Jazz Ensemble Original Arrangements

Warner Bros. Publications is proud to present this important series, Jazz at Lincoln Center Library. Each selection was selected by the Center's musical director, Wynton Marsalis. Each transcription i...

Recorded on the SWR Big Band CD Fun Time and adapted from the tune Blue Daniel, this chart romps along in 'four' instead of 'three' and sounds harder than it is. It features a sax chorus and solos by...

Recorded by the SWR Big Band on the CD Fun Time, this tenor sax feature requires the backgorund volume to stay comfortable under the soloist. Save the volume for measure 28, and also the big build up...

Phil Collins Big Band Instrumental Chart. A newly published mid tempo chart, especially arranged for the Phil Collins Big Band by Harry Kim.

Big band vocal with optional full strings plus two flutes and two Bb clarinets, as featured by Robbie Williams in his Albert Hall concert and on the DVD 'Live at the Albert'. Includes optional high/lo...

The chart everyone has been waiting for!! Eight minutes of amazing, dynamic, exciting sounds! This arrangement was commissioned and recorded by the SWR Big Band of Stuttgart, Germany. It is, of course...

This chart is from the I REMEMBER BILL - a tribute to Bill Evans CD arranged and conducted by Don Sebesky! All of these incredible pieces require a mature band, soloists and woodwind doublers. Althoug...

As commissioned (and recorded) by the SWR Big Band of Stuttgart, Germany, this chart is another superb Curnow arrangement of the music created by the Pat Metheny Group. This piece is a study in the us...

Count Basie recorded this on the wonderful CD I Told You So. This is a happy, cookin' chart by Holman, with solos for tenor saxophone and piano. It is a guarantee that your band will LOVE playing this...

As arranged for and performed by the Stan Kenton Orchestra, this is a wonderful setting that features the saxophone section and solos for trumpet and trombone. Very reasonable brass ranges make this a...

A magnificent alto saxophone feature. Lennie also solos on his chart on the CD Live from the Tropicana. This is a superb arrangement, using all of the textures and power and sensitivity of the Kenton...

There are quite a few charts in the Kenton Library that stand out because of their extreme originality. This is one of them. It is also a very demanding and exciting chart. The melody and harmonic str...

As recorded by the Tonight Show Band on Once More With Feeling (Amherst), Holman takes a fresh look at this wonderful old jazz standard. Lots of flexible solo space and roaring shout choruses make thi...

Grade 4-6. (Ferguson/Lowden).

Set in a laidback swing groove, this chart features a sax chorus, some driving ensemble sections, and solos for trombone, tenor sax, trumpet and piano (suggested solos provided for all). Sammy says th...

As recorded by Count Basie & His Orchestra for their Basie Straight Ahead album of 1968, this classic blues features a moderate tempo, piano and tenor solos, solid sax and brass solis, and a series of...

In 1953, Kenton recorded an album titled Sketches on Standards. It was a great recording containing the arrangements of Russo and Kenton. The piece has a wonderful trombone solo in it (as originally r...

Medieval Fantasy is an original composition that creates a captivating experience that evokes both history and myth. Powerful melodies and magical harmonies transport you into the world of great medie...

Medieval Fantasy is an original composition that creates a captivating experience that evokes both history and myth. Powerful melodies and magical harmonies transport you into the world of great medie...

Gordon Goodwin's stellar reputation as a writer is well deserved. A funky half-time shuffle groove for big band, Gordon's clever opening melody statement is played by altos and trumpets with solo spac...

Gordon Goodwin's stellar reputation as a writer is well deserved. A funky half-time shuffle groove for big band, Gordon's clever opening melody statement is played by altos and trumpets with solo spac...

Gordon Goodwin's stellar reputation as a writer is well deserved. A funky half-time shuffle groove for big band, Gordon's clever opening melody statement is played by altos and trumpets with solo spac...

Today's hottest writer, Gordon Goodwin delivers again. In a clever rock-march style, the melody of this big band chart develops thoroughly then leads into a solo section for alto, tenor, trumpet, trom...