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This is one of Holman's best loved (and most often played) charts. Written for the Showcase album, it is a light, well-paced blues, featuring bass, tenor, trumpet and alto. Holman's well known linear...

This is the original version of the tune recorded in 1946, and also included in the Milestones LP. This was transcribed by Bob Curnow for Gunther Schuller's Smithsonian Jazz Orchestra concerts. Tenor...

This is exactly as recorded on the Hooper CD Out of the Woods. It is a wonderful piece at a medium swing tempo, with a great feel, fresh harmonic content, lots of clever lines and solo space for tenor...

This is exactly as recorded on the new Les Hooper Big Band CD 'Out of the Woods.' It is a wonderful piece, written in an easy swing tempo, with a great feel, fresh harmonic content, lots of clever lin...

One of the great Basie recording was The Legend, of which all the pieces were Benny Carter originals. This chart is from that recording, and it is a wonderfully soulful piece, set in a slow swing temp...

Shorty Rogers was very well known for his 'nonet' charts (6 horns, 3 rhythm), and this was one of his best-loved compositions. Set in an easy, low swing, 'Pirouette' has a lilting melody, along with a...

Bob Curnow has created a wonderful 'nonet' chart (6 horns, 3 rhythm) on this great Rodgers & Hart tune. The medium-swing setting features solo space for alto, tenor, flugelhorn, trombone and piano and...

Here is a wonderful 'Basie-ish' chart with a catchy melody set in an easy-swing tempo. Curnow has created a laid-back, swinging chart very much in the style of Sammy Nestico and others who wrote for t...

As arranged for and performed by the Stan Kenton Orchestra, this is a wonderful setting that features the saxophone section and solos for trumpet and trombone. Very reasonable brass ranges make this a...

From Essential Jazz Editions, Set #3: Music of the 1930s.

From Essential Jazz Editions, Set #3: Music of the 1930s.

From Essential Jazz Editions, Set #3: Music of the 1930s.

From Essential Jazz Editions, Set #3: Music of the 1930s.

As recorded by Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra 1935; 3 Altos, 1 Tenorsax, 3 Trp, 3 Pos, Git, Pno, Bass, Drums

As recorded by Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra 1935; 3 Altos, 1 Tenorsax, 3 Trp, 3 Pos, Git, Pno, Bass, Drums

Recorded in 1997 on The Danish Radio Big Band Plays Thad Jones album in tribute to the years he worked with that group, this irresistible jazz waltz features great sax and brass solis, lots of ensembl...

Don Sebesky has taken Ellington's melody and created a warm, sensuous chart which will be played for years to come. The ensemble voicings and colorful harmonies are set in a kind of Li'l Darlin'-ish t...

Oliver Nelson wrote the most beautiful melodies!! This is an alto saxophone feature and was recorded by Phil Woods and the Jazz Interactions Orchestra in 1967 (hear it on the Verve Jazz Masters 48 CD)...

A true Kenton Classic. Alto saxophone, piano and bass are featured on this one-of-a-kind piece. The piece was recorded in the early 1950s by Stan Kenton, became a huge hit and found its way onto many...

Recorded in 1947 and included in the 'Milestones' LP, this piece is a gorgeous melody (one of Pete's best known). It features piano throughout ( and it is all written out), with wonderful, warm, lush...

Das Set beinhaltet Direktion, 5 Sax, 3 Trompeten, 3 Posaunen + Rhyhtmusgruppe, spielbar ab 2 Trompeten, 1 Posaune, 3 Sax und Rhythmusgruppe Zusätzliche Stimmen erhältlich

You'll love this gorgeous ballad arranged by Dave Wolpe in two keys for flexibility. Vocal ranges: female key (low) of C, from G below middle C to third line B. Male key (high) of E-flat from B-flat b...

Eine perfekte Vorzeigeballade für Altsaxofon oder Trompete. Während die Rhythmen und die Tonumfänge auf mittelleichtem Niveau sind, sind die anspruchsvollen Melodielinien und Harmonien auch für sehr f...

This piece is a feature for solo flugelhorn (written for Fred Berry). It is a slow, pensive, lovely melody, set in an almost polytonal manner. Lots of lush sounds reminescent of Ellington and Kenton,...

Packed with style and verve to spare, 'Finishing Brushes' shows off your drummer's deft brushwork while engaging in a splendid dialog with the ensemble. The cool swing never ceases as the piece groove...