Ballads for Jazz Ensemble

This lush and hauntingly beautiful ballad is the perfect showcase for your trombone soloist. Don't pass up this gorgeous chart!

Add a truly special highlight to your next concert: With "Gentle Breeze", published by William Allen Music, you will put your trumpet soloist directly into the spotlight! This masterfully crafted big...

Here's a gorgeous contemporary rock ballad that spotlights your tenor sax soloist. Add its powerful bridge section and you've got a great addition to your next concert!

Jeff Taylor's sensitive and dramatic contemporary ballad is loaded with lyrical magic and impact. Here's an exquisite feature for your tenor soloist that you really shouldn't pass up!

Your tenor soloist gets the spotlight in this gorgeous, contemporary ballad. Very impressive both in competition and concert!

QUIET TIME is a Basie-Styled ballad which effectively introduces young players to the rich voicings and extended harmonies of this important jazz style.

Shift the spotlight to your alto sax soloist for one of the hottest contemporary ballads in years. NIGHTWATCH will easily be a highlight on any of your programs.

From the mysterious intro through the haunting ballad section and into the samba-like improvisation, MYSTERY WOMAN will really let your tenor soloist shine!

This gorgeous. contemporary ballad features your trumpet (or flugelhorn) soloist. Makes a great change-of-pace selection on any program.

Jeff Taylor's Reminiscin' is another distinctive chart from the William Allen Publications Stage One Series. It's a full ensemble ballad for developing bands with a mellow sound and it's playable with...

This fine fresh ballad is written in the melodic and harmonic style of the late, great Henry Mancini. Although it is intended to be a lyrical trombone solo, an instrument favored by Hank, it is also s...

SATB, SSAA or Vocal Solo

A combination of beautiful melody and contemporary harmonic structure create a great ballad to feature your Tenor Saxophone soloist. There are some colorful double time feel countermelodies in the bra...

A combination of beautiful melody and contemporary harmonic structure create a great ballad to feature your Tenor Saxophone soloist. There are some colorful double time feel countermelodies in the bra...

A combination of beautiful melody and contemporary harmonic structure create a great ballad to feature your Tenor Saxophone soloist. There are some colorful double time feel countermelodies in the bra...

A ballad featuring lead alto sax, this lovely tune is based on the form and changes of the well known standard 'The Midnight Sun Will Never Set.' Written in 2016 for the Salt Lake City Phoenix Jazz Ba...

Rarely does a song have staying power over time like this gem from West Side Story. One of the definitive ballads of all time, here is a wonderful opportunity to perform it with a vocal soloist and bi...

Surely the ultimate slow rock ballad alto sax feature number - starting dreamily with synth. and woodwind (cued on saxes if doubling not available) with bass guitar then setting the groove allowing th...

Here is a very classy adaptation of the Michael Bublé version of Me and Mrs Jones. In terms of style, structure and range it is the same as the MB version. All we have done is remove the string lines...

The classic jazz ballad, from Tony Bennett's 'Duets 2' album featuring Amy Winehouse. Cy Payne has transcribed & extended the chart to make it playable as recorded, with full strings or by the usual S...