Advanced Sheet Music for Jazz Ensemble

Commissioned by the Illinois Wesleyan University Jazz Ensemble and performed by several all state ensembles to date, this chart is an alto feature. Like the title, the chart begins as a ballad and lea...

As recorded on John Daversa's 'Live at Catalina's', this is a jazz ballad enabling a sensitive jazz trumpet solo. There is an a cappella development section for the winds that alludes to classical sen...

(1982 rev. 1998) 3/4 Ballad. Flugelhorn feature. Commissioned in 1983 by the Fresno City College Jazz Ensemble. All woodwinds double on flute. Top trumpet note: written high C.

Flugelhorn feature. Tempos: Ballad, medium swing, fast swing. Meaty sax soli.

Ballad. Passing Giants was written in April of 1984. The deaths of Count Basie, Red Garland and Juan Tizol that month provoked the realization that so many of the innovators and heroes of jazz were pa...

This arrangement features the alto sax in a ballad and swing combination. Recorded by the Maynard Ferguson band, the lyrical theme will become one of your favorites.

Ballad featuring alto sax, and some integral ensemble backgrounds. Begins with a rubato section for alto and piano. Solo section moves to double time swing, followed by a swingin' ensemble soli. Retur...

This is a short feature for lead alto. It starts as a ballad with the soloist interweaving figures around a lush brass chorale. Later the hrmonic rhythm is doubles (2 changes to the bar instead of 1)...

Movement 4 of The Story of Langston. Opening with a horn coral this ballad features Flugelhorn and Baritone. Many colour shifts take place harmonically creating a fulfilling tension and release that m...

Bone feature ballad waltz. Lush backgrounds provide an ideal canvas to showcase your trombonists full sound and a swinging double time solo section showcases his chops. Scored for Alto, Tenor, Bari, 2...

Recorded by Barbara Morrison with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra for The L. A. Treasures Project, this powerhouse arrangement is a study in contrasts. The sparse and quiet opening gradually build...

Recorded by Barbara Morrison with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra for The L. A. Treasures Project, this powerhouse arrangement is a study in contrasts. The sparse and quiet opening gradually build...

Recorded by Barbara Morrison with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra for The L. A. Treasures Project, this powerhouse arrangement is a study in contrasts. The sparse and quiet opening gradually build...

Recorded by Barbara Morrison with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra for The L. A. Treasures Project, this powerhouse arrangement is a study in contrasts. The sparse and quiet opening gradually build...

Recorded by Barbara Morrison with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra for The L. A. Treasures Project, this powerhouse arrangement is a study in contrasts. The sparse and quiet opening gradually build...

Recorded by Barbara Morrison with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra for The L. A. Treasures Project, this powerhouse arrangement is a study in contrasts. The sparse and quiet opening gradually build...

Recorded by Barbara Morrison with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra for The L. A. Treasures Project, this powerhouse arrangement is a study in contrasts. The sparse and quiet opening gradually build...

Recorded by Barbara Morrison with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra for The L. A. Treasures Project, this powerhouse arrangement is a study in contrasts. The sparse and quiet opening gradually build...

Recorded by Barbara Morrison with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra for The L. A. Treasures Project, this powerhouse arrangement is a study in contrasts. The sparse and quiet opening gradually build...

Recorded by Barbara Morrison with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra for The L. A. Treasures Project, this powerhouse arrangement is a study in contrasts. The sparse and quiet opening gradually build...

Recorded by Barbara Morrison with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra for The L. A. Treasures Project, this powerhouse arrangement is a study in contrasts. The sparse and quiet opening gradually build...

Recorded by Barbara Morrison with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra for The L. A. Treasures Project, this powerhouse arrangement is a study in contrasts. The sparse and quiet opening gradually build...

Recorded by Barbara Morrison with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra for The L. A. Treasures Project, this powerhouse arrangement is a study in contrasts. The sparse and quiet opening gradually build...

Recorded by Barbara Morrison with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra for The L. A. Treasures Project, this powerhouse arrangement is a study in contrasts. The sparse and quiet opening gradually build...

Recorded by Barbara Morrison with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra for The L. A. Treasures Project, this powerhouse arrangement is a study in contrasts. The sparse and quiet opening gradually build...