Partitions swing big band

Here is an easy-to-use set of warm-ups and style studies designed for beginning bands. Each of the 8 short exercises focuses on a specific concept or scale. No complicated instructions or diagrams to...

Give Mike Lewis the most famous 5/4 tune ever written and tell him to arrange it for young jazz ensemble, and you have an instant hit. Mike has created a great opportunity for developing young jazz mu...

Robbie Williams Big Band Chart. From the album Swing When You're Winning.

Quincy Jones wrote some incredible arrangements on very popular tunes for the Count Basie Orchestra. As recorded on Hits of the 50's & 60's - This Time By Basie, Quincy's arrangement of I Left My Hear...

Believe it or not, this Benny Goodman classic has never been available for standard big band instrumentation. The original contains solo clarinet and less than a full compliment of brass, so we asked...

Il s'agit de la véritable version de Glenn Miller, avec des solos de trompette écrits pour les 2e et 3e trompettes. Les solos sont également liés aux 1ère et 4ème parties, ce qui permet à vos autres m...

Big Spender a été écrit par Cy Coleman et Dorothy Fields pour la comédie musicale "Sweet Charity" de 1966. La version de Peggy Lee est la version "pop" originale de l'air et a établi la norme que d'au...

Robbie and Guy Chambers back together (at last!) for this opening number on the 'Swings Both Ways' Album. A Perfect and very playable new number for a concert or party night. Key: Bb Vocal range: A -...

One of the most enduring compositions from Miles Davis' early career is this medium swing tune recorded on the 1954 album Walkin'. In this terrific chart for younger players, Rick Stitzel uses some ni...

From bebop innovator Charlie Parker. Now's the Time is one of his more accessible and popular tunes. With limited ranges and easy rhythms, this enjoyable arrangement allows you to teach a bit of jazz...

As recorded by Peggy Lee, Joe Williams, Count Basie and many others, this popular standard breathes new life under the masterful pen of Sammy Nestico. A flexible solo section allows for any combinatio...

Take this swingin' Ellington favorite and put it in the skilled hands of Michael Sweeney and you have a magnificent teaching and performance piece for beginning jazz groups. The style is authentic eve...

Here's a chart that will make your band sound great and is not that hard to sing. Roger's medium up-tempo arrangement of this Irving Berlin favorite features excellent accompaniment writing as well as...

One of the Duke's most loved melodies in an easy setting for vocal soloist. Skillfully handled by Jerry Nowak.

Made popular recently thanks to a recording by Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, this wonderful jazz standard from the '30s has also been featured on the TV show Glee. This up-tempo swing chart can be used...

Here's an arrangement by John Higgins which makes this jazz classic accessible to most ensembles. Intriguing chord voicings and strong thematic construction make this chart a sure winner.

Composer Wynton Marsalis and arranger David Berger team up to deliver a high power stylistic masterpiece. Based on a traditional swing groove and playable at a variety of tempos, this chart has the po...

Composed by Lester Young, arranged by Dave Wolpe, this swinger features the sax section. Plenty of sax soli, a tenor solo and the always wonderful Wolpe shout chorus. Lead trumpet range is to written...

A staple of every jazz singer's repertoire, arranger Dave Wolpe delivers another great chart with plenty of musical space for the vocalist. Dave knows how to arrange better than just about anyone and...

Composed and arranged by Gordon Goodwin as a duet for Maynard Ferguson and Wayne Bergeron. Gordon adapted this one to feature only one trumpet soloist with written lines and some jazz solo space. It s...

Le collier de perles ? - mais tout le monde l'a dans sa bibliothèque. Oui et non. De nombreux groupes utilisent un arrangement "standard" pour orchestre de danse, écrit à l'origine pour 5 saxophones e...

Artie Shaw a enregistré ce classique à de nombreuses reprises au fil des ans. Au départ, il utilisait 4 saxos - 2 altos et 2 ténors, puis, plus tard, une section AATTB régulière et lui-même à la clari...

Moondance

Frank Mantooth has transformed this John Coltrane classic into and outstanding up-tempo chart for big band. Features Tenor Sax and Flugelhorn with solo space for each.