Ladd McIntosh: spartiti difficile

1. Italian cooker, 2. beautiful Trombone solo, 3. rousing, swinging driving masterpiece. Solos; Piano, Trbn, & Alto. Dbls. 3 movements; Latin, slow & swing.

A surging powerful chart w/a decided funk flavor. Ladd took a 'Tower of Power' lick & wove this chart around it. Has an exciting melodic line & some great dialogue between the band & percussion/drums....

Rousing demanding Samba. Much color. Powerful brass. Excellent rhythm drills for entire band. A strong & challenging Latin chart. Dbls.

Rock. Pure rock. This Ladd McIntosh chart will certainly get your audience off. Rated A w/ IAJE.

Powerhouse chart. Med. bright tempo. Alternates Latin & swing. Challenging line & another great chord progression from Ladd. Fugue is the blowfish delicacy highly prized in Japan. If not cleaned prope...

Demanding line played against driving straight ahead & rhythm Latin section has rich 5 part saxes. Tune alternates between driving jazz 4 & Latin 2.

Very melodic Latin chart. This one really grooves. Tpt. solo with lovely haunting ensemble background. Excellent counterpoint between trombones and trumpets. Fun to play. Medium-difficult. LAST SUITE...

Swinging feature for Trpt [or Soprano] & Sax section. Funky, left handed disjunct line. Fat T-Bones. Lots of 7+9 chords. You need an excellent sax section to do this. Worth rehearsal time. Limited dbl...

This is the hippest version of the old Christmas carol, 'Good King Wenceslas' that you will ever play. Sort of whacky, but driving and exciting chart in 3/4 time. Demanding but playable sax parts. Tsa...

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.

Driving 12/8 style! Fun to play. Ladd out did himself on this one. Vigorous, high energy concert work.

Rollicking shuffle. Challenging brass solo. Classic ending. Solos: Tenor, Bone & Guitar. Dbls.

Up-tempo rouser. Exciting unison Trpt line punctuates bass & rhythm. Rich voiced saxes take the bridge. Tenor/Trpt solos. Recorded by Ladd's Big Band on Sea Breeze Jazz.

Latin. Alto sax ballad & flag waver. Solos. Alto & Piano. Dbls. 3 movements.Listen To RealAudio SamplesI. LiquorII. I wanna Watch You...III. Great Times in H.Z.

Rollicking shuffle. Bone & Soprano solos. Wonderful shout chorus. Some dbls.

Greasy, straight ahead chart with a nice funky aftertaste. Baritone saxophone feature. Alternates between two-beat and straight ahead 4. Nice colors. Dee-lightful! Medium-difficult. LAST SUITE MESA, T...

Haunting ballad for soprano saxophone and piano. Mostly written out with minimal improvisation. Rest of the band plays only at the end of the piece. Excellent change-of-pace chart. Medium-difficult. L...

Muscular, straight ahead, driving up-tempo chart. This one roars from the first bar. Solos: Tsx, Pno, Trbn (in plunger mute). Band shouts! Just when chart seems to end, there is a short, soulful trump...