Ryan Fraley

Here's a cooking swing-style chart from the same cat that wrote last year's festival winner, Socrates, The Amazing Mississippi Map Turtle, which made the Midwest Clinic program. This chart features lo...

With its medium shuffle groove and simple riff-based melodies, Steam Shuffle is the perfect blues chart for your beginning jazz ensemble. The solo section can be opened up to provide an opportunity fo...

This laid-back arrangement of Jerome Kern's Katy-Did is great for establishing an easy groove. Some optional plunger work for the trumpets can really add to the style. Ideal for introducing the band t...

This chart joins rock and fusion elements with ingenious harmonies to make music that is sure to please. The rhythmic feel changes from straight eighths to a funky half-time groove, while the melody i...

As the title suggests, this one is hot! Based on an up-tempo blues, this solid chart has a catchy riff and involves the full ensemble. With very limited ranges and approachable, swinging rhythmic figu...