Advanced Sheet Music for Jazz Ensemble

This great bossa rock composition by Duke Pearson was featured in an octet form on his 1967 record 'The Right Touch.' Duke fleshed this funky tune out for a full big band, though it was never recorded...

Transcribed from the original Johnny Keating chart, Ol' Man River is an absolute screamer of a chart, from the time when the Ted Heath band was at its height. Heath recorded two slightly different ver...

Hey it is a sultry samba! As you know, on the Keep Swingin CD on Sea Breeze Jazz, Steve Allen's sambas are always something special. This is a very pretty melody introduced by the soprano sax and flug...

This is more a jazz latin feel then a cha cha. This starts out with a small group playing the cute melody and works into some powerful backgrounds and ensembles. Lots a good fun on this tune, but agai...

148-152 = half note. A show stopper to be played as fast as possible. This piece goes into half time bossa for alto solo [2nd part]. Recorded by Bob Florence Limited Edition on With All The Bells & Wh...

A gentle bossa nova featuring 2 altos. Woodwind doubles are clarinets, bass clarinet and Eb contra alto clarinet. Quarter note = 100. Recorded by the Bob Florence Limited Edition on Serendipity 18 on...

Luci is a Trumpet feature with a light Bossa Nova feel. The introduction has the soloist play fills with the Drums and later the rest of the Rhythm section. The Saxophone section introduces the theme....

This chart was commissioned by the Univ of Texas at Arlington Jazz Orchestra for their performance featuring trumpet player Ron McCurdy and drummer Adonis Rose at the 2008 Texas Music Educator's Conve...

Contemporary tune. Sectionalized as follows: (A) swing, (B) Latin, (C) modal vamp. Melody uses 4ths and pentatonics. No dbls. 10 brass (include tuba). Solos: trombone & trumpet.

Alternates between bossa nova & samba, featuring a flugelhorn soloist & an additional optional tenor sax soloist. Much color is provided by wdwd dbl. in all sax chairs. The harmonic & rhythmic challen...

This chart is a challenging piece of music. It is written for 10 brass but can be played with 8. It has many tempo changes. It goes from a 6/8 feel to an up-tempo Swing to a slow Latin feel. Tenor, Tr...

A very progressive piece with a quasi latin feel. Soprano and Trumpet solos. Doubles.

Fast samba. Features Tenor sax, Soprano sax & Drums. Recorded by UNLV Jazz Ensemble Caliente, Muy Caliente.

A burning up tempo Latin chart that will challenge any group. It opens w/a gritty melody that builds up to a Tenor solo. It also features a bass solo, (opt'l tacit), open drum solo, short sax soli, &...

If you have a deep, abiding love for '70s funk, Bitches Brew-era, Miles Davis, heavy metal, bossa nova, Igor Stravinsky, Charles Ives, and late '90s aggro-pop, this might just be the tune for you. Thi...

Receives play on several stations. A hot samba inspired by Chick Corea. Piano solo. Recorded by Pat Longo on 'Extreme Heat'.

Based on 'It Could Happen To You', the chart alternates between bossa nova and swing feels, and the keys of Eb and G. A sax soli chorus proceeds solos by trumpet or trombone, and alto or tenor, each w...

This is a Brazilian choro for big band. Choro (sho-ro) is a traditional Brazilian music style from the 20's and 30's. It is similar to rag time and Dixieland in its form treatment and counterpoint cha...

This is a Brazilian jazz piece for big band that combines jazz with a simple folk-like motive developed through many rhythmic and harmonic settings. The groove frame is inspired by two Brazilian North...

This is a Brazilian jazz piece for big band that combines jazz with Frevo. Frevo is a rhythm from Northeast Brazil, normally played during the carnival. Frevo is played at a medium to fast tempo, ofte...

Iberian Fantasy, an up-tempo samba, written and recorded by Buddy Rich at the 1984 Berlin Jazz Festival is a demanding and exciting chart, but musically quite straightforward. If you have a good lead...

A gentle bossa nova, somewhat reminiscent of early Herbie Hancock. This is an advanced band arrangement. Scored for five saxes (AATTB), five trumpets, five trombones, piano, guitar, bass, and drums. B...

An up-tempo opener or closer that alternates between swing and latin, The Hang, features a driving post-bop melody for the saxophone section. The trumpet section also shares the melody and combined wi...