Intermediate Blues Sheet Music

This clever chart is unlike anything out there and really grooves! Based on Beethoven's ever-popular Für Elise, this jazz waltz is based on a C minor blues progression with a shout chorus in 4/4. Opti...

As the title implies, this smokin' chart is a perfect trumpet feature in a boogie-woogie style. With clever references to actual bugle calls, this fun salute to the height of the swing era includes fa...

Not just any box, but the venerable Chatterbox jazz club! Monika originally recorded this hard-driving shuffle with her Acoustic Project. Now, the angular bebop lines are traded between trumpets and s...

Not just any box, but the venerable Chatterbox jazz club! Monika originally recorded this hard-driving shuffle with her Acoustic Project. Now, the angular bebop lines are traded between trumpets and s...

Not just any box, but the venerable Chatterbox jazz club! Monika originally recorded this hard-driving shuffle with her Acoustic Project. Now, the angular bebop lines are traded between trumpets and s...

Not just any box, but the venerable Chatterbox jazz club! Monika originally recorded this hard-driving shuffle with her Acoustic Project. Now, the angular bebop lines are traded between trumpets and s...

Everyone needs an infusion of the blues now and then and this chart for medium easy groups delivers. With a swinging melody, ensemble work at all dynamic levels and an open solo section (written or ad...

All young jazz musicians need to develop a sense for the blues and this chart gets them started on this essential song form. The infectious melody sets up the journey that includes solid scoring and e...

A strong melody and solid rhythmic groove are the cornerstones of this brilliant original from Mike Tomaro. The alternating swing and shuffle styles in this blues-oriented chart command the attention...

The driving New Orleans street beat will have everyone feeling the groove while the winds carry blues-drenched lines. This chart includes a drum solo and an open solo section. Duration 2:55.

All the elements of a great opener or closer are packed into this medium-easy blues-- strong melody, unison band lines, open solo section, and a shout chorus that starts soft and builds to a roar. Tho...

Commissioned by the Jazz Division of the Illinois Music Educators Association for the 2019 Illinois All State Jazz Ensemble, this swinging blues chart will make a great addition to any program. Wonder...

Commissioned by Evanston Township High School, this burning medium advanced original will make a great program choice. An abundance of wonderful ensemble writing combines with a strong melodic line to...

As recorded in 1970 by the great Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra on their album Consummation (Blue Note), this funky blues shuffle in 5/4 opens with a repeated rhythm section vamp before horns are adde...

As recorded by the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra in 1974 on their Live In Tokyo album, this straight-ahead blues features solo space for piano, three trombones, and drums. Since the drum solo is unac...

Commissioned by the North Hills High School Jazz Ensemble of Pittsburgh, this delightful blues shuffle, with solo space for tenor sax and trumpet, calls for five players in the trumpet sections; all o...

Commissioned by the North Hills High School Jazz Ensemble of Pittsburgh, this delightful blues shuffle, with solo space for tenor sax and trumpet, calls for five players in the trumpet sectionsall oth...

As recorded by the Woody Herman Big Band on their 50th Anniversary Tour album, this medium blues opens with expandable solos for piano and bass before the dramatic full-band entrance. Then alto and tr...

Recorded the Bob Mintzer Big Band on their DMP album Spectrum, this crowd-pleasing chart in the great Basie tradition shines the solo spotlight on piano, with optional solo changes also provided for t...

Recorded by Phil Wilson on the album Live & Cookin' on the Outrageous Records label, this irresistible swing shuffle assigns solos to piano and trombone, with plenty of full ensemble work to boost exc...

This title track from the Grammy-nominated album recorded by Woody Herman's Thundering Herd is a medium-paced swing outing with solo space for trumpet and bari sax. A walking bass line, sax and brass...

Written by W.C. Handy in 1914, it has become an essential part of the jazz repertoire. This arrangement includes optional rhythm section parts as well as an optional section for blues solos with sugge...

A great new chart of Freddie Hubbards' great 'Blues For Miles' that really cooks! Freddie describes this tune as 'Hip Hop Funk' on the original CD also entitled 'Blues for Miles.' Mike's solid arrange...

An entertaining medium tempo blues chart by Mike Carubia that opens with a unison melody by the brass which is repeated with the saxes playing the background harmonies. Following the solo section for...