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Commissioned by the Jazz Division of the Illinois Music Educators Association for the 2006 Illinois All-State Jazz Ensemble, this heartfelt tribute to Frank Mantooth is an excellent programming choice...

Recorded by the Bob Mintzer Big Band on the album Papa Lips, the upbeat groove serves as an especially creative canvas for tenor and trumpet soloists. Other highlights include a rhythmic soli for alto...

Commissioned by the Kentucky Music Educators' Association for its 2002 All-State Jazz Ensemble, the inspiration for this medium-advanced, up-swing release comes from the music of Art Blakey's Jazz Mes...

Commissioned by the Kentucky Music Educators' Association for its 2002 All-State Jazz Ensemble, the inspiration for this medium-advanced, up-swing release comes from the music of Art Blakey's Jazz Mes...

Originally issued in 1974, this chart penned for the Count Basie band has everything you'd expect from a Sammy Nestico classic -- solos for piano and tenor, sax and brass solis, a solid ensemble shout...

Recorded by the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra on the album The Jazz Orchestra, this energetic adventure for capable bands is a series of alternating ensemble and solo sections for trumpet or trombone...

This spirited chart, originally recorded in a small group setting on the CD I Remember Jaco (BMG-Novus), is playable at a variety of brighter tempos but should ultimately be performed fast. A solid rh...

As recorded by the Bob Mintzer Big Band on the Incredible Journey CD, this tune features the drummer in a series of short cameo fills that eventually culminate in an unaccompanied, expandable solo jus...

Recorded by the University of North Texas Lab Band, this medium advanced swing tune brings to mind the legendary collaborations of Gil Evans and Miles Davis. Written to portray the vibrant arts distri...

Recorded by the University of North Texas Lab Band, this medium advanced swing tune brings to mind the legendary collaborations of Gil Evans and Miles Davis. Written to portray the vibrant arts distri...

Recorded by the Bob Mintzer Big Band on the album of the same name, this exciting tenor feature showcases several call-and-response conversations between the soloist and band. The drummer also shares...

Written by one of the most creative and original writers of big band music in the world today, 'That' is the logical sequel to Neil Slater's composition, 'This'. Neil's masterful orchestration shines...

Written by one of the most creative and original writers of big band music in the world today, "That" is the logical sequel to Neil Slater's composition, "This". Neil's masterful orchestration shines...

Recorded by the University of North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band on their Lab 2002 CD, much of the texture in this medium up-swing tune is dedicated to unison contrapuntal areas requiring a fluid, horiz...

Recorded by the University of North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band on their Lab 2002 CD, much of the texture in this medium up-swing tune is dedicated to unison contrapuntal areas requiring a fluid, horiz...

Recorded by the Bob Mintzer Big Band on the album Incredible Journey, this laidback Basie excursion starts with a 32-bar (expandable) piano solo backed by bass and drums before the ensemble joins in....

Recorded by the Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band on the Grammy-nominated album March Of The Tadpoles, this swing excursion gives three soloists -- piano, trumpet (or flugelhorn), tenor sax -- am...

Where or When" era uno dei brani preferiti di Frank Sinatra fin dai suoi esordi con la Tommy Dorsey band. Questa versione è una trascrizione dello schema di Billy Byers che usò con la band di Basie "L...

Questa canzone è stata scritta da Alan Lerner e Frederick Loewe per la produzione di Broadway del 1956 di My Fair Lady ed è stata interpretata da molti cantanti, tra cui Doris Day, Peggy Lee e Bobby D...

Un altro gioiello di classifica dall'album "Swing Easy" di Sinatra Riddle del 1954. Dopo un'introduzione di sole tre note, entriamo subito nel vivo del brano, con la sezione ritmica che fornisce un su...

Ecco la nostra trascrizione della versione di Anita O'Day di "I Love You" di Cole Porter. L'arrangiamento originale è di Billy May, dall'album "Anita O'Day Swings Cole Porter with Billy May" del 1959....

This classic Clarence Williams composition was written at the very beginning of the Jazz Age and speaks in the Count Basie language. An 8 measure written piano solo feeds into a quiet full ensemble me...

The arranging and composition professor at William Patterson University has written this medium groove gem. It swings hard and has plenty of ensemble and unison passages with a blues feel though not a...

An impressive Count Basie style chart delivers with the sound of jazz big bands so popular in the late 40's into the mid 50's. Great teaching piece that is very playable and it swings! Written solos....