Advanced Jazz Ensemble

This is a fast blues with a bridge. Lots of blowing for tenor sax, trombone, trumpet and guitar/piano soloists. Trumpet 1 top note: Written D3.

On The Edge is an intense, uptempo blues recorded by John Fedchock's New York Big Band.(see otterdist.com cd section).The chart features dense voicings, rhythmically active figures and expandable solo...

Blues du Jour was designed to be a flexible piece, enabling you to feature just about any soloist in your jazz ensemble. The solo beginning at measure 33 may be played by 4th Trumpet, 2nd Alto, or 2nd...

A burning minor blues original by Peter Erskine and arranged for the Norrbotten Big Band by Tim Hagans. Solo spots for trumpet and piano can be opened up for other soloists as well. Challenging ensemb...

Written for and recorded by Los Angeles based trumpeter Wayne Bergeron, this straight-ahead bluesy swinger gives plenty of solo room for your featured trumpet soloist. This chart has a lot of fun alte...

Blues in F. Swing: medium to up tempo. The tenors always get more solo space it seems than the alto players. Bert wrote this for his alto saxophone players so they would have some serious space to sho...

This Bb shuffle/swing/blues is a tribute to the late, great Ernie Wilkins. It makes a nice opener and you can add some rhythn choruses up front if desired. Saxes jump right out of the starting gate wi...

A Tribute To Reverend Tongue is an up-tempo blues 'small group' chart that features the tenor trombone throughout the entire chart. The concept behind this chart was to feature my friend and colleague...

Exciting blues in a double-time, dedicated to a man who spent his life working with chemical and biological weapons ('bugs and gas'.) The unison shout section will leave the audience gasping for air....

This is a medium shuffle blues (quarter note=132) in D flat, originally scored by Frank Foster for the Basie Orchestra. It has now been reduced for a little big band--(2tpt, 1 t-bone, 3 saxes, and rhy...

The Blues in Overdrive is just what it says and means, the blues played at a very challenging tempo, 270+= BPM, in a hard-bop style. Every section of the band is challenged both with written parts and...

Written by W.C. Handy 'The Father Of The Blues'. Recorded by Harry James and Nat King Cole. Great down home feeling arrangement. Open section for all to solo. Tpt. 1 top note 'A' top of staff. Scored...

Walrus Little Big Band Charts Series Fast altered blues. Solos for trumpet and tenor sax. Contrasting ensemble interludes and a shout chorus with a surprise ending. Top trumpet note: written F above t...

Easy, mid-tempo medley based on the chord changes of three popular Irish songs. Solos feature trombone, tenor, clarinet (soprano). Originally written for a St. Patrick's Day celebration, this chart is...

This will be a perfect addition to your next holiday concert. It is made up of five traditional Hanukkah melodies, each based on different rhythms used in Jewish music, including a fast swing version...