Jazz Ensemble Blues Sheet Music

Straight ahead, B blues scored for big band, with the brass section playing the head against a sax tutti. Solo changes are written in the tenor, trumpet, and trombone parts, with room for additional s...

This original shuffle is solidly scored with a Benny Golson/Quincy Jones flavor. The saxes are featured on the head with the solo in the first tenor part. The bridge features a two sax/two trumpet ens...

This clever chart is unlike anything out there and really grooves! Based on Beethoven's ever-popular Für Elise, this jazz waltz is based on a C minor blues progression with a shout chorus in 4/4. Opti...

Middle school director and jazz trumpeter Mike Kamuf offers this medium-tempo blues set over a shuffle groove. After a big full-ensemble opening, the chart moves into the infectious yet simple melody....

As the title implies, this smokin' chart is a perfect trumpet feature in a boogie-woogie style. With clever references to actual bugle calls, this fun salute to the height of the swing era includes fa...

This straight-ahead swinger has no solos - just solid ensemble writing - and is ideal for teaching basic concepts of swing in the classic big band tradition. Based on a 12-bar blues with a few alterat...

Arrangiert für kleine Bigband-Besetzung 'Geshuffelte' Rhythmen, 'bluesige' Spannungsklänge und ein ausdrucksvolles Thema im typischen zwölftaktigen Schema - Stephan Genzes Bigband-Arrangement Blues Sh...

There's no better jazz form for aspiring soloists than the blues! Here's a great-sounding original from the pen of Mark Taylor written in a medium tempo with as nice swing feel. Saxes take the lead to...

Absolutely dripping with the blues, here is a sultry version of the Ellington classic that features trumpet and trombone as they cry out the plaintive melody. Written in a call and response style, thi...

Composed and recorded by jazz legend John Coltrane, this medium tempo blues tune features an easy-to-play melody and solid tutti-style rhythms for the ensemble. In addition, the blues changes and mode...

One of the many distinctive hits from the Beatles, Can't Buy Me Love is arranged here in a medium up-tempo shuffle groove and provides a marvelous swing setting for the entire ensemble.

Few purely instrumental tunes ever reach the level of popularity achieved by this familiar '60s hit by Booker T. and the MG's. Often used in TV and film, this infectious tune has a bluesy groove that'...

This bluesy chart swings hard from the opening strains all the way to the final chorus. Rick's creative take is built on a medium swing foundation, and the blues changes make this comfortable and fun...

This appealing blues chart opens with the rhythm section a laid-back 2-beat style, but quickly moves to a rockin' shuffle with plenty of attitude. This style alternates with a straight ahead swing fee...

Rick Stitzel skillfully dresses up this amazingly simple melody with counterlines and solid scoring for the little big band format. Solos are provided for alto sax and trumpet, but with the easy blues...

Recorded by the J. Geils Band in 1982, this familiar rock classic features a driving shuffle style and plenty of rhythmic energy. Also included is solo space for alto sax and trumpet.

With its roots in early jazz, "Basin Street Blues" is a great way to introduce the concept of "call and response" to your young players. This arrangement scored for 6 horns features solid ensemble sco...

Highlight your sax section with this great F minor blues chart. Hip swinging melodies wrapped in phat brass and rhythm section hits along with great unison brass writing on the bridge make this highly...

When the trombone section gets a chance to speak, it's usually with a touch of attitude and style. This sassy shuffle tune in a moderately slow tempo gives them a great opportunity to take the spotlig...

Recorded by Michael McDonald, this bluesy tune features a moderate shuffle groove and a distinctive contemporary sound. Scored with plenty of variety, this appealing chart also includes solo space for...

Featuring a freewheeling New Orleans style street beat alternating with straight-ahead swing, here is a Monk favorite in a unique and creative setting. Trumpet and tenor share the melody, and solo spa...

Enrich your jazz musicians with the music of Horace Silver with this arrangement of one of his most soulful blues tunes. Tenor Sax 1 and Trumpet 2 play the first statement of the head creating the ori...