Mark Taylor Partitions pour big band

Featuring a great medium tempo swing groove, this original by Mark Taylor opens with a solo for piano followed by saxes on the head. The brass get in the act quickly with tutti passages and finally a...

Ce bijou de jazz de la plume de Tadd Dameron présente un style swing facile à suivre et s'adapte merveilleusement à un ensemble de jazz complet. L'arrangement de Mark comprend un petit groupe (alto, t...

Beautifully scored in a traditional Basie swing style, this chart allows each section a chance to shine in addition to showcasing solid ensemble playing. Includes a written or ad lib solo for trumpet.

Beautifully scored in a traditional Basie swing style, this chart allows each section a chance to shine in addition to showcasing solid ensemble playing. Includes a written or ad lib solo for trumpet.

Here's a fresh new take on a traditional jazz standard. The style is still uptempo swing, and the saxes maintain a fair share of the spotlight along with ensemble hits and solo spots for drums. Howeve...

Arranged here in a brisk uptempo swing style, much of the first chorus is unison for all the horns. After a solo section featuring alto sax then trumpet, a brief drum break sets up a high-energy final...

Arranged here in a brisk uptempo swing style, much of the first chorus is unison for all the horns. After a solo section featuring alto sax then trumpet, a brief drum break sets up a high-energy final...

In the skilled hands of Mark Taylor, here is a swingin' arrangement of this classic Ray Brown jazz waltz that features the saxes and plenty of great-sounding ensemble writing. This offers a nice style...

In the skilled hands of Mark Taylor, here is a swingin' arrangement of this classic Ray Brown jazz waltz that features the saxes and plenty of great-sounding ensemble writing. This offers a nice style...

Here's one of the classic bebop tunes of all time. Sonny Rollins' famous melody is expertly arranged here in the little big band format. Great sounds for small groups!

Composed by Wayne Shorter and recorded by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers in 1963 on Ugetsu, here is One by One in a dynamic and muscular big band chart from the pen of Mark Taylor. Featuring a small...

This lesser-known Bud Powell composition features an upbeat melody and happy-go-lucky style that works great for jazz ensemble. Arranged here as a small group within a big band, it includes solos for...

Recorded by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers on the classic 1961 album Mosaic, this jazz standard shows the harmonically mature writing style of Wayne Shorter along with an intense hard bop energy. Ma...

Recorded by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers on the classic 1961 album Mosaic, this jazz standard shows the harmonically mature writing style of Wayne Shorter along with an intense hard bop energy. Ma...

The unlikely treatment in a swing style sets this arrangement apart as Mark Taylor takes Elton John's familiar hit in a completely new direction. The style alternates between a 2 feel and straight ahe...

The unlikely treatment in a swing style sets this arrangement apart as Mark Taylor takes Elton John's familiar hit in a completely new direction. The style alternates between a 2 feel and straight ahe...

Opening with the trombones on the head, here is a terrific swing tune written in a moderately fast bebop style. There is great interplay between sections and also solos for tenor and trumpet followed...

Opening with the trombones on the head, here is a terrific swing tune written in a moderately fast bebop style. There is great interplay between sections and also solos for tenor and trumpet followed...

Including open solo space for any player, here's a swingin' chart on the Ellington classic arranged for a small group setting.

Including open solo space for any player, here's a swingin' chart on the Ellington classic arranged for a small group setting.

Written in a medium bop style, here's a terrific arrangement of the Hank Mobley standard that features trumpet and tenor on the head (and solos), small group scoring on the bridge, a sax soli, and mar...

John Lewis (composer, pianist, and founder of the acclaimed Modern Jazz Quartet) penned Afternoon in Paris in the '50s and it has remained a jazz standard ever since. This nicely crafted version for y...

What better instrument to feature on a bluesy bump and grind swinger like this than baritone sax? Written in a medium slow 12/8 feel, this chart will make your entire band sound great, plus allow an o...

What better instrument to feature on a bluesy bump and grind swinger like this than baritone sax? Written in a medium slow 12/8 feel, this chart will make your entire band sound great, plus allow an o...

Notably recorded by Clifford Brown and composed by legendary jazz pianist Duke Jordan, Mark Taylor's arrangement features a medium swing style and a brief duet for tenor and trumpet at the top. Then t...