Advanced Jazz Ensemble

A hauntingly beautiful ballad, with unusal voicings in an ECM-Vince Mendoza style. Originally a guitar vehicle, it can also feature vibes or tenor (optional parts are included.) Scored for 10 brass. R...

December is a Maria Schneider - esque chart that features tenor (opt. soprano) and trumpet (opt. guitar or vibes) solos. The ethereal melody floats over a 6/4 even-eigth groove. Solo changes are chall...

Medium Latin in 7/4. Open solos in the mid section to climax in 13/4 slow rock. Then close like beginning.

Dbl-x feel funk. An exciting hard driving funk chart featuring Tenor & Trpt solos & ensemble playing.

A straight ahead shuffle in 5/4. Features Tenor solo, a soft shout, a double time Sax soli & big climax.

A dbl-x feel Samba in 4/4 shifting to 12/8; a very strong production chart featuring solos by Tenor, Guitar or Piano and Trpt.. Also extended Percussion solo to climax.

Inspired by Coltrane's 'Countdown' this up tempo burner features solo space for tenor sax, trumpet and drums as well as an optional collective improv section to close the chart. Trumpet range: C#6. (2...

Was commissioned by the U of North Texas for the One O'clock Lab Band's trip to Lisbon, Portugal. A colorful ECM/Latin groove features Tenor sax and Piano. Flowing melodies and the use of flutes, mult...

Tenor saxophone feature. Bright samba. Soloist must dig into chord structure. Currently voiced for lead alto on sax soli. Some direction indicated. Trpt high F's and G's. Recorded by the George Stone...

Bass feature, written and improvised to Indiana changes in 'F'. Some ensemble and sax soli (soprano double). Trpt high E's and F. MM = 140 - 160. Recorded by the George Stone & Friends Big Band 'Perfo...

Lament for trombone section with 'chops'. Lyrically written trumpet solo. Tuba or bass saxophone enhances orchestral depth. Some direction indicated. 1st trombone high Db, 2nd trombone high Ab. 1st tr...

The literal translation of this Spanish phrase is 'twisted hard'. This Latin song by Matt Harris features very rhythmic salsa figures w/an original displaces montuna for the piano. Solos for trpt 3 &...

Combines an authentic cascara rhythm [3/2 clave], with a samba.

Written in a popish latin style, 'A Game of Inches' is a hot, contemporary chart, featuring complex saxophone lines, crisp brass accents and interesting harmonic movement. You can hear the Big Phat Ba...

Burning samba will push your band & audience to the limit. Definitely not for the squeamish. Dbls. Alto on soprano and Bari on flute. Scored for A,T,B, 2 Trpts, 1 Bone & Rhy. No score.

Ballad. Solos for Tenor 1 & tenor 2. Diff. Ens section. Requires mature band to make it sound right. No dbl.. Trpt written to high D, scored for Alto, tenors, Bari, 3 trpts, 2 Trbns & Rhythm. ALMOST B...

Features Tenor solo. Recorded by Charles Rutherford's Pacific Jazz Orch ONote WalkerO on Sea Breeze Jazz. See Otter Dist CD catalog .

A ballad for big band featuring Piano & harmony Trpt soloists. Woodwind dbl., Trpt & Flugelhorn dbl., & some striking Trombone writing.

Tone poem for ensemble, style and harmony reminiscent of Gil Evans. Some sax doubles.

Commissioned by Long Beach Poly High School/Chris Stevens, Director. Relaxed jazz ballad groove written as a tribute to two wonderful jazz composers who passed away in 2008, Bob Florence and Neal Heft...

A gentle straight eight note style piece. Features an optional male syllable vocal part doubled with soprano and flugelhorn. Starts off with a gentle brass choral and moves to a moderate tempo straigh...

Winner of the 2010 Ithaca College Jazz Composition Contest, Transcen-dance is a colorful piece featuring tenor 1 and trumpet 2. The ensemble and tenor soloist take an exciting and mysterious journey u...

Winner of the 2010 Ithaca College Jazz Composition Contest, Transcen-dance is a colorful piece featuring tenor 1 and trumpet 2. The ensemble and tenor soloist take an exciting and mysterious journey u...

Up-tempo be-bop shouter. Starts w/sax soli. Has open solo section Goes to dbl-X section. No score. Recorded by the Matt Catingub Big Band on Sea Breeze Jazz, My Mommy and Me.

An interesting modal pedal point introduction surprisingly breaks into a blues shuffle. Bari, Bone & Trpt solos.