Spartiti per orchestra jazz

Hard driving 12 bar blues shuffle at its best. Great ensemble shout.

Nice/easy 16 bar minor blues. 128 feel. Ensemble melody, bone solo. Some sax dbls.

A medium straight 8th note feel with a muted trumpet, trombone and tenor solo. Alto 1 doubles on soprano. Thje beginning of the trombone solo is with guitar only. The beginning of the tenor solo is wi...

A hard shuffle with guitar, tenor, and baritone sax solos. A great closer of this Stanley Turrentine classic. Quarter note = 152. Recorded by the Bob Florence Limited Edition on 'Serendipity 18' on th...

Comp by Johnny Mercer/Johnny Mandel and arr by Bob. A real concert piece. Emily goes back and forth from 4/4 to 3/4. Flugelhorn solo on trumpet 4, trumpet solo on trumpet 5, piano solo at the top. Thi...

A great concert piece of this John Green classic. Half of this medium tempo arrangement is very soft. The other half is very loud. No doubles. Quarter note = 132. No score.

A fast jazz waltz (dotted half = 92) beginning with a rubato piano solo. Piano then sets tempo. The other solo is a flugelhorn.

Written for Kenton Band. Starts w/fanfare & dirge which builds to a Latin 6/8.Open solo section for drums. Finale features strong Bones & high Trpts, leading to roaring finish. Tenor, Trpr & Drum solo...

Jazz-rock fusion that turns into a samba. Samba provides chord patterns for solos. Linear-styled ens chorus. Dbls.

This chart is a tribute to (and quasi-imitation of) the Bill Russo mid-fifties era pieces for the Stan Kenton Orch. Starting with a double time ensemble section, the piece features a strong trombone s...

Starting with a piano arpeggio pattern, this symphonic style tone poem features a series of unison lines from each section that builds from simple to dramatic. A middle section has a calypso mood whic...

Style is 'African' latin, 6 beats of triplets, taken in a slow three. Although this piece can be performed without extra percussion, it is greatly enhanced by them. Several Cascara or bell patterns an...

This chart presents a rubato dramatic introduction before the piano pattern establishes the mood of the piece (even-eigths, but not Rock). The orchestra is divided into several different color layers...

This second movement of the Trump Card Suite features duo jazz trumpets in an up-tempo line over the ensemble. A spritely melodic line is followed by the two soloists alternately trading 8-bar ad lib...

This composition is drawn basically from one 2-measure melodic/rhythmic figure. The rhythm is even-eighths with the melodic lines, often sequential developement of the main motif, combining the instru...

This is a powerful piece with a strong theme initially stated in the middle low instruments. The even-eighth style is neither Latin nor rock but has a driving distinctive rhythmic pattern in the drums...

This major piece begins with a lengthy introduction in 9/8 (in a fanfare-ish manner), changing to 3/4 that at first features trumpets, then the entire ensemble and develops into a lyrical but still rh...

This short composition (2 pages) has a sweeping angular melodic line intially stated in the low instruments over a Latin (Bolero) rhythm. The melody works its way upward through different sections, an...

This up-tempo jazz piece starts with a tutti which spins off into a division of the ensemble into unisons which spell a main motif for the piece. The middle section of the head has the soloist (to com...

Even with a seriously evil title, this has some beautiful moments. If you include timpani in your ensemble, this can be an outstanding feature (2 timps possible, better with 3), but it's all cued in o...

Straight ahead, no nonsense blues. Audience will know your band came to play when they hear this chart. It grabs from the opening sax notes & just doesn't let go. Trpr, Tenor & Piano solos. Reminiscen...

Ladd's personal favorite as a closer ala Chick Corea. Solos: Soprano sax. Dbls.Recorded by the Ladd McIntosh Big Band on 'Ride the Night Beast'.

Shuffle. Tune features provocative section w/ thrilling unison horn line pitted against your drummer.