Partitions difficile pour Big Band

Bossa nova written for John Patitucci. Features Bass solo [naturally]. Dbls. No score

Nice Bossa-nova. A change of pace for the concert. Features Bone solo. No score.

Bossa Nova featuring tenor sax solo. Doubles required. No score.

Pretty bossa featuring Flugelhorn. This tune is pretty quiet throughout but does have some hot ensemble writing. No dbls.

Guess what? It's a samba! This tune starts w/soprano and flugel lead in a rather quiet fashion & builds to a shout section featuring the trpts. The middle section features anyone who wants to blow. Re...

A lush and haunting Bossa Nova. This chart challenges your band's ability to balance & play sensitively. Dbls.

A lush and melodic bossa nova featuring Flugel. The chart also utilizes interesting contrasts through the use of flutes & contra-bass clarinet dbls.

The main section starts with a written piano Latin vamp pattern. The theme, stated by octave brass,is a 24-bar blues. The solo section is followed by ensemble development of unison and octave lines, a...

The bass line pattern provides the foundation for this Latin flavored piece, perhaps evoking images (with its exotic melodic line,featuring cup-muted trumpets against woodwinds) of 'South Seas'locales...

This is a commission for the Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association's All-star big band. The rhythm section is important in this medium up-tempo swing piece, especially at the begin...

Powerhouse chart. Med. bright tempo. Alternates Latin & swing. Challenging line & another great chord progression from Ladd. Fugue is the blowfish delicacy highly prized in Japan. If not cleaned prope...

Demanding line played against driving straight ahead & rhythm Latin section has rich 5 part saxes. Tune alternates between driving jazz 4 & Latin 2.

Very melodic Latin chart. This one really grooves. Tpt. solo with lovely haunting ensemble background. Excellent counterpoint between trombones and trumpets. Fun to play. Medium-difficult. LAST SUITE...

An energetic Latin groove with a short Trombone feature and solos in drums, guitar, and alto, followed by a driving swing section with a short piano solo, sax soli, & shout section that builds motivic...

Multi-faceted work built on a sixteen measure bossa nova. One flute double.

A lilting Latin melody over an unusual form. Modal piece with a Gil Evans style introduction in brass. Fun to play on. Alto 1 dbl. soprano. 10 brass (include tuba) solos for trombone & guitar.

Mexican Jumping Beans is a high energy, latin samba with a fusion edge. It features the first alto, and first tenor on both the theme and solo section. It also features the drummer/percussionist on th...

An exciting 'samba' set in a sextet format, using trumpet, soprano sax (alto 1), and trombone, which is continually contrasted with the full ensemble. Solos can be any combination of trumpet, soprano,...

A 'cha-cha with flavor' in A-minor at quarter=124, 'Sabor' features melodic and rhythmic material for all in the style of 'Oye Como Va'. Solos over the AABA form, or use an A-minor vamp for younger so...

Contemporary jazz samba that offers solo space for baritone sax, flute, trumpet, piano and drums. The chord changes for both the melody and the blowing sections are inspired by Herbie Hancock's 'Canta...

Russia meets the big-band! A unique blend of quasi-Latin/rock and cut-time 'show-biz' feel. Great shout section with swing/jazz feel. Some use of mixed-meter (including 10/8) extended drum solo ends t...

A musical nod to the multicultural richness of the area. A light, happy samba that builds, releases and builds again. Solos for flute (on tenor 2) and for guitar. An extended drum solo is also include...