Partitions difficile de Swing

Medium swing chart w/a lot of ensemble all the way through. Based on the changes of another Dixie tune w/approx. the same name. Nice spot for the tenor to play the solo. Trpt. To D.

Hard kickin' jazz blues shuffle with plenty of room for the jazz tenor to solo. Composed by Steve Allen, arr by Tom Kubis. his is one of Steve's favorites and opens the new Tom Kubis/Steve Allen Big B...

Medium to up jazz swing starting with a very challenging sax line. Lot's of meaty ensemble leaving room for the trumpet to stretch his wings (providing he has wings KFC). Composed by Steve Allen, arr...

A very cool melody in an up tempo Jazz waltz style. Composed by Steve Allen, arr by Tom. This starts by featuring the flugels (which you already know because you have the new Kubis/Allen CD Keep Swing...

Steve wrote a cute little tune that features the trombones and the bass player in a Thadish kind of unison line (Trey Henry is featured on the Kubis/Allen CD, insidentally called Keep Swingin on Sea B...

This is a pretty flugel ballad (featuring Stan Martin-formerly with Pancho Sanchez). This is a very haunting solo and arrangement on the Keep Swingin CD on Sea Breeze Jazz. Again, another great ballad...

Up tempo swing. 1/4 note = 200. Solo changes in 2nd trumpet. Difficult sax soli. No doubles.

Great up-tempo swing chart. Can be used as a concert opener or closer. Written for Bill Holman. Extensive ensemble writing. Solos for Trpt, Alto & short Drum solo.

Very up tempo swing [ 1/4 note=300 approx.] in that great Florence style. Changes are based on How Deep is the Ocean. Solo space for Alto sax & trpt. Lots of ensemble writing. No dbls. Recorded by Bob...

Based on a 3/4 feeling in various tempos and style. Up tempo 3/4 swinger. Lower instruments have the melody. Some sax dbls. Part one of One, Two, Three.

Straight ahead medium swing featuring both tenor saxes. No doubles.

A waltz. Baritone solo melody and flugelhorn solo. Very gentle for most of the way through. Quarter note = 72 (swing 8th notes). Recorded by the Bob Florence Limited Edition on Serendipity 18 on MAMA...

The old 1920's song done as a bright samba and fast swing (half note = 132). Solos are tenor and trumpet.No score.

A medium-fast, hard driving, swinging piece with lots of ensemble and solo space for Trumpet and Alto Sax. Piano intro followed by the whole ensemble leads to the Saxophone section stating the theme....

A rousing, humorous medium swing with solo space for Trombone. The arrangement starts out with two unaccompanied Baritone Saxes stating the theme later joined by the rest of the Sax section. Adding th...

Grammy nominated best instrumental composition for jazz ensemble. A complex piece of extended length. Lots of solo space for Soprano Sax, Trombone, Trumpet and Drums. Mixed meters of 3/2, 6/4, and 4/4...

Straight ahead swinger. Saxes & Guitar state the theme, a soli for Tenors w/Trbns, & solo space w/backgrounds. Re-cap in new key leads to a roaring shout & tag ending. Dbls.

This original composition is based on the beautiful Michel LeGrand melody with a similar title. The piece can optionally start with piano solo alone (written out) stating the melody. The saxes drift i...

Med. up-tempo swinger inspired by Chuck Corea. Melody is stated by small ens before it's turned over the full band. Solo: Tenor, Trpt, Drums & opt'l Bone. Recorded by the Kim Richmond Concert Jazz Orc...

This exciting up-tempo free-swinging chart makes good use of a blend of Saxes, Flugelhorns, muted Trpts & Trbns. Solo section is modal. Solos: Tenor Sax, Trpt. No w/w Dbls. Recorded by the Kim Richmon...

Rapid moving 'straight 8th swing' spun out from a 4 note motif. Starts w/strong ostinato/fanfarish section/lengthy intro of angular unison lines reaching full melodic statement by Unison Trbns. Solo;...

Up-tempo swing. This high-energy big band piece starts off with a full ensemble shout and drops its energy down into a short piano solo. The band then enters with fragments of the main melody, using b...

Up-tempo Swing. This driving, exciting piece explores changes from stability to instability and back to stability again. Quick, explosive motifs in the beginning of the piece give way to a developing...

5 sax, 4tpt., 4 tbn., piano, bass, drums, vibes/opt. guitar. Fast modern swing, backbeat rock. Tempo: mm=136. Tpt range: G (top of staff). Soloists: alto 1, tenor 1, drums. This piece has many intrica...

Lots of deft Anderson touches in this hard-swinging Lionel Hamilton-Ruby Fisher tune featuring extended tenor and trombone solos, brief piano solo.