Spartiti per orchestra jazz

MFYXTPLYX is an exciting up tempo 'tonally outside' swing number featuring drums. After the band unison line...it's all drums!...until the outhead is played. 5/4/4/G/P/B/D. Trumpet Bb. Trombones B. Me...

Straight ahead swinger. It's just good old 'Basie' sound at it's best. Shout chorus absolutely ROARS. Trumpet, trombone solos.

Straight ahead swing with plenty of blowing space. Sax soli and brass a cappella leading to shout chorus.

Commisioned by Martin Murphy Middle School, Morgan Hill, California. Dedicated to one of the greatest entertainers, Sammy Davis Jr. Laid back swing feel muted brass ensemble with a flute lead on the m...

Written for the SCU Fresno 'Statesmen' Big Band. A laid back Basie 'groove' in the style of Ernie Wilkins. Full sounding sax soli. Trumpet or trombone solo, and Piano. Powerful shout chorus. Nothing b...

24 measure tune based on minor blues changes. Great for improv. Solo section is open for any soloist with interchangeable backgounds. Changes sound hip, but are easy to blow on. A relaxed swing feel w...

Commissioned by SW Missouri State Univ, Jerry Hoover, director. A medium tempo Basie style piece based on the changes to classic Basie tune 'Jive at Five.' Piano states the head, later saxophones. Sol...

Medium swing feel. Modal jazz tune loosely based in minor blues changes. Sounds different, but it's not hard to blow on. Changes included for everyone. Not rangy, lead trpt tops out at A above the sta...

Just a light, swinging jazz tune with a lot of ensemble writing that will require some rehearsal time for precision. But not a killer range wise. Lots of accents and rhythmic tricks that are unexpecte...

Commissioned by Fred Lange at Davis High School in California. A farewell to his graduating seniors. Piece in three sections. First is a choral in a rubato style (I've been told it sounds like 'Georgi...

Medium swing chart. Featuring Trpt, Bone & Piano solos. Nice ensemble writing.

After a brassy intro in 2/4, the chart breaks into a medium fast swing. Although this tune is not a blues, the Tenor & Bone follow blues in Bb patterns for four choruses apiece. Exciting 'sudden death...

A challenging unison melody and an equally challenging set of chord changes reminiscent of the 'hard-bop' era characterize this moderatley fast tenor sax feature. The solo is on the 2nd tenor part, bu...

Medium swing. Written for Count Basie Band. Has great sax soli. Bone, Tenor & Trpt solos.Recorded by Frank Foster and the S.W.R. Big Band on 'Fresh Taste of Thad Jones...'.

A medium swing tempo rouser, this chart features baritone sax. With a one-measure pick-up break at the end of the intro, the 'big E-flat' states the melody of this B-flat blues, then takes off on its...

This arrangement is part of Frank Foster's Vintage Basie Series, compositions performed and/or recorded by Count Basie and his world famous New Testament orchestra between 1953 and 1960. It's another...

Your big band has just shaken the earth off its foundation with one of your monster flag wavers, now you'd like to cool things down with a somewhat relaxed swinger. Try Katherine The Great. She's also...

The fourth movement of the Count Basie Remembrance Suite, is a medium tempotune whose main purpose is to swing HARD! No tiptoeing through the tulips on this one, please! Although it starts off fairly...

A nice groovy medium tempo piece that swings right along, with solos for 2nd alto sax and 4th trumpet. Based on 'I Got Rhythm' chord changes, the arrangement contains a few 'boppish' licks in the melo...

With the same harmonic structure as the late Dizzy Gillespie's 'Woody'n You', this song features tenor sax and piano. Following the intro and opening chorus the ensemble swings for half a chorus, then...

A 16-bar blues that's just a little too happy to really be bluesy, 'Strut' lopes along with a medium up-tempo swinging motion with several 'two-five' progressions in its harmonic framework. solos by t...

This up-tempo swinger is dedicated to one of Chicago;s finest and one of the world's most fiery tenor saxophonists, Johnny Griffin. The challenging melody, based mostly on 'I Got Rhythm' chord changes...

Written for and featuring acclaimed guitarist George Benson with the Count Basie Orchestra, 'Ready Now' takes us on a swinging mildly up-tempo (but not too up) excursion through some slightly challeng...