Intermediate Swing Sheet Music

This piece is a tribute to three great composers: the first movement is written in the style of Duke Ellington. The orchestration is colorful. The rhythm and melody are typically African - i.e. wilder...

This piece is a tribute to three great composers: the first movement is written in the style of Duke Ellington. The orchestration is colorful. The rhythm and melody are typically African - i.e. wilder...

Purple Pig is a throwback to the delightful Jazz-Pop film scores of the 1970s, written by great and iconic composers such as Henry Mancini, Michel Legrand, Isaac Hayes and others. A common style in th...

Pungjazz was originally entitled "Klæppfesk" as a part of my musical with the same name composed in the mid 1980's. It's a nice swing tune which Norwegian trumpet Ole Edvard Antonsen made well-known b...

Lo Flame is based on the harmonic progression of All of Me, and features the trumpet section. The theme follows a swinging opening of the rhythm section. Then the trumpets continue with an impressive...

Frank Foster, leader and arranger for the Count Basie band, penned this version of the classic big band tune. Recreate that great Basie sound with your own ensemble, using the same chart they use. Won...

This is hotter than hot! Dave Wolpe's expert adaptation of this tune from the Top 10 album by the Brian Setzer Orchestra really swings hard, and it doesn't let up. (Can you believe a big band CD is ne...

Bob Mintzer paying tribute to Count Basie -- you can't beat that combination! From Bob Mintzer's Big Band's newest CD Homage to Count Basie, this is an outstanding arrangement that is fresh sounding y...

As Recorded By Anita O'Day Jazz Big Band Arrangement With Vocal This Bill Holman vocal arrangement was written and recorded in August 1960. The recording session, featuring singer Anita O'Day with Hol...

Written to honor Maine musician Dale Perkins. Challenge your musicians to achieve that classic big band sound that this chart produces when well executed!

Written to honor Maine musician Dale Perkins. Challenge your musicians to achieve that classic big band sound that this chart produces when well executed!

Written to honor Maine musician Dale Perkins. Challenge your musicians to achieve that classic big band sound that this chart produces when well executed!

Written to honor Maine musician Dale Perkins. Challenge your musicians to achieve that classic big band sound that this chart produces when well executed!

Written to honor Maine musician Dale Perkins. Challenge your musicians to achieve that classic big band sound that this chart produces when well executed!

As recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra on their Basie Big Band album, this easy swing excursion for proficient players has all the ingredients you'd expect from a classic Basie chart -- tasteful pia...

As recorded by the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra on the album New Life, this fast swing 'opus' starts with a full-band statement and a short piano solo before the flugelhorn soloist steps into the sp...

Dedicated to the late Larry Swist, this shuffle chart features solo changes in all the saxophone parts, a stop-time section featuring the trombones, as well as the other two wind sections. An exciting...

Swingin' hard from start to finish, this burner of a chart for proficient groups is a terrific program opener or closer. Featuring effective figures, brilliant orchestration, and a dramatic shout chor...

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...