Bill Holman: spartiti difficile

Jazz Big Band Arrangement. Full Score, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, 2 Baritone Saxophones, 3 Trumpets, 2 Trombones, Bass Trombone, Bass, Drums, In 1960, Bill Holman was flown to New Yor...

This fast swing original is a challenging workout for the whole band from beginning to end. Tenor sax and/or trombone are featured in the main solo section midway through, followed by a series of shor...

This fast swing original is a challenging workout for the whole band from beginning to end. Tenor sax and/or trombone are featured in the main solo section midway through, followed by a series of shor...

Commissioned by the CSULA Jazz Band directed by Robert Curnow, this contemporary original in two styles -- fast rock and swing -- is a challenging workout for all and features an intense, edgy sound t...

Commissioned by the CSULA Jazz Band directed by Robert Curnow, this contemporary original in two styles -- fast rock and swing -- is a challenging workout for all and features an intense, edgy sound t...

Recorded by Woody Herman on his album From East To West (Concord Records), solo space is given to trumpet, alto and tenor. Demanding section work throughout and a mighty shout chorus near the end keep...

Recorded by Woody Herman on his album From East To West (Concord Records), solo space is given to trumpet, alto and tenor. Demanding section work throughout and a mighty shout chorus near the end keep...

This is one of the great 'unrecorded' (or 'missing') solo features written for the Stan Kenton Orchestra. It features trumpet throughout and is loaded with lots of solo space and terrific Holmanesque...

Holman has done a few arrangements of this tune, and this one may well be the best. Bill wrote this chart for the great Woody Herman Orchestra. It is written in a very bright swing tempo, and there is...

This great chart is recorded (1999) on the Azica CD Swingin' the Blues. Holman grabs this simple Ellington tune and runs with it. The arrangement is yet another amazing example of Bill Holman's extrao...

Bill Holman wrote some of the best music played by the Stan Kenton Orchestra and Boop Boo Be Doop is surely one of those charts. The melody is scored for four horns within the big band setting, and th...

Bill Holman arranged this gem of a Bobby Troup composition for the Charlie Barnet Big Band. This is a great, old school swingin' chart complete with solo space for alto saxophone and trumpet. Unison m...

This an absolutely amazing chart, demanding and exciting beyond belief! The chart is extensive in length and packed full of the great writing for which Bill is known. 5-4-4-4

Scintillating big band music at its best!! Holman does it again! Lots of blowing space for trombone and baritone sax, and a romp-stompin' trip through Holman's present-day ideas about the modern big b...

Bill's wonderful melodic ideas find a home in a humorous setting featuring swinging tenor sax and trombone solos. Wonderful shout choruses. Fascinating twists and turns, as always in a hard-swinging t...

A kind of quirky approach in a medium groove. Unusual harmonic schemes create a fresh and exciting feature. This swings like CRAZY! The band really has the chance to be creative.(4 soprano saxes) Incl...

Here is another chart written for Stan Kenton (in the mid-1950's), that was never recorded by the band. It is a sensational piece, a real flag-waver which features alto saxophone from top to bottom. G...

This is the first movement of the three-part suite titled 'The Big Street' which was recorded on the album 'The Fabulous Bill Holman' in 1957. Set in a medium-up Swing tempo/Feel, this piece is a wond...

This is the third movement of the three-part suite titled 'The Big Street' which was recorded on the album 'The Fabulous Bill Holman' in 1957. This is a Fast Swing, with solo space for 2 Tenor Saxes a...

Boy, you talk about a wonderful Trombone Feature .... this is IT ! It has been recorded by trombonists Jiggs Whigham and Andy Martin, and will certainly go down as one of the best Trombone features ev...

This amazing work was commissioned by the I.A.J.E, ASCAP and the Dizzy Gillespie Commissions and was premiered at the IAJE Conference in New York City. It is a piece approximately 12 minutes in length...

This is a bright, up-tempo chart in a contemporary framework. Solos for tenor and trumpet lead to a powerful, swinging shout chorus. A 16-bar drum solo leads into a repeat of the shout before returnin...

Shades opens with a drum solo (brushes on snare) in a medium tempo and swings on from there. There is a trombone, alto saxophone and piano solo in this first movement. There are also drum solos which...

On the Corner is a moderate tempoed blues ..... a swinging, down-home type of chart, full of terrific ensemble phrases which will knock you out! Trombone and tenor saxophone solos are featured. This c...

This is another of the many wonderful charts arranged by Holman for the Stan Kenton Orchestra. He is the master at creating exciting, up-tempo flag-wavers. Solos for alto, trumpet and tenor. Recorded...