Partitions difficile pour Big Band

W.C. Handy's 'St. Louis Blues' had already entered the pantheon of classic blues melodies when Gil Evans wrote this arrangement in 1958. The album that it appeared on, 'New Bottle, Old Wine,' was a co...

Arranged by Frank Foster and recorded by Diane Schuur with the Count Basie Orchestra in 1987, Deedles' Blues features an infectious melody with some appropriately sultry lyrics by Los Angeles-based vo...

Phil Collins Big Band Instrumental Chart. A John Clayton arrangement in a hard driving 'shuffle' style which really moves right from bar 1.

A medium tempo trumpet blues in B flat feature, starting with cup mute then plunger then open. Woodwinds are clarinets and bass clarinet switching to saxes. As recorded by George Graham Big Band 'With...

Funk-blues feel, features guitar. No doubles. Medium difficult.

This blues with a bridge intertwines a number of 'Gershwin-esque' themes. Solos for tenor and trumpet. Lead also doubles flute and lead tenor doubles soprano. Some drum solo space at the end. An up te...

This was originally written for a band with two drummers to feature but there's an additional part for just one to play the whole chart. It's an up tempo modal tune but it's kind of a blues form and t...

This is a fast blues that features Tenor, Trumpet, and piano. With lots of textural variations, it leaps out of the starting gate and never stops. Trumpet D, Trombone C.

A 'git down' shoutin' blues in the style of Woody Herman's 'Greasy Sack Blues.' Some nice dynamic shadings contrast with a hot shout chorus and plenty of solo space. Has a laid back blues feel to it....

This is a kind of knock-down-drag-out blues in A-flat major that features solos by piano and trombone. In a medium fast swing tempo (quarter note =160), the chart is somewhat typical of the so-called...

Discommotion is a medium up-tempo (quarter note=176) blues in B-flat that really shouts for 4 minutes and 55 seconds. Reminiscent of big band jazz from the 1960's, it might be called a sort of 'Off-Ba...

Originally written to feature legendary veteran bassist Earl May, longtime member of Frank Foster's Loud Manority big band rhythm section, this chart is perfect for the big band bassist who rarely tak...

Tomorrow's Blues Today is a somewhat different kind of 'blues.' While it employs the normal 12-bar chorus format, it uses minor seventh chords insted of major or dominant chords in the first eight mea...

2nd trombone is featured throughout this arrangement, opening with the melody written out for solo trombone playing funky using the plunger (ala the late Al Grey), then unison trumpets take over doing...

A medium-up-tempo B-flat blues featuring 1st tenor sax throughout (originally written to feature tenor sax star Bill Saxton). The brief ensemble introduction is followed by unison saxes in the opening...

Joe Riposo has hit the mark in providing a medium up tempo blues that is playable by any bands. It sounds hard but plays easy. The brass ranges are very moderate and the rest of the parts playable. Th...

This piece is a swinging blues in 3 from the John Paulson Big Band Project CD/DVD. There are solo opportunities for any sax or rhythm at the start followed by chances for trumpet and/or trombone to sh...

Here's a proven arrangement for Jazz Band of what just might be America's most beloved song. Written to feature your soloist, it works for either a singer or alto player or tenor sax player who can im...