Partitions difficile pour Big Band

Written for the Buddy Rich Big Band. Ab. Slightly simplified version of the powerhouse rock chart with a rock 3/4 middle section. Hugh climax. Lots of fun to play. Top trumpet note written E.Difficult...

First of three movement suite in the style of the Bill Reddy/ John La Barbera/ BuddybRich suites. First section medium rock feel (Oxford Street), moderately difficult, top trumpet note written D, but...

Third movement of the London Suite, written for and performed by the Buddy Rich Band. Recorded by the Roger Fox Big Band on their album 'A Rare Connection. Trumpet top note written Eb above staff. Fun...

Bb Standard big band orchestration. A powerful and exciting jazz shuffle featuring piano as soloist. Written for a new recording of the Oscar Peterson Jazz Legacy Big Band featuring pianist Marian Pet...

Modern, challenging, atonal composition comprised of permutations of a 12-tone row. Free solos for Trumpet and soprano saxophone. 5 Reeds, 4 Trombones, 4 Trombones, Piano, Guitar, Bass, Drums. Lead Al...

Commissioned by the University of Northern Iowa in celebration of 50 years in jazz education, this chart is a challenging episodic work that begins with a somewhat dark, evolving incantation that can...

Tired of the same old big band charts?? Do you love minimalist music? Looking for something different?? If so, then this is the chart for you! Written ina quasi-John Adams/Steve Reich-esque style, thi...

A pretty moody waltz written for Phil's dear late wife Kathy. Sax solo (alternate Bb part for soprano or flugel solo included). Trumpets tacit unless solo is employed. Woodwind doubles: 2 flutes / 2 c...

Medium tempo modal shuffle featuring a snaky blues sax line over plunger trombone figures which develop in a contrapuntal fashion when the trumpets enter. Fairly dissonant shout chorus utilizing Geral...

An easy paced loping shuffle featuring contrapuntal trombones and saxes. Solo spaces for tenor and trumpet. Mid register shout chorus uses restrainted dynamics for the most part. Fun to play.

An energetic tip of the hat to one of my all-time favorite arrangers, Bill Holman. A sort of Roman a Clef of 'Camptown Races' with lots of linear interest as well as a screaming shout chorus that recu...

This medium-up straight eighths chart is scored for soprano, 2 tenors, baritone, 4 tpt, 3 tbn and rhythm. It features solo flugelhorn on melody and improvisation, and there is also a trombone solo. So...

Funky shuffle featuring Tenor solo, Sax ens & a head played by trio of Trpt, Tenor & Bone.

Jazz/rock 'cooker' featuring two alternating Trpts & explosive Kentonesque brass writing.

Nice rock shuffle featuring sax exposition w/Earth, Wind & Fire - like horn riffs. Plenty of space for solos w/interesting contrapuntal variations & big shout chorus. Strong rhythm chart w/good use of...

Medium tempo samba featuring a simple, gentle melody. Some fun contrapuntal ensemble work leads to solos. Nice section for the Obones to show off and a good 'Latin' workout for the cats in the rhythm...

A hard driving up tempo Blues that feature an open piano solo with a funky bass line at the beginning with a great brass section background. The opening melody is played by the saxes. The ensemble sho...

Ofuscato is a contemporary bog band chart, featuring the tenor saxophonist throughout. It's a straight eights, about 95bpm, with a strong pedal pointn and a long three part form. Written with a Rhodes...

This uplifting piece was written to honor one of the greatest jazz drummers of South Africa, Lulu Gontsana. Even eighths. The introduction is built on major seventh chords over a driving beat, which o...

Not quite a ballad, not really a jazz waltz, this haunting piece features soprano saxophone throughout. The modal harmonies are of long duration, challenging the melodic invention of your soloist as w...

. .. is based on two funk grooves; one medium-fast, reminiscent of Weather Report, and the other half time. The main theme is played in unison by soprano sax, tenor sax and harmon-muted trumpet. Modal...

Comp by Jeff Ellwood. Written for the Riverside Community College Jazz Ensemble 1 and performed at the IAJE 2002 National Conference. This is a bop feature for tenor sax and trumpet. The two do the me...

Good chart to use synth/midi keyboard and experiment with some new sounds. Eerie introduction goes into funk feel. Sax doubles. Features synth and tenor sax solos. Some sax doubles.

A very beautiful ballad. Bass trombone feature. Sax doubles.

Opens with a 12-bar blues piano solo, into a great theme that will stick with the audience after they've gone, later features a tenor solo. Lead trumpet up to high Eb. (Premiered by MYJO- Midland Yout...