Intermediate Sheet Music for Jazz Ensemble and Big Band

This medium advanced chart is sure to be popular with musicians and audiences alike. The straight 8th groove and relaxed tempo are in the vein of the great recordings from the ECM record label. Both g...

Commissioned by the jazz division of the Illinois Music Educators Association for the 2020 Illinois All State Jazz Ensemble, this Adam Larson swing composition provides musical challenges to all secti...

Featuring tenor sax and trumpet in both duo and solo roles, this fast swing excursion also gives the drummer some room to stretch out in an open solo before the final shout, short D.S. and coda. Rhyth...

Featuring a walking bass line and an easy swing groove, piano carries the solo work in this contemporary score by the great Thad Jones. In the final half, the sound of muted brass contributes to the i...

In this uptempo adaptation of the great bebop classic for developing groups, solos are assigned to alto sax and trumpet, with some written solo lines provided to help players lacking extensive improvi...

In this solo feature for flugelhorn, solid swing figures, a medium tempo, and idiomatic writing for all sections come together with excellent results. A confident full-band chorus culminates in a stro...

Recorded by the Mel Lewis Orchestra on the album 20 Years At The Village Vanguard, this solid bop swinger at a medium tempo gives solos to tenor and piano, with the drummer adding two shorter solos in...

As recorded by the Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band on their Grammy-nominated album Long Yellow Road, this boppish swing classic offers solo space for tenor, alto, and trumpet. The even-8ths int...

As performed by the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra at the Village Vanguard, solo opportunities are given to trumpet and piano, but the solo chorus can be opened up for additional players as desired. O...

As recorded by the Toshiko Akiyoshi/Lew Tabackin Big Band on the album March Of The Tadpoles. Duration 7:00.

Recorded by the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra on the album The Jazz Orchestra, this energetic adventure for capable bands is a series of alternating ensemble and solo sections for trumpet or trombone...

This spirited chart, originally recorded in a small group setting on the CD I Remember Jaco (BMG-Novus), is playable at a variety of brighter tempos but should ultimately be performed fast. A solid rh...

As recorded by the Bob Mintzer Big Band on the Incredible Journey CD, this tune features the drummer in a series of short cameo fills that eventually culminate in an unaccompanied, expandable solo jus...

Recorded by the Bob Mintzer Big Band on the album of the same name, this exciting tenor feature showcases several call-and-response conversations between the soloist and band. The drummer also shares...

Commissioned for the Cardinal Vaughn Memorial School Jazz Band in London, England, this swing shuffle original for proficient bands will energize players and audiences. Equally appropriate as an opene...

This tune was written by Louis Armstrong and used by him as his theme tune for a number of years. This version is from the Harry James book, and is not only a great Trumpet feature, but a really rare...

Here is Flying Home, transcribed by Alan Glasscock from the original Steve Steck arrangement scored for the Glenn Miller USAAF band. The chart is written at a bouncy 165 b.p.m. and features solos for...

This is the 1966 Ellington version of Strayhorn's great tune, with Cootie Williams' trumpet solo (written on the 4th part) transcribed in full. This version also features an extended ending, giving mo...

Here is our take on the Walter Donaldson classic, Makin Whoopee, as performed by the Count Baie orchestra. This chart features Trombone (originally played by Al Grey) almost from start to finish, and...

Witchcraft was a song originally written specifically for Frank Sinatra, and later covered by other singers. This is the Helen O'Connell version which is simply stunning, and your singer will love you...

A superb example of ensemble playing from the Ted Heath book. This version is not written as a slow ballad, but is a grooving mid-tempo swing chart that packs plenty of punch. The chart relies on some...

We are pleased to offer you the much requested Count Basie version of Jumpin at the Woodside. It's fast, it's furious and it's fun. We have written out all of the original solos 'as-played', though yo...

Taken down from the original 1936 Fletcher Henderson chart for the Benny Goodman Orchestra, our transcription is faithful to the BG chart except that we have augmented the brass to 8 voices from the o...

Here is our transcription of the Bob Crosby bands' theme tune, Summertime. Featuring solos by Trumpet and Tenor, this wonderfully rich and moody chart rarely strays from Gershwins' haunting melody and...

Recreate the fabulous sound of the Clarke-Boland band of the 1970s with this laid back swing arrangement, with muted trumpet solo with sax and trombone backing, sax feature 'chase' section and full ba...