Intermediate Sheet Music for Jazz Ensemble and Big Band

Medium tempo blues chart commissioned by the Missouri Music Educators Association, Central District Honors Jazz Band. Chart features melody in the trombones and low saxes, a few chromatic twists in th...

This driving blues shuffle, in the Thad & Mel style, makes a terrific opener. There are a couple of twists: the chart starts in Bb, goes to Eb for the solos(based on blues changes, trasposed for any s...

Moderate walking swing, it's an original feature in the Stan Kenton-Gene Rowland 1960's style. There are solos for the guitar and 1st trombone. Next comes a trombone soli. Then a bass solo leads to th...

This a slow, bluesy feature, with a solo for the 2nd alto sax. It is in an arch form; i.e. A-B-C-B-A, with the solo in the middle section. Has a nice piano-guitar George Shearing-style background sect...

Here is a straight-ahead, swinging blues with a bridge. It features plenty of intricate ensemble work, a Tenor Sax solo, and a breakdown ostinato chorus that shows off the horns. The addition of an op...

This blues-rock tune will leave your audience screaming for more. Vocal 'rap' for any member of the band, with a vocal chorus by the entire horn section. Six horns: alto, tenor, bari, 2 trumpets, trom...

A tribute to Mingus, this medium almost-blues is full of surprises. Opens with bass solo, then trombone solo, before the first head. Six horns: alto, tenor, bari, 2 trumpets, trombone, and rhythm.

A straight ahead E-minor blues with a little something extra. Imitative counterpoint in the intro and head. Overall solo form is two choruses of blues, a sus-chord focused bridge, and a final chorus o...

From arranger Ron Jones: 'This chart was created as a showcase for my all-star Infuence Jazz Orchestra made up of the top session and jazz players in L.A. I usually put it at the end of the second set...