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Selected as a finalist for the 2007 BMI/Charlie Parker Jazz Competition Award, this gorgeous jazz waltz was originally written as a surprise for his wife on their wedding day. Lush sonorities are achi...

This lovely ballad is the third movement of Foster's Count Basie Remembrance Suite. The lead Trombone is featured in an entirely written solo, except for a short improv cadenza on the ending. Also fea...

A 3/4 ballad features solo trombone. A fifth trumpet part could replace section 1st trombone. Lots of tension in this one built off of melodic minor lines and harmonies. Solo trombone to high C, lead...

Begins as a ballad, double times to a jazz waltz, and settles into a jazz samba. Features tenor or optional solo flute on very difficult chord changes. Flute doubles in Alto 1 & 2, and Tenor 2. Flugel...

This is a medium tempo AABA bluesy shuffle in F minor that features the top three trombones on solos and the entire section in an 'a capella' soli. The 3rd Trombone solo is cued in one of the tenor pa...

A medium-up tempo in a 12-bar form that's almost a blues. Features trumpet or trombone solo exchanges with sax solis and alto or tenor solo exchanges with brass solis plus a string of exciting contrap...

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...

The National Anthem featuring Soprano sax as recorded by the Tom Kubis Big Band. Easy medium for the band.

Slow dirty blues with clarinet and trumpet solos, plunger muted brass, clarinet lead in sax section (on tenor part) and alternating double time feel to keep the rhythm section on their toes. As record...

The Quiet Corner sets a gentle but slightly funky groove full of soft colors and smooth textures, courtesy of muted brass, flugelhorns, and the flutes. The chord changes are lush and rich and fun to b...

Orchestral in nature, 'Ever Braver, Ever Stronger' was written in tribute to the American spirit in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Features written out trumpet, flute, and clarinet solos...

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...

Beautiful, contemporary 12/8 feel, featuring solo bone and tenor sax. 4 flugels with saxes on unison flutes at beginning. Solos begin with a semi-free feel that can be opened up. Unison trumpet soli o...

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...

Lots of Coltrane influence here with this chart. The melody is beautifully scored, making use of muted brass and saxes floating calmly over a quietly driving rhythm section. Lots of solo space, a fun...

This is technically an easy chart but harmonically a very interesting one to play. It is a great chart to teach balance, blend and intonation. I would suggest at first playing this chart in a choral s...

ATB, improv in sopranol. Count Basie medium swing style. Somewhat challenging soli/shout section with 16th note passages in soprano and tenor unisons with bari and alto harmonic support occasionally j...

SATB, improv in soprano and bari. Compositionally complex, this work is based on fourths and altered chords and scales such as lydian dominant and the super-lodrian or diminished whole-tone. Following...

AATB, improv in alto 2. Hard-Bop's tribute to reggae. This simple D minor tune has a great feel and is refreshing. It always receives favorable comments from audiences, perhaps because of the straight...

AATB, opt. improv in the 2 altos and tenor. Translated as OThe Last Tune,O. Latin groove with vamp in the beginning for introduction of players, and a vamp in the middle for a Owalk-out-in-the-audienc...

2 flutes, tenor (doubles on clarinet), bass clarinet, improv in tenor (feature). Feature ballad for tenor saxophone. Designed to be played by a saxophone quartet that doubles. Patterned after a Baroqu...