Partitions difficile de Musique latine

Recorded by Bill Watrous on the Columbia album of the same name, this big band masterpiece features a relentless Latin groove, crisp articulations, and full solo choruses for trumpet, tenor and trombo...

Commissioned by the Gates Chili High School Jazz Ensemble in Rochester (NY), this winning original alternates between a Latin and straight 8th-note feel, and draws from the ascending melodic minor sca...

This 2015 Grammy-nominated arrangement, was recorded by the Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra on "Strength In Numbers" (Summit Records). The original Stephen Foster waltz is refitted here as a medium-bri...

This chart for proficient groups utilizes a driving Afro-Cuban 12/8 feel to simulate the power and tension of a full strength hurricane. When you're not experiencing mental images of a raging storm ma...

The title track of the Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra's CD (Summit Records DCD 481), this bright samba for proficient groups has an uplifting feel. Filled with dynamic shading and catchy grooves, this...

Commissioned by the Northern Michigan University Jazz Ensemble, this jubilant tone poem portrays the Great Northern Railway that ran for a century from the Great Lakes to the Pacific Ocean. Beginning...

Commissioned by the Northern Michigan University Jazz Ensemble, this jubilant tone poem portrays the Great Northern Railway that ran for a century from the Great Lakes to the Pacific Ocean. Beginning...

Commissioned by the Long Beach (CA) Polytechnic High School Jazz Ensemble, this spicy salsa original for proficient groups will be the highlight of your concert or festival performances. Named after a...

Commissioned by the Long Doug Beach (CA) Polytechnic High School Jazz Ensemble, this spicy salsa original for proficient groups will be the highlight of your concert or festival performances. Named af...

This original for proficient groups is a sure bet for getting your audiences and judges engaged. Effective salsa rhythms are utilized throughout and the brass ranges are moderate. Duration 5:00. Avail...

Featuring a bright salsa groove, this zesty original for proficient groups provides suggested montuno (piano), tumbao (bass) and cascaras (drum) lines to ensure stylistic authenticity. Solo highlights...

Featuring a bright salsa groove, this zesty original for proficient groups provides suggested montuno (piano), tumbao (bass) and cascaras (drum) lines to ensure stylistic authenticity. Solo highlights...

Any Kenton fan knows this piece very well, as it is one of the finest things ever written for Stan. This transcription faithfully recreates the stunning afro-cuban chart by Bill Holman. There is solo...

As recorded on the Tonight Show Band CD 'Once More With Feeling' (Amherst Records), this chart is one of the 'hippest' that Tommy ever wrote for that band. There is solo space for tenor sax, but the m...

Here is another marvelous collaboration of Pat Metheny/Lyle Mays music as arranged for big band by Bob Curnow. The original recording by the Pat Metheny Group is on the CD Speaking of Now. The piece s...

This is the chart that people have been wanting to see in print for years! Recorded by the Bill Holman Band on their album Briliant Corners, this is the great Thelonious Monk tune set in a straight-ei...

As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on Viva-Kenton, this delightful Latin chart has solo space for tenor saxophone and features a very hip melody by Gene Roland. Gene wrote many, many hit records...

Based on a traditional Native American song, Fred Sturm has created a truly amazing masterpiece capturing the beauty of the melody with the intricacies and creativity of a big band. Set in 15/8, this...

As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on 'Live at Brigham Young University', this is the thrilling Latin Stan Kenton sound like that of 'Malaga' and 'Malaguena' that is sure to dazzle any crowd. So...

Here is another fantastic Lennie Niehaus arrangement as recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on 'The Stage Door Swings' Album. This was the 'missing link' from that album. Now we have all of those ch...

Rich gives us a wonderful, swinging samba featuring tenor sax and trombone. What a great, refreshing take on the big band samba this is. Moderate ranges for all makes this a very accessible chart for...

Although Sierra Music published the original version of this cool chart in the past, Bob Curnow decided to edit it and make the Stan Kenton Orchestra piece a lot easier and fun to play. The instrument...

This is a drum set feature which really shows off your drummer. Steve Houghton uses this in his performances. It opens with a Cute (Hefti) - like feel (brushes and a neat, light be-bop line), goes int...

This is one happy chart! It starts with the trombones laying down a nifty bass line, and then a great groove with a calypso pattern. Trumpets take the melody, and things cook on from there. Solos for...

Here is another fantastic trumpet feature for a fantastic trumpet player. A great ballad standard in a gorgeous setting! There are two solo parts provided, Maynard's version and one for mere mortals....