Partitions difficile pour Big Band

Features two be-bop Alto players in a med-fast fun feature. Based on Honeysuckle Rose changes. No score. Recorded by Univ Wisconsin-Eau Claire on Walrus Records.

This super stomper features Trpt & Alto in a Cannonball/Nat Adderly tradition. No score.

A nice med blues chart that can be opened up for any soloist with a nice shout chorus. No score.

Up-tempo jazz waltz that showcases your great Bone section. Commissioned by the Monterey Jazz Festival.

A wonderfully different and challenging Alto ballad. Also features a great Bone soli in a dbl x section.

Tongue-in-cheek craziness. Piano solo, open solo section. Sax doubles. No score. Recorded by the Matt Catingub Big Band on Reference Records. See master Otter CD catalog.

This was the nickname given Matt by the great Thad Jones. This chart showcases the band with some fun ensemble be-bop and as usual a great Catingub shout chorus.

(The Retired Gardeners Song) Another in a series of truly tasteless Catingub titles! Medium-fast opener with exciting ensembles. Tenor and Drum Solos.

A challenging concert piece featuring impressionistic style writing for jazz ensemble. Very interesting colors and tempos. Features Alto sax and Trumpet. Saxes dbl on flutes.

Looking for that burning sax section feature? Here is an up tempo romper with great solis and exciting ensemble passages. Commissioned by the Monterey Jazz Festival. Recorded by Charles Rutherford's J...

Gorgeous ballad that features mainly ensembles. This chart quietly builds to a soaring ensemble and then settles to a VERY pretty conclusion. Saxes dbl on flutes. Recorded by the Charles Rutherford's...

The brothers travel South! Features Alto & Tenor. Fun and crowd pleasing! Scored for five saxes, four trumpets, three trombones and rhythm and can be performed with smaller band with four saxes, three...

Written for, and performed by the Yamaha Virtual Big Band with Steve Gadd & Tom Scott. An up-tempo Be Bop Blues. Great to open up, has a challenging sax soli. Scored for five saxes, four trumpets, thr...

Remeniscent of a Basie chart from the April In Paris Sessions. Nice smooth shout. Scored for five saxes, four trumpets, three trombones and rhythm and can be performed with smaller band with four saxe...

Great jazz waltz remeniscent of a 60's TV theme. Good ensembles and nice change of pace. Scored for five saxes, four trumpets, three trombones and rhythm and can be performed with smaller band with fo...

3/4 samba feel. Soprano/flugel have the melody. Woodwinds & muted brass. Some Sax dbls.

Hard driving 12 bar blues shuffle at its best. Great ensemble shout.

Nice/easy 16 bar minor blues. 128 feel. Ensemble melody, bone solo. Some sax dbls.

A medium straight 8th note feel with a muted trumpet, trombone and tenor solo. Alto 1 doubles on soprano. Thje beginning of the trombone solo is with guitar only. The beginning of the tenor solo is wi...

A hard shuffle with guitar, tenor, and baritone sax solos. A great closer of this Stanley Turrentine classic. Quarter note = 152. Recorded by the Bob Florence Limited Edition on 'Serendipity 18' on th...

Comp by Johnny Mercer/Johnny Mandel and arr by Bob. A real concert piece. Emily goes back and forth from 4/4 to 3/4. Flugelhorn solo on trumpet 4, trumpet solo on trumpet 5, piano solo at the top. Thi...

A great concert piece of this John Green classic. Half of this medium tempo arrangement is very soft. The other half is very loud. No doubles. Quarter note = 132. No score.

A fast jazz waltz (dotted half = 92) beginning with a rubato piano solo. Piano then sets tempo. The other solo is a flugelhorn.