Sierra Music Publications

There are quite a few charts in the Kenton Library that stand out because of their extreme originality. This is one of them. It is also a very demanding and exciting chart. The melody and harmonic str...

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...

Movement V (of 7) of the Cuban Fire Suite. From Richards' magnificent suite written in 1956. The original score of Richards' was the source for this and all the movements of this suite. Features an ab...

Movement VI (of 7) of the Cuban Fire Suite. From Richards' magnificent suite written in 1956. Fire is probably the best way to describe this piece. A fantastic, dramatic opening (used for years by mar...

Movement IV (of 7) of the Cuban Fire Suite. Finally ... the definitive version of this magnificent music. The fourth of seven movements published by Sierra Music. The original score of Richards' was t...

This Cole Porter tune has become a jazz standard because of a great melody and great changes. Now we have a superb big band chart that really cooks! Hooper does not demand a lot of high notes, but the...

Vortex is ...the freshest, most innovative, hippest, intelligent, and artistic writing for large jazz ensemble that I've witnessed in years - Fred Sturm. Patty has once again created a highly original...

A great arrangement of the great tune written by the ex-Beatle. This chart was the reason for the great success of the CD 7.5 on the Richter Scale. Melody stated by alto, trumpet and trombone and the...

As recorded on the brilliant CD The Legend by the Count Basie Orchestra, this medium swing piece features solos for trumpet, trombone, piano and bass. It is set at a moderate tempo and is one of Benny...

This cute little novelty piece is one that Stan Kenton would include in the program to feature the trombone section and Red Kelly on vocals.  It was recorded on 'Live at the Tropicana', and will make...

In 1953, Kenton recorded an album titled Sketches on Standards. It was a great recording containing the arrangements of Russo and Kenton. The piece has a wonderful trombone solo in it (as originally r...

Bob Curnow has a way of picking out the Metheny tunes that work so well in a big band setting. This chart is based on a bright, happy tune of Pat's. The medium tempo and contemporary feel make this a...

Bob Curnow continues to add to his catalog of arrangements of Metheny & Mays compositions. Metheny & Mays have given us a great upbeat rock tune with a beautiful melody! This chart will challenge and...

Hold on to your hat! This wild, hard-rock chart is unbelievable in it's energy, meter changes, strong rhythmic motifs and more. The opening is strong, with the whole band roaring and then settling int...

Here is another fantastic Metheny/Mays masterwork, orchestrated by Bob Curnow. The piece was originally recorded on the Speaking of Now CD by the Pat Metheny Group. This arrangement is loaded with lot...

Kid A' is the title track on Radiohead's 2000 album. Steve Owen's inventive big band arrangement is scored in 3/4 (unlike Radiohead's duple meter) with an ethereal introduction and ending separated by...

Radiohead released 'Paranoid Android' as a single in April 1997 and as a track on their studio album OK Computer the same year. Ken Schaphorst's epic big band arrangement is accessible for high school...

Radiohead performed '15 Step' in 5/4 on the 2007 CD In Rainbows, and arranger Matt Harris has transformed the original meter into a series of infectious grooves in 11, 3, 5, and 7. The piano, tenor, a...

Arranger Dan Gailey said that 'Knives Out,' recorded on Radiohead's 2001 CD Amnesiac, 'had me hooked the first time I heard it based solely on its beautiful melody.' Organically varied phrase lengths,...

Idioteque' was recorded on Radiohead's 2000 CD Kid A, and Patty Darling's chart is a model for arranging contemporary pop/rock music for big band. It's rare to find such an artful and creative score t...

Radiohead recorded 'All I Need' on their album In Rainbows in 2007. Arranger, Sherisse Rogers, conformed to the groove, melody, and bass line of the original, focusing her treatment upon reharmonizati...

There, There' (subtitled 'The Boney King of Nowhere) was recorded on Radiohead's 2003 album Hail to the Thief. James Miley's sublime and highly accessible arrangement re-imagines the melodic, harmonic...

Released in 1995 on Radiohead's second album The Bends, 'High and Dry' remains one of the band's most popular hits. Bob Washut's artful and passionate big band arrangement incorporates a mesmerizing 7...

Dan Cavanagh's arrangement of 'Packt Like Sardines In A Crushd Tin Box' is a powerful big band techno-rock chart that your audience will love as much as your band will. It features a constantly drivin...

Extensions is a funky, hip-hop fusion chart with nice mood changes throughout. This chart generates a lot of excitement without a lot of high blowing (written B in the trumpet part). This piece has an...