Jazz Ensemble Original Arrangements

There were a few Holman charts that were written for the Stan Kenton Orchestra which had disappeared over the years, seemingly lost forever. This was one of them. However, Sierra Music is proud to hav...

This is one of the many wonderful charts arranged by Lennie for the Stan Kenton Orchestra. He was able to capture the Kenton sound without a lot of high-range problems or difficult concerns for the pl...

This is another of the many wonderful charts arranged by Lennie for the Stan Kenton Orchestra. He is able to capture the Kenton sound without a lot of high-range problems or difficult concerns for the...

When Lennie arranged for the Stan Kenton Orchestra, he was able to capture the Kenton sound without a lot of high-range problems or difficult concerns for the players. Solo space for trombone. Recorde...

This is NOT the Glenn Miller version of this tune. Gene Roland arranged this for the Kenton Band (recorded on the 'Live at the Tropicana' CD), and it swings like crazy! There is a nifty pattern create...

Lennie Niehaus wrote a series of terrific arrangements for the Stan Kenton Orchestra (this was recorded on the 'Stage Door Swings' CD). This chart is a medium-swing version of a great Rodgers & Hammer...

As recorded on the new Les Hooper Big Band CD 'Out of the Woods,' this clever, quirky, swinging chart is terrific. Alto, tenor, trumpet and trombone state the tune, with interjections by the rest of t...

This is exactly as recorded on the Hooper CD Out of the Woods. It is a wonderful piece at a medium swing tempo, with a great feel, fresh harmonic content, lots of clever lines and solo space for tenor...

This is exactly as recorded on the new Les Hooper Big Band CD 'Out of the Woods.' It is a wonderful piece, written in an easy swing tempo, with a great feel, fresh harmonic content, lots of clever lin...

Benny Carter created a wealth of marvelous, swinging big band music, and this piece is no exception to that. As recorded on The Legend by the Count Basie Orchestra, this medium-swing chart features so...

One of the great Basie recording was The Legend, of which all the pieces were Benny Carter originals. This chart is from that recording, and it is a wonderfully soulful piece, set in a slow swing temp...

Here is another terrific chart from Shorty Rogers (as recorded on the 'Portrait of Shorty' album). Shorty always had a way of creating wonderful melodies and exciting arrangements for big band. This c...

Bill Holman has created a rollicking, swinging, wonderful tribute to Woody Herman with this great chart. As recorded on Bill Holman Band Live (jazzedmedia.com), this chart features solos for tenor sax...

If you know the marvelous 1959 recording The Jazz Soul of Porgy and Bess as recorded by the Bill Potts Big Band (Phil Woods, Zoot Sims, Sweets Edison, Art Farmer, Bob Brookmeyer, Bill Evans and others...

As recorded on the album The Jazz Soul of Porgy and Bess (featuring the Bill Potts Big Band), this chart swings hard, but it isn't hard to play. Bill arranged this in a wonderful contrapuntal fashion....

This is a wonderful chart, an old tune in a new dress, as only Bill Holman can do it. It's the exact chart as recorded by the terrific Charlie Barnet Big Band. The tempo is bright, a swinging excursio...

This chart is not for the faint-of-heart. It moves at a fast, swinging pace, and it captures the spirit of Parker's classic bebop tune, including the humor. As recorded on the new CD The Bill Holman B...

As recorded on the new CD 'The Bill Holman Band Live', this chart is a vibrant, clever, swinging original. It was Bill's opening tune at the I.A.J.E. conference concert, and the audience went nuts for...

As recorded on the new CD 'The Bill Holman Band Live', this chart features two tenor saxophone players throughout, playing together and separately. This is the ideal solo vehicle for your tenor player...

As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra (Creative World CD) on Live at Redlands University, this chart is a rip-roaring latin and swing chart that just flies along. There is solo space for alto sax,...

As recorded on the new CD 'Hommage', Holman has written a witty, musical, fun-filled 'fantasy' on the well-known American tune (as in 'You are my....') with lots of space for creative playing, and the...

What a marvelous chart this is! The 'engine' which keeps on going is a 4-bar vamp in the rhythm section. It occurs throughout the piece and ties everything together beautifully. Set in a bright swingi...

As recorded on 'Tonight Show Band, Vol. 1' (Amherst), Holman has set this wonderful standard in a hard-driving swing, with lots of great ensemble section writing. The piece features a challenging trum...

As recorded by the Tonight Show Band on Once More With Feeling (Amherst), this wonderful chart is the hottest flag-waver of all time. Holman starts things out with the trumpet section's call to arms,...

As recorded by the Tonight Show Band on Once More With Feeling (Amherst), this bright, swinging chart is a blast ! Bill Holman is at his best, weaving descending unison lines with the tune stated by t...