Advanced Sheet Music for Jazz Ensemble

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...

This is a solo vehicle for an alto saxophonist that is not part of the sax section in somewhat of a concerto format. This was inspired by the fast Latin music of Metheny and Mayse with the shifting me...

Based on a modified Brazilian Maracatu 3/4 rhythm, Chacagliatu is a sometimes harmonically tense, groove oriented piece. With an optional female vocal part to add an extra color, it makes use of the v...

Big band Merengue, Gallop. Tenor solo. Power tour de force. Latin articulation, percussion section, typical Tumbaos written. Trpt. 1 high F's & G's. Trom. 1 high B's & Bb's. Alto/Sop,A,T,T,B,5Trpts,4T...

As you might discern from the title, Over F is inspired by the Brazilian Frevo and uses a lot of F pedal with some F sharps thrown in for a little harmonic crunch. John has included some of the energy...

Based on the chord progression to All The Things You Are (surprise) in juxtaposition. It starts off with an exciting up-tempo Latin introduction which gives way to the trumpet/alto duo laying down the...