Advanced Sheet Music for Jazz Ensemble

Moderately up-tempo 5/4 swing (180-190 bpm) with rock section. John says'The key is getting the rhythm section to feel 5/4 swing so it's not just 3+2. Billy Kilson, drummer for Dave Holland, is an exc...

5 sax, 4 tpt., 4 tbn., guitar piano, bass, drums. Medium tempo swing feel. Tempo: mm=110. Tpt range: high F#, tbn high Bb. This multi-faceted composition makes for a great swing groove, suggesting 12/...

Great swing chart. Front line baritone sax & flute unison with nice ensemble writing. Dbls.

Swing chart featuring trombone solo.

Medium swing chart featuring trumpet & tenor solos.

Medium swing chart featuring trumpet and bass solos on this Lionel Hampton-Ruby Fisher chart.

Medium swing chart featuring trumpet solo.

Medium tempo, contemporary sounding original featuring lead tenor throughout. Alternates between broken swing and straight 8th note sections. Overall the chart relies on the (advanced) soloist however...

This is a wonderful medium up swing minor blues composition which employs a few interesting metric modulations ( i.e. tempo changes). The sax soli is very interesting, the solo changes are straight fo...

This is a wonderful medium tempo composition that alternates between 3/4 swing and 9/8 afro-Cuban. Arranged by Canadian composer/arranger Dean McNeill this piece features either a solo guitarist or so...

Nice easy swing. Exciting shout chorus in brass. 10 brass.

Slow 12/8 blues in the style of 'After Hours'. Attractive mixture of laid back 12/8 feel & an aggressive 3/4 swing. A virtuoso shout chorus in the saxes.

A festive, hard swinging blues with lots of blowing space. No solo, then guitar, then all instruments in a collective improv.

A hard-swinging shuffle. Great shout chorus with virtuosic sax writing. No dbls. 8 brass (no tuba). Solos for Alto & Trpt.

Here is an angular, bluesy medium swing chart featuring tenor sax, drums, bass, and optional trombone jazz that was written in the 80's. It opens with a drum solo with band hits, and has some tricky t...

This chart goes in and out of Latin and swing. Features trumpet and alto. Enjoyable to play and listen to. As recorded by the Carl Saunders Big Band on 'Be Bop Big Band' on Sea Breeze Jazz.

This Carl Saunders original was written to con-note how a baby would conceve the blues. The trumpet is featured through out and has hip backgrounds and swinging ensemble. No score. As recorded by the...

Up tempo swinger on changes to There Will Never Be Another Ewe. Features alto and tenor on a tricky melodic line

A medium shuffle tempo blues with potential openings for several soloists. A fairly demanding sax soli and tight, swinging, ens work throughout.

Up tempo swing. Quarter note = 232. Features solo space for Alto sax and Trumpet. No doubles. Commissioned by the Kansas Music Educators Association for their All-State jazz Ensemble.

Ease swing blues feature for bass or tube. Alto sax 1 doubles piccolo. Optional vibes.

This great contemporary standard by Bob Berg is a powerful feature both for tenor sax and the entire ensemble. The tune requires a tenor soloist with 'fire' and a strong rhythm section capable of play...

A fast driving swing arrangement based on a wonderful Scott Wendholt theme. The challenging theme is played by trumpet(4th) and tenor sax. Solos are for trumpet, tenor sax, and piano, and are followed...

Named after the center of a storm, this funk chart can be played as such or with shifts into swing or other styles, as the intent is to be flexibly changing. Half note = 118. Premiered by saxist Seamu...

A soli of trumpet, trombone, and tenor sax lead the band through this swinging tune based on 'Shiny Stockings' and 'Satin Doll' changes, with an optional backbeat funk section that will get everyone m...