Intermediate Sheet Music from Sierra Music Publications

It's hard to believe, but this quintessential big band arrangement is finally in print!!! As recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra on their album Hits of the 50's & 60's - This Time By Basie, Quincy J...

The Buddy Rich Band played this chart for years! A sensational arrangement of a great tune in an up-tempo setting. This is recorded on the Big Swing Face CD. Solo space for alto sax, trumpet, tenor sa...

As arranged by Quincy Jones for the album Birth of a Band, this Sonny Stitt tune is a brilliant, straight-ahead chart that swings like crazy, featuring Q's outstanding ensemble writing. It also featur...

This piece is the essence of the clever, unusual, unforgettable kind of tune that Pat and the Group come up with. It is full of happy thoughts, and it moves from a march-like rock feel to a joyous wal...

This piece was originally recorded on the Still Life (Talking) CD and is a lovely bossa nova-ish style of chart. Bob Curnow lends his arranging expertise to this lovely Metheny melody and creates yet...

If you want a chart that swings, this is it! This incredible arrangement by Quincy Jones of Walk, Don't Run was recorded by the great Count Basie Orchestra on their album Hits of the 50's & 60's - Thi...

A great arrangement of the great tune written by the ex-Beatle. This chart was the reason for the great success of the CD 7.5 on the Richter Scale. Melody stated by alto, trumpet and trombone and the...

A BEST SELLER!!! Metheny's tunes and rhythmic feels are perfect for Big-Band settings. This tune just ROARS!! It can feature up to 3 soloists, has great changes and exciting ensemble writing... which...

This is the real thing, as written for and recorded by the Buddy Rich Band on the Big Swing Face CD. It is perhaps one of Holman's best known charts ever. A scintillating jazz waltz, full of excitemen...

This ballad is almost spiritual in its effect!! A trombone feature, the melody soars throughout. Your lead bone player will love playing this piece, as it lays perfectly on the horn. As recorded on Bo...

Metheny's ballads are beautiful and haunting. This melody is the title track from the GRAMMY AWARD winning recording. The featured solo is for piano and guitar. The entire piece is written out; no imp...

'Bodysnatchers' was released in 2007 on Radiohead's In Rainbows album. Fred Sturm's powerful arrangement captures the raw passion of Radiohead's version with unique harmonic variations, textural manip...

Piazzolla wrote many beautiful melodies, and this one is perhaps the most haunting. This is a flugelhorn solo throughout, with very reasonable ranges for all. This is one of those rare charts that is...

This beautiful ballad is featured on Pat's newest recording Secret Story, and has been scored to highlight solo statements by flugelhorn, guitar or alto saxophone (your choice). It is a warm, pensive...

As recorded on the brilliant CD The Legend by the Count Basie Orchestra, this medium swing piece features solos for trumpet, trombone, piano and bass. It is set at a moderate tempo and is one of Benny...

As recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra on their album This Time By Basie, Billy Byers has arranged a wonderful, easy-swinging masterpiece. This is a terrific, classic big band chart that belongs in...

Bob Curnow does his usual stellar job of arranging Pat Metheny's very popular tune 'James,' and he manages to add a lot of his own ideas to the arrangement. Soloists can be determined as you wish with...

As recorded on the new Les Hooper Big Band CD 'Out of the Woods,' this hot, blues shuffle is full of energy and good ol' down-home funky blues. This is a VERY exciting chart, with solo space for alto...

This arrangement is a bit easier than the Pro version because it does not change keys (to C# minor). A minor blues solo section is surrounded with a terrific mix of odd-meter stuff and straight-ahead...

This arrangement features tenor saxophone and guitar, and the chart captures the excitement of this marvelous tune from Pat's Secret Story CD. (10 brass) (on CD 104) As recorded on Bob Curnow's L.A. B...

Finally ... the definitive version of this magnificent music. The third of seven movements published by Sierra Music. The original score of Richards' was the source for this and all the movements of t...

Bill Holman's Big Bands have always been exciting and fresh, primarily due to his writing. This chart, on one of our best known standards, doesn't fail. It has limited brass ranges, but roars through...

Winner of the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition. A superb piece which moves beautifully from a contemporary straight 8th feel to double-time swing and back again. Absolutely the best you...

Holman has a wonderful knack of taking just about any tune and making it swing like crazy. This one sure does! Recorded on The Fabulous Bill Holman LP, this chart is amazing in its simplicity and effe...