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The beautiful tune, 'Windmills of Your Mind' has been treated as a jazz waltz by Eric Richards at around 155 BPM. The initial melody is stated by tenor and trumpet, then is followed by a hot sax secti...

This is the title track chart from Gordon Goodwin's GRAMMY Award-winning 2014 CD Life in the Bubble. This plays at around 96 BPM with swing sixteenths. Solo space is provided for all saxes, trumpet 3,...

A 135 BPM shuffle, Gordon Goodwin's 'Santa Baby' features the melody played by bass trombone! The chart features a sax soli, optional piccolo in alto 2,and the lead trumpet range is up to written high...

A high energy Latin pop groove, this one moves along at a pretty good clip - around 240 BPM. It features a soprano sax lead instead of alto 1 and solo space for all saxes, trumpet 4, and trombones 1 a...

Gordon Goodwin's 'I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day' is played at a medium swing around 120 BPM. The lead trumpet range is up to written high G, there are terrific shout choruses, a few modulations,...

One of Strayhorns finest works, Billy's original score of 'Pentonsilic' has been edited by Jeff Lindberg. The tempo is bright at 208 BPM and there is clarinet on the tenor 1 part to include solo space...

A jazz calypso at around 168 BPM, 'Fungii Mama' will grab you immediately. It is a fun chart with a catchy melody that includes a written-out tenor solo and trumpet 1 range only to written E top space...

An easy-going chart, with a relaxed straight-eighth groove at about 116 BPM, 'Smiles and Smiles to Go' features an alto solo with a suggested written solo, trumpet 1 range up to G on top of the staff,...

A great take on a wonderful tune. Beginning at 130 BPM, Deutch's arrangement of 'Pure Imagination' moves to double-time swing and then into a samba groove with solo space for piano and trumpet 4. The...

Check out the 'red chicken!' 'Pollo Rojo' is a Latin cha-cha performed at 146 BPM that includes easy brass ranges, a written-out alto sax solo, section solis, and a cool melody. (2:59)

With the chicken-flavored title, this Kris Berg chart is just plain funky. The laid-back tempo is around 100 BPM, there is a suggested written tenor solo, and some slap bass licks on the hip bass part...

Check out this great up-tempo 2-beat that has a joyful melody. This 1930's classic was immortalized in the movie Cotton Club and was featured in the 2014 Broadway show After Midnight. It features an i...

'Tattooed Bride' is Ellington's masterpiece from 1948 - a through-composed, 11-minute jazz symphony. Prominently featuring the clarinet, each of the four sections contrast in mood, tempo, and dynamics...

Beautiful medium swing tune based on 'Star Dust' with a soprano and bari sax introduction and short solos for trumpet, trombone, and tenor. Featuring a sax solo with clarinet lead and dense harmonies,...

'Christopher Columbus' is a classic chart that became a hit of the swing era! Well-known riff tune in a medium tempo that features solos for trumpet, tenor saxophone and clarinet.

Fletcher Henderson's 'Down South Camp Meeting' is a medium swing tune with an infectious melody. A trumpet solo leads to a key change with challenging sax soli, and then a switches to all clarinets fo...

'Laura' is a classic American songbook composition with a beautiful arrangement featuring the tenor saxophone. Included are two parts for the soloist, a transcription of Paul Gonsalves' solo, and the...

The first movement of Ellington's masterpiece, 'Deep South Suite' from 1946, begins with a slow introduction, followed by a build up to an exciting break for the trumpet section. Riffs and solos aboun...

'St. Louis Blues' is a well-loved classic tune by W. C. Handy wrapped in Ellington's colorful and hip orchestration. Features a vocal soloist as well as tenor sax, and can be opened up for other solos...

Up tempo rhythm changes in the key of G, based on an earlier tune by Henderson called 'Yeah Man', 'Hotter Than 'Ell' is a stomping riff tune with solos for clarinet, trumpet, and tenor. Includes a gre...

'Tango for Jam Jam' by Zachary Smith is a captivating tango sure to be a hit at any concert. The tempo is 120 BPM and the chart has a written alto sax solo, along with lots of built-in energy and most...

Here's a funky rock chart by Vince Gassi called 'Contents Under Pressure' for young band. It's played at 120 BPM and features a written solo for tenor sax, accessible brass ranges, a catchy melody, cl...

'(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue' arranged by Victor López is a beautiful ballad, and very playable by a young jazz group. The tempo is around 82 BPM with a straight-eighth ballad feel, smooth...

'A Day in the Life of a Fool (Manha de Carnaval)' arranged by Terry White is a bossa nova groove - but not just any bossa - this one stands above the rest. Superb harmonies, nice voicings, a nice sax...

A 'Taste of Cuba' for sure. A very hot Latin chart premiered at the Midwest Band Clinic, 2015, this is a show-stopper chart for a strong band. The chart is jam-packed with lines that bounce from secti...