Jazz Ensemble Sheet Music

The centerpiece of Dan's big band CD, Pulse, this three-movement suite with narrator features the poetry of acclaimed poet Timothy Young. A metaphor of a trip to the underworld, the poem examines them...

Travelogue through samba, rock, free and straight-ahead sections. Flute and soprano doubles.

Latin jazz/fusion in a driving 3/4 pass out the percussion! Doubles.

Inspired by the work of McCoy Tyner. One soprano double.

Contemporary fusion fantasy - from delicate to intense. One soprano double.

Completely different arrangement from Series X version, doubles.

An unusual sound and style for big band. Doubles.

Chorale-like intro leads into jazz samba. Solos for tenor and piano or guitar. Features different themes, stop-time segments. A great chart.

Unusual composition written in 4/4+3/8, feels like 1 1/8. Starts with a bluesy call and response between trombones and bass. Players should check out how Dave Holland's Big Band treats odd-meter rhyth...

An opening free-style piano solo which progresses to set up a groove in the left hand. Tempo should be about 100bpm. Solo section open, backgrounds on cue. After solo piano returns with gospel/blues s...

Meant to be performed up-tempo, at least 220bpm. Style is very contemporary. Features intricate lines over ostinato type bass figure. Solos are more free-style over walking bass lines. Potential for g...

5 sax, 4tpt., 4 tbn., guitar piano, bass, drums, opt. marimba. Odd-meter rock, Afro-Cuban. Tempo: mm=120 (slightly faster during 12/8 section). Tpt range Ab (1st ledger line). Soloist: alto 1, tenor 1...

5 sax, 4tpt., 4 tbn., guitar piano, bass, drums. Contemporary odd-meter Afro-Cuban. Tempo: mm=124. Tpt range G (top of staff). Soloists: tenor 1, alto 1, tpt. 4. Sets up with a piano/bass obstinate-dr...

5 sax, 4 tpt., 4 tbn., guitar piano, bass, drums. Driving even eighths, 'afro-samba' with strong, uplifting theme. Tempo: mm=188. Tpt range: D. Soloists: solo changes written for Alto 1, Tenor 1, Tpt....

5 sax, 4 tpt., 4 tbn., guitar piano, bass, drums. Half-time shuffle-funk, with gospel overtones and lots of contrapuntual energy. Tempo: mm=200. Tpt range: D. Soloists: Solo changes written for Alto 1...

5 sax, 4 tpt., 4 tbn., piano, bass, drums, opt. vibes. Hip-hop contemporary jazz style. Tempo: mm=180. Tpt range Bb. Soloists: alto 1, tenor 1, tpt. 2. Contemporary jazz played over a straight-forward...

Nice arrangement of Johnny Warrington-Ruby Fisher chart. Ballad featuring trombone.

Ballad featuring trombone with x-time feel of this Johnny Warrington-Ruby Fisher chart.

Lew's exciting Latin-tinged blazer dedicated to his New York base. Tenor, trumpet & trombone solos punctuate this one.

In this Johnny Warrington-Ruby Fisher tune, Anderson sets woodwinds and muted trumpets over a samba rhythm with extended Flugelhorn and brief tenor solos. Saxes dbl. flute, clarinet. Recorded by the L...

A 4/4 modern original featuring the sax section and solos for lead tenor and guitar. A great set closer, this exciting tune explores a somewhat non-convention approach to big band formal structure and...

Bebop line with extremely angular & modern sounding chart. Theme is stated in octave line by flute, trombone & string bass. Lead alto dbl. flute. 10 brass.

Fast samba. Bitonals & unusual harmonic progressions. Lots of 'blowing' space. 10 brass.

A modern type tune with bitonals & a form that has straight combined with Latin. Based on the changes to 'Soon'. Reminiscent of 'Birth of the Cool' arrangements. Solo trumpet & tenor. No dbls. 10 bras...

A Lush, sensual melodic ballad a la Johnny Hodges followed by a long, open development section featuring soprano in a quasi-Coltrane section. Sax dbls. 10 brass (include tuba) Solos for Alto sax/Sopra...