Originally from the Disney movie Jungle Book, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy also featured an energetic Latin rendition on their 1999 CD This Beautiful Life. Turned into a mambo, it really cooks for jazz ensemb...
The unmistakable style of Neal Hefti is apparent in this popular swing standard. Mark's well-paced chart starts with the full ensemble playing soft. After an Alto Sax solo, it builds to a full-blown s...
Originally a #1 hit for Toto in the early '80s, and recorded again recently by the group Weezer, this powerful rock anthem features a distinctive groove and memorable lines. John Wasson has given it a...
With no solos required, only a solid driving rhythmic groove, here is an authentic-sounding version of this Earth, Wind & Fire classic. Trombones are featured on the melody and all the signature horn...
Bien qu'il soit un auteur-compositeur-interprète de musique pop, Sting est tout sauf ordinaire. Son style diversifié et unique puise dans le jazz autant que dans la pop et cette chanson infectieuse es...
One of the signature tunes from jazz legend Thelonious Monk is this quirky and iconic blues! Mark's great-sounding version for big band maintains the medium swing feel and 'Monk-isms' from the origina...
Perhaps one of the Beatles' lesser known tunes, Blackbird remains one of their most creative and memorable. Mike Tomaro's smooth setting uses a blend of light funk along with a brief samba section to...
Here's the ultimate in contemporary funk from Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars! Paul Murtha captures all the style and attitude in this hot chart for jazz ensemble. The melody is skillfully passed around fr...
Here's the classic funk tune from Earth, Wind & Fire in a terrific arrangement for big band by Mark Taylor. This one includes all your favorite signature horn riffs as well as a solo for tenor sax.
L'arrangement magistral de Paul Jennings datant de 1982 sonne aussi frais aujourd'hui qu'il y a 20 ans. Les sons authentiques du classique de Chick Corea sont fidèlement capturés et cette nouvelle édi...
Feature your trombone soloist on this unique samba setting of Henry Mancini's popular standard! The soloist is alternated with flowing accompaniment passages, and later an ensemble shout that starts o...
Originally recorded by jazz fusion masters The Rippingtons, this chart for jazz ensemble features a great 'Birdland-like' groove and Gordon Goodwin's creativity and total command of the big band idiom...
Drawing inspiration from the hot version recorded by Aretha Franklin, Roger Holmes takes this Motown favorite (originally recorded by Sam & Dave) and creates a sizzling chart for big band. A driving r...
Ingeniously composed using just the 3-note motif from the nursery rhyme Three Blind Mice, jazz keyboard master Steve Allee brings us this impressive and unique fusion-style piece for mature groups. We...
Les Real Books sont les livres de jazz les plus vendus de tous les temps. Depuis les années 1970, les musiciens font confiance à ces volumes pour les aider à faire face à chaque concert, soir après so...
This jazz classic was penned by tenor saxophone great Hank Mobley. Mike's up-tempo swing chart is solid from beginning to end and will make a great concert opener or closer.
Here is a well-paced chart on this Miles Davis jazz standard that's packed with plenty of style and variety. With a full chorus sax soli plus solos for tenor and trombone, this is a wonderful addition...
Mix the stylish spy music from the 1960s with a dose of cool jazz and you have a winning combination for jazz ensemble. From the latest Pixar hit movie, here is a high-energy and entertaining chart th...
Mike Tomaro makes sure that every section gets into the act in this uplifting arrangement of the megahit by Pharrell Williams. The 'breakdown' section features clapping by the band members while the t...
Everyone knows this Henry Mancini favorite, but not like this! Mike Tomaro has gleefully twisted the well-known melody into a New Orleans style 'second line' groove for jazz ensemble! The signature ba...
Recorded by Michael Jackson back in the 1980s, this highly infectious tune has one of pop music's funkiest bass lines plus an all-around great groove.
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Here is a beautifully scored version of Whitney Houston's popular ballad from 1985, her first recording to reach #1 on the pop charts. Mark passes the melody around to different sections, but the styl...
This wonderful classic ballad recorded by Stevie Wonder is set here as a feature for tenor sax. Beautifully accompanied by piano only in the beginning, a mellow accompaniment follows (with flugels and...
Le blues mineur hypnotique de Wayne Shorter (enregistré par Miles Davis) est devenu un véritable classique du jazz et un ouvrage indispensable pour le musicien de jazz. Arrangé ici en utilisant un gro...