Partitions difficile pour Big Band

This chart is dedicated to Horace Silver & Blue Mitchell. Written in a small group within a big band, it contains all of the elements of Horace's style. Solos for piano & trumpet. As recorded by the J...

This chart is a soprano feature with a straight eights bed that builds to a high point for lead trumpet solo. Modal changes with rich textured backgrounds. It evokes a Scottish Highland flavor with an...

Joseph Zynczak was a close friend and publishing attorney of John's for over thirty years. The chart reflects the energy with which he tackled the business at hand. He was as relentless in his challen...

One of Pat La Barbera's newest compositions that is a cross between a C minor and an F minor blues with a couple of extra bars thrown in for good measure. Arranged by John. Solos for Trumpet, Trombone...

8th note funk ensemble feature, with solos for lead alto (on soprano sax) and tenor sax2. Challenging unison line for the piano and electric bass. Very intense piece, with a strong melody. As recorded...

A challenging, very contemporry chart that erases those lines between improvised and compsed music; contemporary classical music and jazz; organization and chaos. Much of it is not based on traditiona...

As the title indicates, this chart depicts the many changing and unpredicatble moods associated with Mother Nature. It is influenced by Kenny Wheeler, Jim McNeely, and Vince Mendoza. Lengthy solos are...

Beautiful ballad lullabye for soprano voice and big band, with an optional four-part backup choir. No doubles; lead trumpet to E6.

WOW! - What a nice ballad! Composed by Steve Allen, arr by Tom Kubis. This is the alto feature you have been looking for! This is a jazz ballad with lots of nice pad backgrounds that are easy on the e...

Chart was written to feature Gary Foster. Alto Sax feature, that is a moving musical. Opening ballad moves to a/dB-x section that features some unusual sax section writing.

This is a solo vehicle for an alto saxophonist that is not part of the sax section in somewhat of a concerto format, including cadenzas. It's a traditional ballad, one section is just the piano and so...

Alto sax featured. 'Plea' will stretch everyone. It is not extremely difficult. It is four sets of different harmonic, melodic and rhythmic materials with connecting bridges between them and a summary...

A soft, quiet solo feature completely written out for the baritone saxophone. Woodwinds are 4 clarinets and a bass clarinet. From the 'Eternal Licks & Grooves' CD.

Voici la première partie de l'étonnant concerto pour clarinette d'Artie Shaw, écrit par le grand homme lui-même. Après un grand tutti d'ouverture, vient une élégante cadence de clarinette, avec le sou...

Voici la deuxième partie de l'étonnant Concerto pour clarinette d'Artie Shaw. La partition s'ouvre sur quatre cadences élégantes de clarinette, après quoi le batteur accélère le tempo avec un solo de...

Under The Wire is a tour de force written for the master clarinetist Eddie Daniels, and if you've ever heard Eddie play, then you know what you are in for here! The solo clarinet part requires great d...

It's a happy day any day when you have the new Keep Swingin CD just out on the Sea Breeze Jazz label. Composed by Steve Allen, arr by Tom Kubis. This is a piano feature in a Jazz waltz style (featurin...

A Samba written for Bill Waltrous book. Of course a Trombone feature throughout the chart. Optional Trumpet solo to give the Trombone a rest. Medium fast tempo.

Up-tempo trombone feature in a minor key. This is a difficult chart but if you have a bone section that's good this will be a good one. Starts with a unison head followed immediatly by a bone soli-las...

A beautiful ballad from the Steve Wiest Big Band library. With a chord progression that is a tip-of-the-hat to Coltrane, Brookmeyer, and Thad Jones, solo trombone (or treble instrument) is featured th...

Written originally for Bill Watrous, this shows off the trombone section with an additional featured soloist. The form is a standard Bb blues with a cycle of fifths bridge (ala rhyhtm changes). Trumpe...

Featuring the bone section, this minor up swing tune has a lot of personality. Composed by Steve Allen, arr by Tom. Saxes are featured in the 'Super Sax' style (but you won't find this on any Super Sa...

Trombone section feature in a Caribbean feel. Solos for all 3 tenor bones. Opt'l steel drum patch for piano. Great, rhythmic unison soli for whole band. Recorded by Ryan Haines Big Band on 'To The Sky...

Fast swing, sax section feature. Begins with an open drum solo, in tempo. Lots of fast unison and soli lines for the sax section. Solo changes in both the tenor 1 and bari. Recorded by Ryan Haines Big...

Great sambas feature for Drums, ensemble written around solo fills.Written for 5 saxes.