Advanced Jazz Ensemble

As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on Contemporary Concepts, this publication completes the goal of getting this entire watershed recording into print. It is the quintessential feature for alto...

This is the original Billy Byers arrangement made famous by the Basie Band as recorded on the 'Pop Goes the Basie' album! Up front is a conducted trombone solo followed by everything we love about Bas...

Sonny Rollins and Bill Holman. What a collaboration this is! A great Rollins jazz standard set for big band by the master. Lots of solo spaces and terrific hard-swinging ensemble sections. Your band a...

This, of course, is Oliver Nelson's best known jazz standard. Here is his OWN fantastic arrangement for big band as recorded on a 1969 LP titled A Dream Deferred (on the Flying Dutchman label). Alto s...

Immerse yourself in the unforgettable magic of the swing era with the legendary classic "Moonlight Serenade," published by Belwin Music. This masterful arrangement for big band with vocal radiates pur...

Bring pure energy and irresistible swing to the stage! "Groovin' Hard", published by Walrus Music Publishing, is undeniably one of the greatest big band charts of all time. Made famous by the powerhou...

From the popular CD 'In The Christmas Mood' by the esteemed Glenn Miller Alumni Band, this swingin' chart in classic 'Miller' style has been used in several recent motion pictures. Your audiences will...

Holiday jazz by Gordon Goodwin. This adaptation of 'Oh Tannenbaum' is quite an adventure offering a chorale, some Basie style and fast and furious Goodwin bebop. Solo space for alto and tenor sax, tru...

A medium swing chart in the style of Basie and Hefti, you'll love this Goodwin adaptation of the wonderful holiday classic. It's not a drum showcase, but the drummer has plenty of solo space beginning...

The unique genius and originality of Charles Mingus is nowhere more apparent than in this symphonic masterpiece adapted for big band by Sy Johnson. Involving no improvisation but rather a series of th...

A Gordon Goodwin vocal chart! In addition to the vocal part, there are solo lead sheets for alto sax, tenor sax, trumpet and trombone. Gordon has conceived this chart with the vocal intertwined into t...

It's funky with all the Big Phat Band attributes, and it's fairly tough to play, but hey, it's Gordon and you know it will be a hot chart...if you have the horses. The opening lick for piano is really...

It's funky with all the Big Phat Band attributes, and it's fairly tough to play, but hey, it's Gordon and you know it will be a hot chart...if you have the horses. The opening lick for piano is really...

Whoa, this is the next Hunting Wabbits chart in the 'trilogy.' As recorded by the Big Phat Band on the Goodwin CD That's How We Roll, this HW3 is fairly challenging, but well worth the effort. There a...

Recorded on the SWR Big Band CD Fun Time and adapted from the tune Blue Daniel, this chart romps along in 'four' instead of 'three' and sounds harder than it is. It features a sax chorus and solos by...

Recorded by the SWR Big Band on the CD Fun Time, this tenor sax feature requires the backgorund volume to stay comfortable under the soloist. Save the volume for measure 28, and also the big build up...

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...

This chart is from the I REMEMBER BILL - a tribute to Bill Evans CD arranged and conducted by Don Sebesky! All of these incredible pieces require a mature band, soloists and woodwind doublers. Althoug...

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...

As recorded by the Tonight Show Band on Once More With Feeling (Amherst), Holman takes a fresh look at this wonderful old jazz standard. Lots of flexible solo space and roaring shout choruses make thi...

Exploring a wealth of overlapping instrumental colors, this very delicate and superbly orchestrated setting made its first appearance recorded by Diana Krall. A study in tension and release, there is...

Put the back row front and center! With "Backrow Politics" from renowned publisher Belwin Music, your big band's trumpet section takes center stage. This high-energy feature arrangement gives the enti...

Bring pure joy and electrifying energy to the concert stage with "Hava Nagila" in a captivating arrangement for solo and big band, published by Editions Marc Reift! This world-famous celebratory class...

Bring pure energy and an unmistakable jazz drive to the stage with the thrilling arrangement of "Pedal Point Blues"! Known from the acclaimed CD "I Am Three", this piece kicks off with a captivating s...

Adapted as a mambo, Michael Mossman pulls out all the stops on this unique and exciting setting of Clifford Brown's jazz standard. The brass section screams out the melody while the saxes fill in blaz...