Ballads for Jazz Ensemble

If I Could Fly Away is a lush ballad for solo tenor saxophone. Composer/arranger Mike Smukal weaves and contrasts minor and major harmonies and has created a superb chart for the younger player with l...

Dave Wolpe is an outstanding arranger. His chart on this jazz classic features flugelhorn set in a ballad style with a swing interlude for the solo. Quality from top to bottom - great tune, great char...

It's ballad time. This chart will provide your alto player with the perfect alto sax ballad. Everything is very playable for young players - the melody is beautiful and lyrical, harmonies are lush, rh...

Arranged especially for the USAF Airmen of Note, this alto ballad is outstanding in every respect. The introduction features 'bones playing the bridge, followed by the A section statement with alto an...

A Metheny-ish ballad with straight eighths with sort of a melancholy feeling, Graham Breedlove's use of color is superb, with soprano sax (alternate alto 1 included) and flugelhorns. Solo space provid...

This is a contemporary and funky-ballad treatment of this classic vocal. The key is D minor, the vocal range is A below middle C to 2nd space A. The instrumental parts are very reachable with lead tru...

A vocal chart and slow swing ballad at 70 BPM. The vocal range is G below middle C to A-flat second space. Lead trumpet range is to written A and includes a written-out solo for trombone 2 and optiona...

A luscious alto sax ballad at 74 BPM. A lyrical vehicle with rich harmony and textures, soaring ensemble figures, and a soli with saxes (alto 2 opt flute), trumpet 2, guitar, and piano. A brilliant ch...

Check out Victor López 's wonderful ballad for vocal and jazz ensemble. The tempo is around 88 BPM. There are no horn solos - just vocal and ensemble with a modest brass range and easy instrumental pa...

(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue' arranged by Victor Lopez is a beautiful ballad, and very playable by a young jazz group. The tempo is around 82 BPM with a straight-eighth ballad feel, smooth...

'A Hefti Dose of Basie,' as performed by Patrick William's big band on his brilliant CD Home Suite Home - this chart is a marvel of taste and restraint. The tempo is slow at around 74 BPM. This outsta...

'A Hefti Dose of Basie,' as performed by Patrick William's big band on his brilliant CD Home Suite Home - this chart is a marvel of taste and restraint. The tempo is slow at around 74 BPM. This outsta...

One of Dameron's most well-known compositions, this arrangement by was done for Dizzy Gillespie's band. This haunting ballad features trumpet and vocal solos.

Inspired by the Bill Evan's iconic solo Piano work "Peace Piece," composer Peter Sciaino takes a similar minimalist approach on harmonic simplicity and melodic freedom.

Inspired by the Bill Evan's iconic solo Piano work "Peace Piece," composer Peter Sciaino takes a similar minimalist approach on harmonic simplicity and melodic freedom.

Inspired by the Bill Evan's iconic solo Piano work "Peace Piece," composer Peter Sciaino takes a similar minimalist approach on harmonic simplicity and melodic freedom.

Inspired by the Bill Evan's iconic solo Piano work "Peace Piece," composer Peter Sciaino takes a similar minimalist approach on harmonic simplicity and melodic freedom.

Inspired by the Bill Evan's iconic solo Piano work "Peace Piece," composer Peter Sciaino takes a similar minimalist approach on harmonic simplicity and melodic freedom.

This is a Swing ballad written in 12/8. Inspired by the lush harmonies of music from the 70's, this chart will bring back fond memories of the past for any listener.

This is a Swing ballad written in 12/8. Inspired by the lush harmonies of music from the 70's, this chart will bring back fond memories of the past for any listener.

This is a Swing ballad written in 12/8. Inspired by the lush harmonies of music from the 70's, this chart will bring back fond memories of the past for any listener.

This is a Swing ballad written in 12/8. Inspired by the lush harmonies of music from the 70's, this chart will bring back fond memories of the past for any listener.

This is a Swing ballad written in 12/8. Inspired by the lush harmonies of music from the 70's, this chart will bring back fond memories of the past for any listener.

This beautiful ballad features flugelhorn solo and a lush background. Features lots of muted brass and parts for flute, soprano sax, and bass clarinet. Changes appear in the fourth trumpet/flugelhorn...

Written to showcase your lead alto, this medium-easy ballad is a tribute to the legacy of the great Duke Ellington. All the solos are written out, including a strain for the piano in the Duke's own fa...