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This straight eigth note piece is reminiscent of music that has been released on the ECM label. It begins with a rubato section featuring piano and flugel horn and then falls into a loose bossa. The m...

This original tune features a nice up-tempo contemporary groove, a great melody, and plenty of space for a good tenor sax soloist. Trumpet range to high C, no wind doubles, and optional guitar partA,T...

Big, brassy & blustering swing which seems never to stop building. Some dbl.. Goes from swing to 4 bas Dixie feel to swing. Piano & Bari solos. No score.

Up tempo swing. Yup! It's the old standard, its got it all - from an a cappella ens to a Dixieland band & a killer shout section. Solo changes in each sec.

Starts w/ a wacky kinda Dixieland version of this old tune featuring the Alto sax [opt soprano sax], and a plungered trombone w/trpts in harmonies acting as the banjo. The drums pick up the tempo into...

Encompassing several styles of jazz; i.e.: ragtime, Dixieland, bebop, swing, modal afro/Cuban. A challenging chart but well worth the effort. */5/5/5 - Clarinets (2) Bs. Clarinet and tuba are optional...

Part 2 of Red Beans & Ricely Yours (Commissioned in honor of Louis Armstrong by ASCAP and IAJE and premiered by the Jazz Surge at the 2001 IAJE Conference in New York.) This piece tries to unabashedly...

Part 1 of Red Beans & Ricely Yours (Commissioned in honor of Louis Armstrong by ASCAP and IAJE and premiered by the Jazz Surge at the 2001 IAJE Conference in New York.) If you can imagine what blues-t...

Is a very funky 16th groove that stays funk all the way through. Great closer or opener or just to let the rockers blow on! Trpt to D. No Score

This is a great contemporary funk chart, dedicated to the great electric bassist Larry Graham. Scored for 5 saxes, 5 trumpets (the 5th part is optional), 4 trombones, and rhythm, with optional guitar,...

A tongue in cheek funk/latin excercise written in 7/8 (to keep everyone's toes tapping a bit spasmodically) based upon extended and slightly altered blues type changes. Features a fairly challenging e...

AATB, improv in alto and tenor. Inspired by the writings of Chick Corea, this piece is based on fourths and other interesting harmonics. The head is a 12-bar blues in G minor, while the solo sections...

SATB, improv in alto & soprano. The entire story of Jack & the Beanstalk is told in this OprogrammaticO bebop blues while, at the same time, paying tribue to a number of jazz OGiants.O The melody has...

Fast be-bop shouter. Starts w/open drum solo. Sax soli, Alto solo, open solo section. No score. Recorded by the Matt Catingub Big Band on Sea Breeze Jazz.

As recorded on John Daversa's 'Live at Catalina's', this chart is a moderate jazz/R&B groove (swing 16ths) with a memorable, sing-able melody. It features a solo for the flute (which could be played o...

Hey it is a sultry samba! As you know, on the Keep Swingin CD on Sea Breeze Jazz, Steve Allen's sambas are always something special. This is a very pretty melody introduced by the soprano sax and flug...

This is more a jazz latin feel then a cha cha. This starts out with a small group playing the cute melody and works into some powerful backgrounds and ensembles. Lots a good fun on this tune, but agai...

148-152 = half note. A show stopper to be played as fast as possible. This piece goes into half time bossa for alto solo [2nd part]. Recorded by Bob Florence Limited Edition on With All The Bells & Wh...

A gentle bossa nova featuring 2 altos. Woodwind doubles are clarinets, bass clarinet and Eb contra alto clarinet. Quarter note = 100. Recorded by the Bob Florence Limited Edition on Serendipity 18 on...

Luci is a Trumpet feature with a light Bossa Nova feel. The introduction has the soloist play fills with the Drums and later the rest of the Rhythm section. The Saxophone section introduces the theme....

This chart was commissioned by the Univ of Texas at Arlington Jazz Orchestra for their performance featuring trumpet player Ron McCurdy and drummer Adonis Rose at the 2008 Texas Music Educator's Conve...

Contemporary tune. Sectionalized as follows: (A) swing, (B) Latin, (C) modal vamp. Melody uses 4ths and pentatonics. No dbls. 10 brass (include tuba). Solos: trombone & trumpet.

Alternates between bossa nova & samba, featuring a flugelhorn soloist & an additional optional tenor sax soloist. Much color is provided by wdwd dbl. in all sax chairs. The harmonic & rhythmic challen...

This chart is a challenging piece of music. It is written for 10 brass but can be played with 8. It has many tempo changes. It goes from a 6/8 feel to an up-tempo Swing to a slow Latin feel. Tenor, Tr...

A very progressive piece with a quasi latin feel. Soprano and Trumpet solos. Doubles.