Bill Holman Series

This is the real thing, as written for and recorded by the Buddy Rich Band on the Big Swing Face CD. It is perhaps one of Holman's best known charts ever. A scintillating jazz waltz, full of excitemen...

The new CD Brilliant Corners, as recorded by Bill Holman's Band, is taking the jazz world by storm! Here is one of the ballads on the recording, which contains all Thelonious Monk compositions as arra...

Arranged by Bill Holman and originally recorded by the Woody Herman Orchestra, featuring Stan Getz, on their album Live at the Concord Jazz Festival, The Dolphin (El Delfrin) is written in a beautiful...

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Bill Holman's Big Bands have always been exciting and fresh, primarily due to his writing. This chart, on one of our best known standards, doesn't fail. It has limited brass ranges, but roars through...

A medium tempo, very interesting setting for this well-known standard. Lots of unison lines and superb counterpoint make this a masterful chart. You will NOT be disappointed in this one, or any of Hol...

The great Strayhorn tune set in a wonderfully playable chart with Holman's unique, clever approach. There are no unreasonable ranges in this piece, and there is solo space for alto, tenor and trombone...

Winner of the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition. A superb piece which moves beautifully from a contemporary straight 8th feel to double-time swing and back again. Absolutely the best you...

Sonny Rollins and Bill Holman. What a collaboration this is! A great Rollins jazz standard set for big band by the master. Lots of solo spaces and terrific hard-swinging ensemble sections. Your band a...

As recorded by the Bill Holman Band on In A Jazz Orbit, here is his chart on the wonderful Gershwin melody. It is set at a bright, swinging tempo, and it contains solo space for tenor sax, trumpet, tr...

Count Basie recorded this on the wonderful CD I Told You So. This is a happy, cookin' chart by Holman, with solos for tenor saxophone and piano. It is a guarantee that your band will LOVE playing this...

As written for and performed by the Buddy Rich Big Band, here is the long-missing chart that Holman wrote to feature Buddy on Drums and Pat LaBarbera on Tenor Sax. What a great chart! It is set in a q...

This is one of the most original big band rock/fusion charts ever written. The Buddy Rich Big Band recorded this as a Closer on the CD Buddy and Soul. Tenor solo and lots of exciting counterpoint. Red...

Tadd Dameron's ballad 'If You Could See Me Now' receives sensitive and thoughtful treatment in this arrangement by the great Bill Holman. Trumpet (or flugelhorn) is featured throughout. The ballad (wi...

This is a beautifully haunting melody, scored for bass clarinet soloist (opt. bar. sax part incl.). Except for the solo part, the chart is not at all demanding of the other players. Flute and soprano...

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...

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,...

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...

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 really delightful samba! 339 measures of pure delight! Features soprano sax and flugelhorn, as well as drums and bass. This is one your band will want to play and play and play..... the samba we've...

This great Sonny Rollins jazz standard features Holman's 1956 writing in a free-swinging, terrific chart. Brass ranges are very reasonable. Features tenor and trumpet solos. Full Score and parts for 5...

Holman has a wonderful knack of taking just about any tune and making it swing like crazy. This one sure does! Recorded on The Fabulous Bill Holman LP, this chart is amazing in its simplicity and effe...