Spartiti blues per orchestra jazz

A walkin'-tempo blues featuring trumpet and tenor. Great lines and down-home shouts ... one after another ... will get your band and your audiences out of their seats! Reasonable brass ranges. 5-4-4-4

This chart was recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra on the CD I Told You So (out-of-print). Blues in C! Holman's Basie charts (1976) are classics! This reissue features lots of solo space (flute, tpt...

You've probably heard this chart on the great recordings such as In A JazzOrbit (Holman's Band) or the Terry Gibbs DreamBand CDs. A wonderful blues chart with the usual Holman flavor. The saxophone se...

Ellen has a marvelous knack for being able to write sophisticated music which is not difficult to perform. Her melodic and harmonic sense is superb. She has managed to create a blues which is fresh an...

Who will ever be able to forget the dynamic Buddy Rich Band? This chart was a staple in that library for a long time, spinning off of the 60's-70's look at more contemporary music sources (rock, folk,...

This could be called Newer Than New, because Don just wrote this for John Pizzarelli's new band in New York. It's a wonderful tour-de-force for the entire band, with lots of open spots for your hot ja...

As originally recorded by Count Basie on the Roulette LP (Vogue CD) 'Kansas City Suite - the Music of Benny Carter,' this is a medium Shuffle which features solos for piano, tenor saxophone and trombo...

This is a great blues chart, and there are never enough of those! Lots of blowing space for lots of players makes this a fun-filled romp through the blues. David wrote this for his top-notch Indiana U...

Exactly as recorded on the JVC Bill Holman Band CD, Stevie Wonder's great tune never sounded so good! Set in a medium-shuffle feel, this chart features tenor saxophone (a la Bob Cooper on the CD) and...

Recorded on the A View From the Side CD by the Bill Holman Band, this chart is a slow blues, with Willis taking a VERY different approach. There are doubles in all the saxophone parts, group improvisa...

This chart was recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra on the CD I Told You So. This is yet another terrific Holman chart written for that band! A medium-tempo shuffle that just swings and swings! There...

Ellen has created a minor blues chart for young players which is successful in every way! The melody is interesting and the ranges are quite limited. Yet, Ellen is able to create excitement and a fine...

This chart was originally included in the Full Nelson album and then the Jazz Masters 48: Oliver Nelson CD. It is a simple, swinging blues chart, full of all of the ingenious writing we have come to e...

This piece is the ORIGINAL chart done by Oliver Nelson. The parts were extracted from his manuscript score. This nifty blues chart has very reasonable brass ranges, no doubles, and Oliver's sort-of go...

Nelson wrote an album for Johnny Hodges (Black, Brown and Beautiful, RCA) featuring the compositions of Duke Ellington and also some of his original things. This Ellington tune just romps and stomps r...

As recorded on the new CD The Bill Holman Band Live, Holman has written a witty, musical, fun-filled feature for baritone saxophone. Lots of space for creative playing, and the wonderful contrapuntal...

A driving big band blues by a master of the craft. The ingenious use of counterpoint and powerful ensembles combine to produce a truly impressive chart that really 'cooks.'

A great 'tour de blues' by the writer of Nice 'n Juicy and Gospel John. As the title implies, it features a soli line of bari sax, bass trombone and bass. But before it's over, the whole band enjoys q...

Your band gets a heavy workout on this solid, hard-driving blues. Masterful counterpoint, fierce ensembles and plenty of room for solos highlight this important original that sure to become a standard...

After an effective stop-and-go head, this straight-ahead blues opens up and swings like crazy! By the writer of Buddy Rich's Big Swing Face.

A slow, down-home blues featuring the trombone section on the head with a driving double-time section for solos.

Really down and dirty! All you could ask for from a slow but screaming blues. This super chart features a brilliant double-time sax soli and solid shout choruses!

A Basie-styled blues that really 'cooks' yet is easily played. A natural as an opener on your program.

This exuberant big band blues is solidly written for younger players. There are blues choruses for your choice of soloists as well as some solid hard-driving ensembles!

This medium-tempo blues chart features 16-bar blues choruses for solos, solid band backup 'kicks', and some explosive ensemble writing for your younger ensemble.