Advanced Sheet Music for Jazz Ensemble

Up tempo Gospel inflected Funk featuring basically unison and two part horn lines ala Tower of Power. Rhythm feel may take some work (especially the Richard Tee type piano feel). Good chart for develo...

Fast, up tempo funk/rock groove which alternates between half time blues feel. Features a guitar solo and the trombone section with the 1st trumpet going uo to D. Medium difficult.

Something new and different with a Latin-funk feel that really moves and the rhythm section can really get into, features soprano sax solo. Lead trumpet up to high D.(Premiered by MYJO-Midland Youth J...

Funky (q note = 96). Solo feature for alto sax with layered rhythms underneath. Solo form consists of 2 choruses of funk and 1 of double-time swing. The last of these is a shouting ensemble section fo...

Disperse was commissioned by the Western Albemarle High School Big Band in Charlottesville, VA, and was written to introduce public school students to the language of composer/percussionist John Holle...

Though primarily Latin, the groove here also has funk roots. Even though the drummer should stress downbeats using the cross-stick figure, rhythms in the ensemble suggest a 2-3 clave that should be ob...

This is FUNKAAAAAY! Lots of Breckerish and Tower of Power kind of stuff. A good high school band will funk out on this one. Open drum solo at end sets this one off!

Shuffle-funk originally written for a University of Illinois ensemble featuring trombone great Steve Wiest. There is optional solo space for trombone, baritone, and alto. Creative and fun ensemble wri...

Don't let the title fool you! This piece begins as a slow understated funk groove, but quickly evolves into much more. Flugelhorn (Trumpet 4) is featured on the melody and gets some blowing space. Mid...

A 6/4 Gospel ballad features the brass (flugelhorns suggested) on the nicely harmonized melody, with a fun bass trombone part throughout. Piano solos over the second chorus, and saxes wait until the t...