Chansons de Noël Swing pour Big Band

This Curnow original was inspired by the fact that there aren't a lot of bass features available for up-and-coming bassists. The tempo is set at about 100, and the chart opens up with your bass player...

Bob Curnow dedicates this to his new grandson Eli whose middle name is Wolfgang. So, he had to have his own tune, right? Based on a medium slow, swinging feel, this chart moves quickly into a Basie-is...

This is one of the most popular charts on the 'Jazz Compositions of Dee Barton' recording by the Stan Kenton Orchestra. This is the original arrangement as recorded by Kenton. There is an edited versi...

This is one of the most popular charts on the 'Jazz Compositions of Dee Barton' recording by the Stan Kenton Orchestra. This is an edited version arranged for standard big band instrumentation (works...

This fantastic chart swings like all the greatest Basie classics. As recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra on "Broadway Hollywood… Basie's Way," Chico O'Farrill's arrangement of Baubles, Bangles & Be...

As Recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra on "Pop Goes the Basie." Call Me Irresponsible has that smooth, medium swing to get your listeners swaying back and forth. This chart is easy enough for most b...

As Recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra on "Pop Goes the Basie." Call Me Irresponsible features plentiful snippets of solos for Tenor 1, Trumpet 4, Trombone 1, and Piano. Growling plunger solos form...

As Recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra on "Frankly Basie - Count Basie Plays the Hits of Frank Sinatra." A slow swing by bucket muted brass carries this song smoothly along. Long, open solos for Tru...

A funky, contemporary tune designed for the young band. The hip melody leads into space for the soloist(s) of your choice. Chord sheets for different instruments are included. 5-4-4-4

Holman's writing is legendary, and this chart will just add to the legend. All of the great characteristics of Bill's music are here ....unison lines, counterpoint, simplicity, a great theme, and a se...

An up-tempo be-bop type chart, with the clever, interesting writing we have come to expect from Les Hooper. (condensed score)

This an absolutely amazing chart, demanding and exciting beyond belief! The chart is extensive in length and packed full of the great writing for which Bill is known. 5-4-4-4

This wonderful chart features a front line of tenor sax and trumpet stating the melody. There is solo space for alto, two tenors, trumpet and drums. A rip-roaring shout chorus highlights the marvelous...

This chart is the one that won Paul Ferguson the coveted IAJE Gil Evans Fellowship Award. It is a terrific 'down-home, dirty' blues-ish chart which swings and swings! The chart begins with a 'bluesy'...

A happy, cookin, shuffle tune in the best Holman tradition! Very reasonable ranges and figures which just swing like crazy! Solo space for alto and baritone saxes and drums. This could be the hit of H...

Scintillating big band music at its best!! Holman does it again! Lots of blowing space for trombone and baritone sax, and a romp-stompin' trip through Holman's present-day ideas about the modern big b...

Bill's wonderful melodic ideas find a home in a humorous setting featuring swinging tenor sax and trombone solos. Wonderful shout choruses. Fascinating twists and turns, as always in a hard-swinging t...

A kind of quirky approach in a medium groove. Unusual harmonic schemes create a fresh and exciting feature. This swings like CRAZY! The band really has the chance to be creative.(4 soprano saxes) Incl...

A hard-swinging, shuffle blues (a la the great Thad Jones) with a fresh, happy feeling. Solo space for piano, alto sax, trombone and trumpet. A great Opener for any performance. This is a highly recom...

WOW! A sensational Dee Barton chart. A very hip, melodic, medium-tempo swinger, with solo space for trumpet. One of America's great jazz composers created a long-awaited chart that will challenge your...

Geoff's original music is the best! It is unique, very melodic and extremely interesting. Music from a great jazz pianist. This chart features baritone saxophone throughout. Very moderate ranges for b...

This chart was recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra on the CD I Told You So. This is a rip-roaring, swinging chart. It starts with trombones and rhythm setting the time with simple halfnote figures....

This chart is recorded on the sensational CD titled Passages by the Kim Richmond Concert Jazz Orchestra. It is a magnificent scoring of the Gershwin classic, a chart for which people have been clamori...

Johnny Richards is perhaps best known for his work with the Kenton band. However, this piece was written for his great New York Band and is a wonderful, melodic, not-too-hard chart. It features alto s...

As commissioned (and recorded) by the SWR Big Band of Stuttgart, Germany, this chart was inspired by the birth of the Curnows' newest grandchild. It opens with a shout, and settles into a free-swingin...