Curt Berg

Arranged in the bossa nova style in which it is commonly played. Intro and ending are clock-like, and the melody is split between various players. Solos include one trombone and piano. Arrangement emp...

This is a medium up-tempo arrangement of a popular Bill Evans swinger that features bass and drums as well as one tenor bone player. After an intro composed by the arranger, the bones play the melody...

Alternates between bossa nova & samba, featuring a flugelhorn soloist & an additional optional tenor sax soloist. Much color is provided by wdwd dbl. in all sax chairs. The harmonic & rhythmic challen...

Piano sets the groove for this straight ahead med swing chart. A flowing contrapuntal sax & muted Trpt live leads to the solo sections for Alto & Trbn. 'Basie' inspired riff sets up the screaming shou...

Smokin' from the start w/a bright rock feel, the soloists & a small ens over a grooving swing are featured. Saxes follow w/a challenging dbl. x soli. Another in the continuing episodes of the Furry Fr...

Here is a moderately slow swinger that has lots of ensemble including a long sax soli. Alto sax solo. No dbls.

Here is an angular, bluesy medium swing chart featuring tenor sax, drums, bass, and optional trombone jazz that was written in the 80's. It opens with a drum solo with band hits, and has some tricky t...

Here's a medium swinger with lots of harmonic action & much ensemble writing. Instrumentation includes flugelhorn, tenor sax, trombone, piano, bass, and drums.

Trumpeter Ron King and chef Jeff Smith were the inspirations for this bossa nova. The melody is stated twice with different harmonizations, both of which are incorporated into the solo form. The instr...

This one's a funk shuffle with an unusual form featuring solos by Trpt & Synthesizer (opt'l Guitar). There is a challenging brass soli w/Drums & lots of intricate sax writing. No dbls.

This chart is a shuffle featuring (guess who) the Bone section. The writing is quite adventurous in terms of harmonic and contrapuntal content, & two soloists are featured as well as the full sec. Dbl...

Featured by the Ed Shaughnessy 'Energy Force Big Band', his shuffle is a Trpt/Alto duet. Solo space for both w/cued bckgs. Ens shout initiates interplay between the sections

Essentially the same as the big band version, but for little band. Solo in Bass, Bari, Sax & Drums, some dbls. Scored for A,T,B, 2 Trpts, 1 bone & Rhy. No score.

Spacy rock w/meter changes galore, some dbl x jazz, unusual orchestration & lots of wdwd color make up this extended arrangement. Guitar & Piano have the solo space. Dbls.

Comp by Bill Evans arr by Curt. Fieve is an earlier Bill Evans tune based on 'rhythm' changes. The tune (and the arrangement) is a study in tuplets, especially five quarter notes over four. The head i...

Your dog may ignore it completely, but your Trbn sec. may eat up this jazz waltz. The chart incl. plenty of ens solis for the bones as well as solos for 2 players & the Piano. The chord chgs are not e...

This chart combines a moderate 16th note Latin feel w/a memorable tune, somewhat complex harmonies and a rich tonal, palette to make a unique addition to your band. Features Guitar solo & requires a B...

A 3/4 & 4/4 ballad. Chart makes extreme use of subtle shadings & complex harmony. Builds to a high energy 'McCoy' slow three. Optional vocal choir parts. Dbls.

A straight eighth ballad with a haunting melody. Alto sax solo.

Fast Latin and 4/4 jazz. (3/4 bars thrown in for good measure). Some sax dbls.

3/4 time take-off 'Old Folks', medium slow tempo. Trombone feature.

Perhaps you need a good funk shuffle with no woodwind dbl. that features trpt and tenor sax. This one features both instruments on the melody and on solos and should be playable by most bands.

This is a flugelhorn feature with a straight 8th feel in 5/4 time that is dedicated to Seattle trumpeter Hadi Al Saadoon. Parts are included for doumbec & require to give the composition a Middle East...

The melody/lead is split between two players, and the jazz may be shared in desired. The chart employs mixed meters at beginning and end, and requires a rhythm section with very good reading ability....

Medium minor blues. There is much additional material as well. The bass trombone is featured both in written and improvised solos, and the third trombone has an extended solo as well. Both the bassist...