Bill Holman: Intermediate Sheet Music

Who will ever be able to forget the dynamic Buddy Rich Band? This chart was a staple in that library for a long time, spinning off of the 60's-70's look at more contemporary music sources (rock, folk,...

Recorded by the Terry Gibbs Dream Band Arranged by Bill Holman, Edited by Jeffrey Sultanof Bill Holman wrote this arrangement for the Terry Gibbs Dream Band in 1959. This is a straight forward swing a...

Bill Holman's arrangement, from the Maynard Ferguson Band 'Boy With Lots Of Brass' recording, is a wonderful medium-swing tune with solo space for piano, alto, and trumpet. This chart spans the spectr...

This Bill Holman chart was written for the Maynard Ferguson Orchestra. It is recorded on Live at Peacock Lane and is a bright swing tune that features solos for alto saxophone, tenor saxophone and dru...

Bill Holman's music never disappoints, and 'Introduction to an Ending' is no exception! Originally written for and recorded on the Charlie Barnet Big Band 1967 album, this straight-ahead blues tune fe...

Originally composed by Bill Holman for the Stan Kenton Orchestra, Bob Curnow's arrangement of 'Solos' scores the melody in the unison saxophone section and is written for 8-brass. A straight-ahead, sw...

Bill Holman has given us a superb gift on his 90th birthday - his gift of swing, humor, great melody, and his always exciting ensemble passages. Here is his newest original - a buoyant, optimistic, ha...

The title says it all for this toe tapping Bill Holman arrangement of the classic Rogers & Hammerstein composition as recorded on the album, 'Bill Holman's Great Big Band'. Arranged in an up-tempo swi...

Holman's writing is legendary, and this chart will just add to the legend. All of the great characteristics of Bill's music are here ....unison lines, counterpoint, simplicity, a great theme, and a se...

A happy, cookin, shuffle tune in the best Holman tradition! Very reasonable ranges and figures which just swing like crazy! Solo space for alto and baritone saxes and drums. This could be the hit of H...

This chart was recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra on the CD I Told You So. This is yet another terrific Holman chart written for that band! A slow, swinging, Li'l Darlin - ish kind of chart, it has...

Written for and recorded by the Buddy Rich Band on the Big Swing Face CD, this wonderful chart features trumpet (a la Bobby Shew on the CD) and alto saxophone (a la Quinn Davis on the CD). Alto Sax 2...

This is the second movement of the three-part suite titled 'The Big Street' which was recorded on the album 'The Fabulous Bill Holman' in 1957. It is a slow Swing Feel with a wonderful melody. Wonderf...

Recorded on the Hawthorne Nights LP (PABLO) by Zoot Sims, and a wonderful cast of players, this is a neat, medium swing tune which features tenor sax (naturally). The tune starts out with a sort of to...

There were a number of sensational charts written in the 50's for the Bill Holman Band and the Terry Gibbs Band. This is one of them! A great original by Holman, with lots of solo space. Bill Holman w...

There are a few charts from this library which are very playable by any reasonably well developed jazz ensemble. This surely is one of the best! Holman created a beautifully layered piece, based on th...

Bill Holman, well known for his solo features, originally arranged this iconic tenor saxophone feature, 'Out of Nowhere,' for Bill Perkins and the Stan Kenton Orchestra in the mid '50s. Set as an up-t...

This is one of those superb Holman charts written for Stan Kenton in the early '50's that just swings like crazy. It starts off very soft and easy, with clever linear writing. It then roars into an al...

As recorded on 'Tonight Show Band, Vol. 2' (Amherst), Holman has created a warm and wonderful chart on this superb standard. Set in a 'swingy ballad' feel, it features a short trumpet solo (in the 1st...

Bill Holman's Great Big Band was a sensational ensemble! That album has just been re-issued on Mosaic Records. This chart is an example of Bill's talent for investing old material with brilliant new i...

Holman originally wrote this chart to feature Charlie Parker with the Kenton Band in the early '50's. Based on the changes to the ever-popular All the Things You Are, it features alto saxophone throug...

Jazz Octet Arrangement. Full Score, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone , Trumpet , Trombone, Guitar, Piano, Bass, Drums Here is the Bill Holman swing arrangement for the Dave Pell Octet recorded on t...

This is a great chart on a great standard, originally recorded by the Terry Gibbs Band on the Dream Band CD. The chart originally featured vibes throughout, but it has been edited to feature any numbe...

Recorded on the Vic Lewis West Coast All-Stars play the music of Bill Holman (MOLE JAZZ CD 14) by an exciting lineup of L.A.'s best, Sizzler is an up-tempo, straight-ahead jazz chart with solo space f...

This chart was originally written for Charlie Parker to perform with the Stan Kenton Orchestra. Eventually it was recorded by Lee Konitz. The ensemble writing is very playable with no range concerns i...