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Recorded by the group Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, this is a great medium-tempo mambo to add a little Latin spice to your program. Roger's excellent chart features distinctive melodies, solos for tenor and/o...

One of the most well-known tangos throughout the world, Libertango (as arranged here by Paul Murtha) will give your young players a chance to learn this important and engaging musical style. Solidly s...

no one else is writing Latin tunes that are this good! (3:55)

Ricky Martin fever has gripped the American music-buying public. His LIVIN' LA VIDA LOCA shot to #1 with a bullet on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and has received amazing radio play. Its drivin...

Opus de Funk is a hard driving Latin-swing featuring alto and trumpet. Arranger Victor Lopez has tamed this very hip Horace Silver jazz tune for the Jazz Band Series. With a sax soli, a trombone and t...

The title reflects typical Gordon Goodwin humor in this exciting Latin chart. A Latin percussion part is included and will definitely further enhance this very hip Latin extravaganza. Solos available...

Composed by Duke Ellington and arranged by jazz composer and transcriber, David Berger, 'Limbo Jazz' is a calypso-swing for the young player. Based on the simple chord progression to 'Happy Birthday t...

Funky! Gordon Goodwin is the hottest writer on the scene today. The Big Phat Band is modern, hip, exciting, fresh, and captivating to listen to - and here is the real thing as performed/recorded by th...

AS RECORDED BY CARMEN MCRAE ARRANGED BY JACK PLEIS, TRANSCRIBED AND ADAPTED BY SYD POTTER This great cha cha arrangement was recorded by Carmen McRae on February 21, 1955 with the Jack Pleis Orchestra...

With an auxiliary percussion part and flugelhorn doubles in three of four trumpet parts, this bright jazz samba features plenty of full-band writing in a convincing Latin style and solo space for teno...

Recorded on the SWR Big Band CD Fun Time, this medium tempo ballad has an irresistible Latin beat. Trumpets double on flugelhorn and solo space is reserved for trumpet/flugelhorn and alto sax. Each se...

This flavorful Samba will take you on a musical journey to the heart of Brazil. Perfect for your developing Jazz Ensemble with catchy rhythms, colorful harmonies, and a laid-back groove that emulates...

This flavorful Samba will take you on a musical journey to the heart of Brazil. Perfect for your developing Jazz Ensemble with catchy rhythms, colorful harmonies, and a laid-back groove that emulates...

This flavorful Samba will take you on a musical journey to the heart of Brazil. Perfect for your developing Jazz Ensemble with catchy rhythms, colorful harmonies, and a laid-back groove that emulates...

This flavorful Samba will take you on a musical journey to the heart of Brazil. Perfect for your developing Jazz Ensemble with catchy rhythms, colorful harmonies, and a laid-back groove that emulates...

This flavorful Samba will take you on a musical journey to the heart of Brazil. Perfect for your developing Jazz Ensemble with catchy rhythms, colorful harmonies, and a laid-back groove that emulates...

This brisk salsa features an Earth, Wind & Fire unison horn theme over a percolating Latin groove. Bob recommends listening to his CD, Latin From Manhattan, before rehearsing it, and suggests working...

At last the origins of the elusive Chili Pepper are revealed in the Pepper's first foray into the Jazz Foundations Series! Set in a driving tempo (quarter note = 176), this exciting tune makes the Chi...

Featuring trumpet, this easy level chart opens with a rubato introduction and solo melodic statement before the slow bossa groove takes over. Lush ensemble writing throughout provides a perfect settin...

This bossa nova original is a tip of the hat to jazz legend Horace Silver. Based on the chord progression to one of Silver's most famous compositions, Song For My Father, this accessible chart provide...

Emulating the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim and Eliane Elias, this light and breezy samba is an ideal change-of-pace choice for your next program. With a title that means 'lovely' in Portuguese, it fe...

An intriguing, even-8th-note Latin groove serves as the perfect backdrop for a haunting melody and some wonderful ensemble work. An open solo section (written or ad lib) rounds out the package on this...

Featuring a compelling mambo groove and a memorable melody, this will be great fun for medium-level bands and a big hit with audiences. Written in an authentic 3-2 clave, sheets with chord changes and...

Commissioned by the Sioux Falls (SD) Middle School All City Jazz Band and the Sioux Falls Jazz and Blues Society, this chart combines two of the most important styles in jazz -- Latin and swing. Solid...

A solid rhythmic fanfare sets the mood for this burning samba. As the title suggests, the rhythmic pattern throughout mirrors the Morse code distress signal of 3 shorts, 3 longs and 3 shorts. An infec...