Partitions difficile chez Walrus Music Publishing

A medium-up tempo in a 12-bar form that's almost a blues. Features trumpet or trombone solo exchanges with sax solis and alto or tenor solo exchanges with brass solis plus a string of exciting contrap...

Slow dirty blues with clarinet and trumpet solos, plunger muted brass, clarinet lead in sax section (on tenor part) and alternating double time feel to keep the rhythm section on their toes. As record...

Orchestral in nature, 'Ever Braver, Ever Stronger' was written in tribute to the American spirit in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Features written out trumpet, flute, and clarinet solos...

Beautiful, contemporary 12/8 feel, featuring solo bone and tenor sax. 4 flugels with saxes on unison flutes at beginning. Solos begin with a semi-free feel that can be opened up. Unison trumpet soli o...

Lots of Coltrane influence here with this chart. The melody is beautifully scored, making use of muted brass and saxes floating calmly over a quietly driving rhythm section. Lots of solo space, a fun...

ATB, improv in sopranol. Count Basie medium swing style. Somewhat challenging soli/shout section with 16th note passages in soprano and tenor unisons with bari and alto harmonic support occasionally j...

SATB, improv in soprano. This piece, in a medium Latin style, provides a relaxing contrast for the listener in the midst of an energetic concert. The melody is shifted around the top three saxophones...

AATB, alto 1 feature with improv. Rock ballad that features the 1st alto throughout. The piece opens with three quartal chords which set a contemplative mood. Rhythmic interplay in the background supp...

This composition was premiered at the Scotland World Saxophone Congress. (Originally written for the pianist in the quintet Out Of Nowhere, upon request for a tune that was 'freer or edgier,' the quar...

This fanfare was commissioned in the spring of 1989 by Robert Karon, Professor of Trumpet at the University of California, Santa Barbara, for the trumpet section of the UCSB Marching Band, known as th...

A shuffle-funk tune with a singable melody and creative orchestration is a feature for the lead trombone player. After some unexpected development of the primary melodic motif occurs - in background f...

This original up-tempo composition features an additional horn soloist (parts available for trombone, sax and trumpet). The post-bop melody of this 48-bar form is catchy and the changes great to solo...

Thoroughly developed original work for 5 trombones and thythm. Divided into three large sections, the first two are solo features for lead trombone. Section 1 is in a Latin feel; section 2 is a ballad...

A brass quartet (2 Bb trumpets, two trombones). This original piece for brass was inspired by the sounds of changes' sounded by the bells of Coventry Cathedral in England. It is excellent for for chur...

A brass quintet piece for 2 Bb trumpets, French horn, trombone and tuba.The famous circus march is masterly transcribed. This will be instant success as a concert opener, closer or encore. Composed by...

Arranged for brass quintet (2 Bb trumpets with one doubling piccolo trpt. in Bb, French horn, trombone, tuba, organ and percussion). This setting of Rimsky-Korsakov's brilliant fanfare and procession...

Arranged for brass quintet. 2 Bb trumpets with one doubling piccolo trpt. in Bb,French horn, trombone and tuba.Three lively dances from the Renaissance by the master of the French dance. Composed by C...

Arranged for brass quintet (2 Bb trumpets with one doubling piccolo trpt. in Bb, French horn, trombone, and tuba. Another finely crafted medley of traditional holiday melodies including: Gloucheschire...

This is Tom's favorite Gloria Morgan ballad. It also has a solo spot for trumpet, and has a decidedly Ellington flavor to it. Vocal range is from A below middle C to C above middle C. Medium difficult...

A hard drivin' gospel shuffle that features alto saxophone. Need a soloist that can really get down and 'greasy' ala Sanborn. Ensemble builds a fire under the soloist. Great for showing off a great al...

Written as a tribute to the great lead alto player Johnny Hodges, this chart uses the conventional harmonic and rhythmic language of the era. Basically a blues with a bridge 'Hodge' develops in a conv...

Alto feature, starts medium slow, then to medium fast 5/4 stretto ensemble, jazz 4/4 coda slow melody super imposed on 5/4 motif.

Alto saxophone feature. A written solo & soli based on remembrances of Chu Berry by the composer. Good full harmonization ala Dirk. Inst.5 sax's,5 flugelhorns, 3 tenor trombones, bass trombone & 4rhyt...

A soulful, gospel-tinged feature for alto saxophone, this chart was written as a tribute to Tom Capps, a former student who succumbed to cancer. No doubles or difficult/technical problems, just a poig...

Feature our alto saxophone soloist on this beautiful ballad! A lyrical melody coupled with some interesting harmonic twists will provide a great vehicle for a more advanced alto player to shine! The a...