Gerry Mulligan's composition 'A Ballad,' originally done on the same 1953 session as 'Westwood Walk,' has a George Shearing-esque piano-guitar-bass statement on the theme, which is then handled with w...
Very pretty bossa nova w/lush voicings & interesting changes. Flugel & piano solo.Through ingenious use of cues & big sounding voucings they will 'sound' w/only 3 brass (2 Trpts & 1 bone),3 saxes (Alt...
Title comes from the fact that this is a 13-bar tune. This chart will work at various tempos but is most effective fast. Many swinging ensemble sections w/solos for Tenor, Trpt & Bass.
Composed in memory of the Academy Awards. This chart is a medium tempo swinging blues that features the sections individually several times & spots for the entire ens. Solos for Bone, Tenor, Trpt, Pia...
A 'bluesy' tune that is not a blues. Quarter note = 136. The interval of the dimished fifth is prominent, in both melody and harmony. The chord progression makes extensive use of the 'Circle of Fifths...
Easy swing. It has unison trumpet section playing a catchy melody. Solos for tenor & piano with fat ensemble writing.
This is a swinging blues with solos for trumpet, trombone & piano. A 'Basie' flavor comes through in the sax soli & full ensemble section.
Pleasant chart in easy-medium tempo Basie groove. Features Flute & muted Trpt on melody & solos. Lots of relaxed swinging ens work.
Relaxed med.-tempo jazz waltz. Features Trpt & Tenor on melody & solos w/plenty of swinging ens work. High brass. Recorded by Roger Neumann's Rather Large Band on Sea Breeze Jazz.
