Intermediate Sheet Music for Jazz Ensemble and Big Band

A shuffle at 166 BPM, this is a feature for two tenor saxes - not a duel, but a vehicle to showcase both your tenor players. Sample solos are provided, and the lead trumpet range is to written high C-...

Gordon Goodwin's 'Absoludicrous' is a totally hip and fun chart played at 120 BPM. The electric piano will sound great on the funky piano introduction. Written solos are provided for alto / bari, teno...

Featuring a chorale introduction with trumpet melody, 'Love Is Here to Stay' leads into a bright swing around 184 BPM with suggested solos for tenor and alto. The lead trumpet range is up to written B...

'This Can't Be Love' is a medium swing vocal and big band chart arranged in two keys - high and low. The lead trumpet range is to written high B above the staff and there is a written-out tenor solo....

Celebrating the centennial of the great Ella Fitzgerald, this chart is from the legendary recordings of Ella with the Ellington Orchestra. This chart features a short solo by baritone and alto saxopho...

A New Orleans favorite, this 1932 Ellington arrangement features trombone and soprano saxophone. Sidney Bechet's iconic solo is transcribed here as played by his star pupil, Johnny Hodges.

A New Orleans favorite, this 1932 Ellington arrangement features trombone and soprano saxophone. Sidney Bechet's iconic solo is transcribed here as played by his star pupil, Johnny Hodges.

Heavy metal big band! Guitar is the featured solo instrument in this very cool chart so if you, the band, and your drummer dig a rock vehicle to wake everyone up - 'Steampunk' by Erik Morales is it. L...

'Modern Pecknology' - it's the chicken-themed funk chart! A clever title, and it's certainly a clever chart. This Kris Berg composition opens with the sound of the barnyard and then it gets funky imme...

One of the finest ballads ever by a brilliant composer and gifted arranger. Played at around 88 BPM moving into a double-time bossa section leading into the finale, you'll enjoy every measure of this...

We're back with another chicken-titled funk chart! Written solos are provided for trumpet and tenor but you could add guitar if desired. Lead trumpet range is too written B-flat above the staff with o...

A contemporary version of this standard arranged in a funky groove played around 136 BPM with the groove going into a boogaloo occasionally. Lead trumpet range it to written A above the staff, and sam...

A jazz ensemble chart for vocalist scored with a straight-eighth groove on this wonderful standard. Lyrics accommodate female or male vocalists and the vocal range is from low G below middle C to thir...

A very hip, funky groove chart played around 168 BPM and loaded with the classic Goodwin flair. Plus, sample solos are provided for C instruments, E-flat alto/bari, B-flat tenor, B-flat trumpet, and t...

Warner Bros. Publications is proud to present this important series, Jazz at Lincoln Center Library. Each selection was selected by the Center's musical director, Wynton Marsalis. Each transcription i...

Warner Bros. Publications is proud to present this important series, Jazz at Lincoln Center Library. Each selection was selected by the Center's musical director, Wynton Marsalis. Each transcription i...

Arranged in both high and low keys for flexibility, the moderate swing tempo of 'You Make Me Feel So Young' is 132 BPM. It has no horn solos but includes a trombone soli and the lead trumpet range is...

With the chicken-flavored title, this Kris Berg chart is just plain funky. The laid-back tempo is around 100 BPM, there is a suggested written tenor solo, and some slap bass licks on the hip bass part...

A 'Taste of Cuba' for sure. A very hot Latin chart premiered at the Midwest Band Clinic, 2015, this is a show-stopper chart for a strong band. The chart is jam-packed with lines that bounce from secti...

This wonderful jazz standard swings at 160 BPM with the opening melody line played by alto, tenor, trumpet, and trombone. Sample jazz solos are provided for tenor 1, trumpet 2, drums, and the lead tru...

A Latin-pop original, that's kind of funky, targeted at the skilled high school level. It's played around 176 BPM with lead trumpet range to written high C. Sample solos are provided for all instrumen...