Jazz Ensemble Blues Sheet Music

Ellen has created a minor blues chart for young players which is successful in every way! The melody is interesting and the ranges are quite limited. Yet, Ellen is able to create excitement and a fine...

This chart was originally included in the Full Nelson album and then the Jazz Masters 48: Oliver Nelson CD. It is a simple, swinging blues chart, full of all of the ingenious writing we have come to e...

This piece is the ORIGINAL chart done by Oliver Nelson. The parts were extracted from his manuscript score. This nifty blues chart has very reasonable brass ranges, no doubles, and Oliver's sort-of go...

Nelson wrote an album for Johnny Hodges (Black, Brown and Beautiful, RCA) featuring the compositions of Duke Ellington and also some of his original things. This Ellington tune just romps and stomps r...

As recorded on the new CD The Bill Holman Band Live, Holman has written a witty, musical, fun-filled feature for baritone saxophone. Lots of space for creative playing, and the wonderful contrapuntal...

A driving big band blues by a master of the craft. The ingenious use of counterpoint and powerful ensembles combine to produce a truly impressive chart that really 'cooks.'

A great 'tour de blues' by the writer of Nice 'n Juicy and Gospel John. As the title implies, it features a soli line of bari sax, bass trombone and bass. But before it's over, the whole band enjoys q...

Your band gets a heavy workout on this solid, hard-driving blues. Masterful counterpoint, fierce ensembles and plenty of room for solos highlight this important original that sure to become a standard...

After an effective stop-and-go head, this straight-ahead blues opens up and swings like crazy! By the writer of Buddy Rich's Big Swing Face.

A slow, down-home blues featuring the trombone section on the head with a driving double-time section for solos.

Really down and dirty! All you could ask for from a slow but screaming blues. This super chart features a brilliant double-time sax soli and solid shout choruses!

A Basie-styled blues that really 'cooks' yet is easily played. A natural as an opener on your program.

This exuberant big band blues is solidly written for younger players. There are blues choruses for your choice of soloists as well as some solid hard-driving ensembles!

This medium-tempo blues chart features 16-bar blues choruses for solos, solid band backup 'kicks', and some explosive ensemble writing for your younger ensemble.

No apology is really necessary for this exciting big-band blues! There's a great sax 'head' with solid brass punches and solos written on the standard blues changes. This dynamic new chart will really...

This solidly scored blues keeps the whole band swinging from beginning to end! Here's masterful big-band writing within the reach of almost any group.

Here's a dynamic medium shuffle that's ideal for developing jazz groups. There's some driving sax lines, short solos for various players and exciting choruses for the entire ensemble.

This dynamic Eb medium blues is perfect for less experienced groups. There's a choice of soloists on easy blues changes and a very tasty shout chorus!

Bring pure musical joy to your rehearsals! With "Blues 101", published by William Allen Music, you treat your big band to a wonderfully lighthearted and catchy blues chart. This piece is tailor-made f...

This beautifully laid-back, bluesy ballad has been transcribed from the original Nelson Riddle chart written for Ella Fitzgerald's Gershwin Songbook album. The original studio album included strings,...

Written in the style of Slide Hampton's Slide's Derangement (recorded by Maynard Ferguson on Message From Newport), this medium-uptempo blues captures the spirit of Slide's chart in a fresh, accessibl...

This swingin' blues excursion for advancing groups grabs the reins of tradition while sounding new and fresh. The ensemble is given every opportunity to showcase its strengths, and soloists are in com...

Written by Duke Ellington and originally entitled Concerto for Cootie, Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me has been covered by all of the great vocalists including Ella and Sinatra. This version has been...

Ain’t Worth the Squeeze is a toe tapping, hard swinging romp built on a classic C blues form. It leans into the big band tradition of humor, swagger, and surprise, where every riff and shout chorus br...