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This is a small group version of the big band composition commissioned by Bobby Shew. Features a variety of rhythmic feels, including son montuno, Afro-Cuban 6/8 and mozambique. Scored for 2 trps, trb...

Fast swing fugue for four horns. Alto, tenor, trumpet, trombone, and rhythm.

The title says it all! This Bob Florence arrangement is based around a catchy riff based melody and an extended guitar solo, but the chart is flexible enough to allow it to be opened up for additional...

A creatively contrapuntal introduction sets up this swinging Bob Florence arrangement of a Stanley Turrentine classic. There is a piano solo before the melody is stated by the whole band, first in uni...

The R&B standard gets a unique re-imagining courtesy of Bob Florence. The arrangement shifts back and forth between 3/4 and 4/4 time and C and Eb major. An extended soprano saxophone solo kicks things...

Bob Florence's arrangement of Benny Golson's hard bop anthem makes extensive use of creative counterpoint throughout the initial melody statement. The trumpet solo is split between a chorus of just tr...

Indian Summer is an old standard tune dressed up with a new modern feel. Riposo took this tune and arranged it with rich up dated harmonies. Even though it is written on a difficult level with a few r...

Medium fast swing. Open solo section. Scored for AATTB, Trpt, Trbn, & No doubles.

Up-tempo swinger based on OTangerineO changes. Complete with trumpet solo, piano solo, and sax soli. Scored for 5 saxes, 1 trpt, 1 bone, and rhy.

This even-8th medium-tempo tune features a haunting 2-part melodic line which spins outover three tonal areas. Open solos explore these tonalities. Instrumentation is trumpet, soprano sax, trombone or...

Dedicated to Lionel Hampton, this straight ahead rhythm changes chart hints at Hamps signature tune Flying Home. Just like Lester Young often referred to everyone as Lady xxx, Hamp called everyone Gat...

This original was composed for the Power of Ten and is featured as the ear opening first track on their CD Earth Tones. The strong chromatic intro makes one wonder where the chart is going, but once t...

Ive always been a fan of Horace Silvers music, consistently brought to life by a band of the finest sidemen whether it was Tom Harrell and Bob Berg or Michael Brecker and his brother Randy. As the tit...

One of my more recent compositions, this one is also available here for full big band. This chart is a tour de force for baritone soloist and was written for the emerging talent Mark Allen who is feat...

This moody soprano sax feature also features your pianist. It is also available as a full big band chart. Recorded by Power of Ten on their CD Earth Tones, it is predominantly a ballad in 3/4 & 9/8, i...

An ideal opener for a concert program. After a fanfare type intro, a straight-ahead driving rock lifts the band into a striking theme. Fiery vamp for the Alto solo, opt;l open for more. Scored for Alt...

For those of you who have a teenager, A.D.I.L.O.T. is for you! A.D.I.L.O.T. (A Day In The Life of Tranae) is a commercial hip-hop tune composed for my daughter Tranae. The tune also contains plenty of...

Based on a constant pedal-point & a regular 2-bar accompanying pattern, this uneven-phrased angular melody line spins out into a open free solo section (on an opt+l D pedal). A short background or int...

Hadi's Feast is dedicated to Seattle trumpeter Hadi Alsaadoon. It is in 5/4 time w/ a straight-eight feel. Scored for: Soprano, Flugel, Trbn, & Rhythm

Here is a ballad with a plaintive melody and rich, dark harmonies. Tenor sax is featured at first, soon to be joined by the Flugelhorn and Bone. Scored for: Tenor, Flugel, Trombone and Rhythm

The mood on this is Latin a la Coltrane/McCoy Tyner/Elvin Jones. It's an extended blues built on 'sus-chords' with a dynamic thematic line. Harmonies on last section built on 4ths. Open solo section i...

This up tempo bebop swing features a horn motif with odd spaces in between. It looks harder than it is, but it sounds hip and natural. The open solo section is over four chords with a break phrase at...

This is the title selection from the Kim Richmond/Clay Jenkins Ensemble CD. The piano pattern establishes the mood of the piece (even-eigths, but not Rock). The unison melody in soft horns (tpt in Har...

Starting with an uneven rhythmic figure vamp intro, the start and stop horn theme is partly octaves, partly built on parallel 4ths, partly 3-part voiced. The rhythm section (especially drums) have ple...