Spartiti per orchestra jazz

Medium up tempo swinger. Can be opened up for additional solos after tenor, using first six bars as send-off each time. Not too difficult but requires solid lead trumpet. Written for Tonight Show Band...

Take-off on Rocky's Theme. Medium tempo 8th note feel with hip unison band interlude in contrast to more harmonic melody and solo sections. Written for Tonight Show Band.

Straight ahead Be-Bop featuring an unaccompanied sax soli, tenor solo may be opened up for other soloists as well. Originally arranged for Doc Severinson's Tonight Show Band. 7 brass.

Swinging medium 12 bar blues with interesting substitute changes. Tenor solo can be opened up for other soloists. Saxes & bones each have soli choruses leading up to full band shout chorus before retu...

A modern style aggressive feeling mixed meter swing chart that moves to various straight eighth feels as the piece progressive. It features a funky piano solo, gentle flugelhorn solo and a tense mixed...

A mini suite w/swing ballad sections & suitable for a good high school or college band.

This chart gets its name from the 'dancing cactus' so common in the Arizona desert. It features a contemporary harmonic approach (a la Michael Brecker) underneath a beautifully shaped melody. Solos: t...

Dbl-x feel funk. A medium tempo hay shaker featuring Trpt, Guitar, Alto builds to a huge climax making you feel like putting you money in the collection plate. Hard funk swinger.

A romantic ballad with a dramatic introduction that sets the tone for a mellow trumpet or flugelhorn feature on the melody at letter A. There is a swinging double time passage with solos for alto sax...

This medium modal swing chart provides opportunities for directors to work on style and feel while not overwhelming the students with technique concerns. Solos for alto, tenor, trumpet, and/or trombon...

A medium-up swing chart based on advanced chord changes. It features trumpet, trombone, guitar (opt) stating the melody, with solos in trumpet, piano & sax soli. The 'big' ending allows the chart to w...

Based on changes to Body & Soul. Straight-ahead swinger, great opener or closer, MM = 166+, 2x-feel on the chords (easier for soloists). Open solos - C, Bb, and Eb changes provided. Lead trpt

Based on changes to Chick Corea's Tones for Joan's Bones. Slight change-of-pace chart, a kinder, gentler sound, but still roars in ensemble sections. Open solos - C, Bb, and Eb changes provided (chang...

Medium swing inspired by Lee Konitz. Based on changes to Remember April. Solos for Alto, Tenor, Trpt, Trbn & Piano as well as more chances for others in your band to blow.

Medium swing chart w/Trpt & Trbn solos, [opt'l open] Sax soli & big shout chorus. Lots of two & four feel fun for the rhythm section.

Medium fast swing. The head of this chart features the saxes and brass in sustained textures and sudden dynamic contrasts. A prominent role is played by upright bass. There are challening solos over a...

Alternating 12/8 and swing feels, based on the changes to On Green Dolphin Street. Trombone and Alto sax solos. Lead trumpet to written high Eb.

Novelty jump swing tune that uses themes from a well-known earlyTwentieth Century work. Extended tenor solo. Drum solo. Lead trumpet to written high D.

Medium fast. Straight 8ths alternating with swing. Solo changes for piano, trumpet, and soprano sax. Trumpet 1 to written high E.

Tenor sax feature. Repleat with 11 1/2 dim to V7 to 1 harmonies. Swing (kinda cool) waltz development, guitar solo. Rhythm section displays the sequence for the intro. Tight ensemble work. Trpt. high...

Good big band blues - funky riff utilization, in Eb with ample space for solos. Wide voicing for sax's & ensemble, unisons, swings easily at most moderate tempos. Trpt. 1 high F & E. Trom 1 high Ab. 5...

A challenging, contemporary modal swing composition, 4th D(imension) is inspired by a book entitled Bold New World. A highly contrapuntal texture is created by the canonic introduction and the 4-voice...

A modal composition in a fast swing feel. This arrangement was commissioned by its composer, saxophonist Dick Oatts, for a performance by a German radio band. Solo changes are in alto 1, tenor 1-2, tr...

A contrafact on 'My Shining Hour' changes Shinin' featuring the piano trio within the big band. The chart is a medium swinger. The pianist, bassist, and drummer all get solo space and plenty of ensemb...

Medium swing (q note = 156). Basically an Ab blues. First two choruses without rhythm section. Solid ensemble writing throughout, takes advantage of the contrast between conical and cylindrical brass...