin Jahreis. Saxophones, trompettes et un orchestre d'instruments à vent haut en couleur se fondent en un tapis sonore plein d'émotion. Portée par une touche d...

A jazz waltz that doesn't feel like a waltz. Complex time feels. Some sax dbls. Recorded by Bob Florence Limited Edition on Soaring on Sea Breeze Jazz.

Im Frühjahr 2012 schrieb ich für das Duo Imaginaire ein knapp viertelstündiges Werk für die ganz ungewöhnliche, aber umso reizvollere Duobesetzung von Klarinette und Harfe. Der romantisch-ironische Ti...