Partitions difficile pour Big Band

As performed by Carmen McRae (including the spoken intro), here is John Clayton's sensitive and gorgeous version of For All We Know. The rich ensemble accompaniment is as much a part of the arrangemen...

Bess, You Is My Woman Now' is a crucial plot point in George and Ira Gershwin's opera 'Porgy and Bess;' it serves as the moment when the title characters admit and embrace their love for one another....

Gil Evans's arrangement of 'Here Come Da Honey Man' is the shortest track on Miles Davis's 1958 version of 'Porgy and Bess.' In the original opera, it serves as a brief but effective introduction of P...

Much like 'Bess, You Is My Woman Now,' 'I Loves You Porgy' serves as a declaration of love between the title characters of the Gershwin/Heyward opera 'Porgy and Bess.' Gil Evans's arrangement for Mile...

This beautiful ballad by the legendary trumpeter Freddie Hubbard was originally recorded on his 1970 album The Black Angel in small group form. This big band arrangement is courtesy of trombonist John...

Written in 1953 for Nat 'King' Cole, Billy May's arrangement of Angel Eyes does a wonderful job of both capturing and expanding upon the dark and sensual melody of what has become one of the most freq...

Written to commemorate the retirement of award-winning educator Jim Culbertson of Decatur, Illinois, this medium advanced chart opens with a lyrical theme that gives way to a medium double-time swing....

Il s'agit d'une excellente transcription par Jon Harpin d'une composition de Neal Hefti magnifiquement conçue, écrite comme une ballade solo pour Marshal Royal. Si votre groupe dispose d'un joueur d'a...

(A LOVE STORY) - Ballad with dbl-x section. Challenging Alto sax feature. No score. Recorded by the Matt Catingub Big Band on Sea Breeze Jazz, My Mommy and Me.

Beautiful medium slow swing ballad featuring your lead alto. Alto only improvises on last two fermata chords. Eight bar piano solo (written or ad-lib). Nice sax soli and soft ensemble passage ala Basi...

This is a ballad....a trombone feature written for Rob McConnell. It has a solo piano intro and lots of dynamic gradations, resulting in an emotionally charged chart. Trumpet D, Trombone B.

Beautiful contemporary groove ballad. Features Trpt & Piano. Flute dbls. Composed by Billy Mitchell, orchestrated By Paul. Recorded by the HMA Salsa Jazz Orchestra 'California Salsa Two' .

Lengthy (9+ minutes). Ballad/waltz written in honor of my cat's favorite toy, Sid the Squid - a weathered, well-loved six-legged sea creature made of foam, fur, leather, and dirt that gets 'hunted' ar...

Bluesy Trbn. Ballad in swing style w/easy ens backing, lots of independent lines for backing interments. Flugelhorns/muter Trpts. Throughout w/easy range requirements. Trpt to B, opt D, solo Trbn to C...

Fairly easy even eigth note ballad. Piano feature, all written out, but also with changes. Top trumpet note written Bb. Harmonically sophisticated and moody.

This lovely ballad from the pen of Phil Woods serves, appropriately enough, as a lengthy vehicle for your star alto saxophonist in three capacities - melody, section lead, and soloist. Following a pia...

Commissioned by the Illinois Wesleyan University Jazz Ensemble and performed by several all state ensembles to date, this chart is an alto feature. Like the title, the chart begins as a ballad and lea...

As recorded on John Daversa's 'Live at Catalina's', this is a jazz ballad enabling a sensitive jazz trumpet solo. There is an a cappella development section for the winds that alludes to classical sen...

(1982 rev. 1998) 3/4 Ballad. Flugelhorn feature. Commissioned in 1983 by the Fresno City College Jazz Ensemble. All woodwinds double on flute. Top trumpet note: written high C.

Flugelhorn feature. Tempos: Ballad, medium swing, fast swing. Meaty sax soli.

Ballad. Passing Giants was written in April of 1984. The deaths of Count Basie, Red Garland and Juan Tizol that month provoked the realization that so many of the innovators and heroes of jazz were pa...

This arrangement features the alto sax in a ballad and swing combination. Recorded by the Maynard Ferguson band, the lyrical theme will become one of your favorites.

Ballad featuring alto sax, and some integral ensemble backgrounds. Begins with a rubato section for alto and piano. Solo section moves to double time swing, followed by a swingin' ensemble soli. Retur...

This is a short feature for lead alto. It starts as a ballad with the soloist interweaving figures around a lush brass chorale. Later the hrmonic rhythm is doubles (2 changes to the bar instead of 1)...