Easy Jazz Ensemble Paks Series
The popular Easy Jazz Ensemble Paks from Hal Leonard Verlag each contain 4-6 easy big band arrangements (difficulty level 2). These are already playable from a cast of 3 saxophones (AAT), 2 trumpets, 1 trombone and rhythm section. Piano part and solos are written out. Each Easy Pak includes recordings of the arrangements (CD or online audio).
Easy Jazz Ensemble Paks
The Easy Paks from Hal Leonard Publishing have been very popular for many years. Each of these sheet music anthologies for big band contains 4-6 arrangements that are playable from reduced instrumentation (3-2-1 and rhythm section). The styles of the tracks in this big band series range from classic swing to funk, rock and pop.
Many of the arrangements are penned by Jerry Nowak, who is responsible for numerous sheet music publications for big band.
This includes two very popular editions of the Easy Jazz Ensemble Pak series of Christmas tunes for big band: Easy Pak 7 and Easy Pak #20.