Kendor partitions pour big band

This cleverly conceived swing chart for advancing groups is an intriguing opener written in the style of Thelonius Monk. Solo space is provided for alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, and bass. The compo...

This burning swing/shuffle chart maintains the blues tradition while mixing in some contemporary harmonies, with nice shout sections for the entire ensemble. Written or ad lib solo space is included f...

Here's a great, moderately-fast-swing chart for advancing groups featuring the II-V progression that's common in many popular standards. The angular melody featuring wide skips and scale-like interval...

Written in a hard driving shuffle style, it features all sections of the band with written or ad lib solo space for tenor saxophone. There is also an acappella feature for the winds that will keep eve...

This swing original for advancing groups is equally appropriate as an opener, closer, or anything in between. Included are brief idiomatic saxophone soli passages, a stop-time section featuring the ho...

Dedicated to the late Larry Swist, this shuffle chart features solo changes in all the saxophone parts, a stop-time section featuring the trombones, as well as the other two wind sections. An exciting...

This contemporary fast swing chart for proficient groups utilizes dense clusters, challenging chord changes, and unpredictable form lengths. Starting soft, it builds gradually and ends big, covering t...

In this tip-of-the-hat tribute to one of the most pivotal eras of jazz, classic bebop vocabulary is set in a bright swing feel for proficient groups. It includes an open solo section and a drum solo.

Swingin' hard from start to finish, this burner of a chart for proficient groups is a terrific program opener or closer. Featuring effective figures, brilliant orchestration, and a dramatic shout chor...

We welcome Tom Kubis to the Kendor family of writers with this swing chart that definitely lives up to its name. Solos are offered for soprano sax, trumpet and trombone, but the chart can be opened up...

Well-orchestrated, hard-swinging figures abound in this chart for proficient groups that's highly reminiscent of Coltrane's classic Equinox. Frequent use of triplet arpeggios and effective dynamic sha...

This original for proficient groups is the title track from a recent recording by the H2 Big Band (Jazzed Media 1053). Based on the chord changes in the jazz standard You're My Everything, it features...

Based on the chord changes to I Got Rhythm by George Gershwin, this bright swing chart was written especially for beginning groups. Brass ranges are accessible with trumpet up to Eb5 and D4 for trombo...

This bright swing chart for beginning groups is based on the chord changes to "On A Slow Boat To China" by Frank Loesser. The solo section is playable by any instrument, with solo sheets provided in a...

This swinging blues original for beginning groups is based on the chord changes to Bags' Groove by Milt Jackson. It features fun figures, infectious rhythmic figures, and dynamics which grow from a wh...

This swing chart for beginning groups is based on the chord changes to Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise by Sigmund Romberg, and made famous by clarinetist/ big band leader Artie Shaw. The solo section...

Based on the chord changes to Bye Bye Blackbird by Ray Henderson, this swinging chart is a workout for the full ensemble. Written for beginning groups, it's a great chart to introduce swing figures on...

This bright swing for beginning groups is based on the chord changes to Lullaby Of Birdland by George Shearing. The open solo section (written or ad lib) features any soloist, with solo sheets provide...

Based on the chord changes to Stella By Starlight by Victor Young, this swinging chart is a workout for the full ensemble. Written for beginning groups, everyone gets a turn at the melody, and there a...

This new advanced level edition is taken directly from the original ink parts that were on the stands at the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra (now the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra) debut performance in...

Great writing in the Basie tradition is presented here for developing jazz musicians, featuring accessible brass ranges, notated rhythm section parts, and flexible instrumentation requirements. It eve...

Set in a moderately slow swing, this big band vocal feature draws its strength from straight-ahead figures and full, rich voicings. There is no improvised solo chorus; instead a wonderful sax soli pro...

First released in 1954, this easy-level setting of the 19th-century folk song popularized by Glenn Miller in 1939 begins with an 8-bar marcato intro before settling into the familiar medium swing groo...

Recorded on the SWR Big Band CD Fun Time and adapted from the tune Blue Daniel, this chart romps along in 'four' instead of 'three' and sounds harder than it is. It features a sax chorus and solos by...

Recorded by the SWR Big Band on the CD Fun Time, this tenor sax feature requires the backgorund volume to stay comfortable under the soloist. Save the volume for measure 28, and also the big build up...