Intermediate Jazz Ensemble

Jazz Big Band Arrangement. Full Score, 2 Alto Saxophones, 2 Tenor Saxophones, Baritone Saxophone, 4 Trumpets, 4 Trombones, Guitar, Piano, Bass, Drums, Conga This famous arrangement was written by Gil...

Your quest for a brilliant high-energy Latin chart will end with Fiesta! It has all the components of a great festival chart...tuneful melodic sections, engaging harmonic structure, plenty of dynamic...

Your quest for a brilliant high-energy Latin chart will end with Fiesta! It has all the components of a great festival chart...tuneful melodic sections, engaging harmonic structure, plenty of dynamic...

Commissioned as part of a project to recognize the late Bill Carroll and his contributions to music education, this burning Latin original will be a favorite of musicians and audiences alike. With a s...

Recorded in 1997 on The Danish Radio Big Band Plays Thad Jones album in tribute to the years he worked with that group, this breezy bossa nova with colorful woodwinds isn't as difficult to perform as...

This fun-loving Latin original includes solos for tenor and trumpet; the drummer also has plenty of solos and fills. Auxiliary percussion instruments (shaker, triangle, etc.) can be added for more aut...

Commissioned by the New Trier (IL) High School Jazz Ensemble directed by James Warrick, this colorful chart starts off with a slow, dreamy intro, transitions to an upbeat straight-8ths statement of th...

Recorded in 1998 by the Monday Night Big Band on their Thanks To Thad album, this is Part 1 of Thad's larger Return Journey Suite. Solo requirements are limited to an optional repeat that may (or may...

Written during Thad's later years in Denmark after he and Mel Lewis parted ways, this bright, double-time tune designates piano as the main soloist, but includes an optional repeat of the solo chorus...

This high energy version of La Cucaracha contains many of Prado's trademarks. Screaming Trumpets, fat pedals from the Trombones and sharp unison Sax counterpoints, yet it still finds time to contain a...

This great arrangement penned by Jerry Sheppard opens with a Rio Carnival parade style fanfare, leading into a smooth modern samba rhythm with the lead shared between flugel / trombone and the sax sec...

This very hip Cha Cha is a bit more challenging than our other titles but many high schools and Colleges will find this a great addition to their library.

This is a new edition (Finale computer notation) of this lovely bossa nova tune. Curnow uses flugelhorns to create a warm, lush, lyrical melody that floats in and out of various counter lines. There i...

Johnny Richards wrote this gorgeous melody as part of the incomparable Stan Kenton 'Cuban Fire' CD, and now this version allows the music to be performed without all of the usual high trumpet and comp...

There are never enough trombone features. This is a medium-latin setting of the great melody 'Speak Low.' Trombone is featured throughout this easy-to-play arrangement. Most of the solo is in a modera...

Rich DeRosa has created a marvelous Latin composition in a baião feel that is recorded by the North Texas Two O'Clock Lab Band. It comes out of the gate roaring. The very hip melody is stated by flute...

The music of Steely Dan has come to Sierra Music! From one of the masters of contemporary big band arranging, the late, great Fred Sturm completely captures the Steely Dan vibe in his arrangement of T...

Bob Curnow provides yet another great arrangement of one of Pat Metheny/Lyle Mays' biggest hits. Originally recorded on their album Letter From Home, 'Beat 70' is an exciting up-tempo Latin/fusion tun...

This is a dazzling arrangement of the great jazz standard. With a mix of Latin and swing, Les has created a special setting of this favorite of jazz players. (condensed score) 5-4-4-4

This is Hooper at his best ...... musical, clever and always very interesting. An exciting and different piece with a latin feel. Features alto sax. As recorded on the Look What They've Done LP. 5-4-4...

As recorded on Les' LP Dorian Blue (Churchill Records). A nice, bright, samba-like chart featuring soloists of your choice. The unison saxophone line sets the pace for the rest of the piece, with exci...

What a wonderful jazz chart! The theme is stated with a bossa nova feel by tenor and flugelhorn, followed by exciting ensemble sections (highest trpt. note a written D). This is a great opportunity to...

As recorded by Count Basie on the Roulette LP (Vogue CD) The Legend, this is an up-tempo latin and swing chart. Solo space is provided for tenor sax. trumpet and drums. There is an open solo for your...

A medium latin groove setting for a marvelous trombone solo on the melody. Room to improvise for the soloist leads to a great, swinging shout section before returning to the latin feel and a beautiful...