Bob Curnow

Pat Metheny is known for his beautiful melodies, and Back In Time is no exception. Featuring the flugelhorn throughout (the solo is written out with chords included for improvisation), this arrangemen...

This arrangement does not include brass or drums. Five woodwinds (with optional doubles) plus piano and guitar. A very pretty, quiet version. The featured solo is for piano and guitar (as originally p...

Bob Curnow is very well known for his wonderful arrangements of Metheny's music, and this chart will only enhance that reputation. This is another superb ballad, very much in the Metheny mode. It is s...

Gounod's Prayer (O, Divine Redeemer!), originally a solo for Mezzo-soprano, chorus, and orchestra, comes from his oratorio La Redemption, and here is presented as a beautiful lyrical solo for Euphoniu...

Here is a slow, swinging, lovely, warm, relaxed composition. The arrangement is subtle and easy to play. There are not a lot of pieces by Pat Metheny that swing in this way. The arrangement suggests f...

Bob Curnow continues to add the music of Pat Metheny to the Sierra Music catalog with another of Pat's unforgettable melodies, 'Et Si C'Etait La Fin' (originally recorded on the album Secret Story). S...

The chart everyone has been waiting for!! Eight minutes of amazing, dynamic, exciting sounds! This arrangement was commissioned and recorded by the SWR Big Band of Stuttgart, Germany. It is, of course...

As commissioned (and recorded) by the SWR Big Band of Stuttgart, Germany, this chart is another superb Curnow arrangement of the music created by the Pat Metheny Group. This piece is a study in the us...

Bob Curnow brings you yet another epic Metheny/Mays masterpiece. Complete with beautiful melodies, evolving grooves, plenty of solo space, and the always-anticipated and exciting ensemble sections, th...

This is a TERRIFIC tune, full of the happy, spirited, hip melodic and harmonic stuff that we've all come to love about Pat's music. A minor blues solo section is surrounded with a terrific mix of odd-...

Celtic Folk Songs for All Ages is a delightful collection of rich tunes and ballads specifically distinctive to the cultures of Scotland, Newfoundland, Ireland, and England. The accompaniment CD (incl...

This collection features rich tunes distinctive to the cultures of Scotland, Newfoundland, Ireland and England. The CD provides a full performance track and an accompaniment only track for each song....

Another great chart to add to the ever-growing Pat Metheny Series, Bob Curnow has arranged this down-right funk tune originally recorded on the PMG album We Live Here. Set in the pocket of a medium-sl...

Recorded on the 'The New Sound of Maynard Ferguson and his Orchestra 1964,' this is an edited version of the chart (instrumentation 5 saxophones, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, Piano, Guitar, Bass and Drums...

Bob Curnow took Ken Hanna's wonderful, latin, medium-tempo tune and made it a bit more accessible for good bands. The ranges are a bit more realistic and practical. This also features alto sax and tru...

This is a new edition (Finale computer notation) of this lovely bossa nova tune. Curnow uses flugelhorns to create a warm, lush, lyrical melody that floats in and out of various counter lines. There i...

Johnny Richards wrote this gorgeous melody as part of the incomparable Stan Kenton 'Cuban Fire' CD, and now this version allows the music to be performed without all of the usual high trumpet and comp...

There are never enough trombone features. This is a medium-latin setting of the great melody 'Speak Low.' Trombone is featured throughout this easy-to-play arrangement. Most of the solo is in a modera...

Here is another marvelous collaboration of Pat Metheny/Lyle Mays music as arranged for big band by Bob Curnow. The original recording by the Pat Metheny Group is on the CD Speaking of Now. The piece s...

This is a completely re-composed and re-notated (in Finale) version of a piece that has been in the catalog for a while. It has a Latin / Fusion feel reminiscent of some early Freddie Hubbard tunes. S...

As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on Viva-Kenton, this delightful Latin chart has solo space for tenor saxophone and features a very hip melody by Gene Roland. Gene wrote many, many hit records...

Originally recorded by Cannonball Adderley on his album Domination and inspired by Oliver Nelson, Bob Curnow's adaptation/arrangement of Introduction to a Samba features the alto saxophone and trumpet...

Bob Curnow provides yet another great arrangement of one of Pat Metheny/Lyle Mays' biggest hits. Originally recorded on their album Letter From Home, 'Beat 70' is an exciting up-tempo Latin/fusion tun...

Originally recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra on their album Afrique, 'Kilimanjaro' is a mesmerizing, easy-feeling Latin composition which pulses along by the constant tumbao bass groove and infect...