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Commissioned by the University of Miami Concert Jazz Band, this swinging riff-oriented blues employs sophisticated reharmonizations and modern horn voicings. Given the popularity of Pete McGuinness' r...

Swingin' hard from start to finish, this burner of a chart for proficient groups is a terrific program opener or closer. Featuring effective figures, brilliant orchestration, and a dramatic shout chor...

We welcome Tom Kubis to the Kendor family of writers with this swing chart that definitely lives up to its name. Solos are offered for soprano sax, trumpet and trombone, but the chart can be opened up...

Commissioned for the Cardinal Vaughn Memorial School Jazz Band in London, England, this swing shuffle original for proficient bands will energize players and audiences. Equally appropriate as an opene...

Recorded by the Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra on First Flight (Summit DCD481), this breezy and relaxed melodic arrangement for proficient groups features warmly orchestrated brass, inviting chords fo...

Recorded by the Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra on First Flight (Summit DCD481), this breezy and relaxed melodic arrangement for proficient groups features warmly orchestrated brass, inviting chords fo...

Well-orchestrated, hard-swinging figures abound in this chart for proficient groups that's highly reminiscent of Coltrane's classic Equinox. Frequent use of triplet arpeggios and effective dynamic sha...

Written in a minor blues form featuring an 8-bar bridge, this challenging original depicts the music of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers from the late '50s and early '60s. It requires an aggressive approa...

Written in a minor blues form featuring an 8-bar bridge, this challenging original depicts the music of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers from the late '50s and early '60s. It requires an aggressive approa...

Commissioned by the New York University Jazz Ensemble, this medium uptempo foray with abstract overtones features solos by tenor and piano. The opening unison brass soli, joined by saxophone counterpo...

Commissioned by the New York University Jazz Ensemble, this medium uptempo foray with abstract overtones features solos by tenor and piano. The opening unison brass soli, joined by saxophone counterpo...

This original for proficient groups is the title track from a recent recording by the H2 Big Band (Jazzed Media 1053). Based on the chord changes in the jazz standard You're My Everything, it features...

Recorded by the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra on the album New Life, this fast swing original opens with a full-band statement and a short piano solo before the trumpet soloist steps into the spotlig...

Recorded by the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra on the album New Life, this fast swing original opens with a full-band statement and a short piano solo before the trumpet soloist steps into the spotlig...

This medium shuffle chart is a simple tune composed by Jerome Richardson, loosely based on The Preacher by Horace Silver. Thad's arrangement features the SATTB saxophone section, and is playable by ad...

This medium shuffle chart is a simple tune composed by Jerome Richardson, loosely based on The Preacher by Horace Silver. Thad's arrangement features the SATTB saxophone section, and is playable by ad...

This classic chart is taken directly from the original ink parts that were on the stands at the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra (now the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra) debut performance in February 1966...

This classic chart is taken directly from the original ink parts that were on the stands at the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra (now the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra) debut performance in February 1966...

This new advanced level edition is taken directly from the original ink parts that were on the stands at the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra (now the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra) debut performance in...

Our 4th offering in the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra Signature Editions, is Once Around. This fast swing advanced level chart was among the first charts Thad Jones wrote for the new band in 1966, as a more...

Our 4th offering in the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra Signature Editions, is Once Around. This fast swing advanced level chart was among the first charts Thad Jones wrote for the new band in 1966, as a more...

Questo brano di Jimmy Van Heusen / Sammy Cahn fu originariamente scritto per il film rat-packesco "Robin e i sette cappucci". Meravigliosamente melodico e visivamente emozionante in concerto, è stato...

Scritto da Benny Goodman e Lionel Hampton, questo brano era un pilastro del Goodman Sextet, con Charlie Christian. La versione che vi proponiamo qui è trascritta dall'album di Ted Heath "Swing is King...

Swing @ 195 b.p.m. Cosa dire delle Nozze d'Oro, se non che si tratta di uno straordinario veicolo da concerto per mettere in mostra il talento del clarinettista, della tromba solista e del batterista....

Ecco una rivisitazione molto diversa di Night and Day di Cole Porter. Questo brano di Ted Heath (Vocalion CDLK 4228) presenta la batteria, la sezione delle trombe e due tromboni. La sezione di trombe...