Johnny Richards Jazz Ensemble Sheet Music

Victor Lopez, who knows the Latin idiom inside and out, has given us a powerhouse 6/8 Latin chart that will make your ensemble sound like the Kenton Band. Majestic, powerful and noble! Included solo s...

Here is another one of Johnny Richards' great latin tunes as written for the Stan Kenton Orchestra. This lilting 5/4 chart has a great groove and amazing ensemble writing, with solo space for alto, tr...

Finally ... the definitive version of this magnificent music. The third of seven movements published by Sierra Music. The original score of Richards' was the source for this and all the movements of t...

Movement V (of 7) of the Cuban Fire Suite. From Richards' magnificent suite written in 1956. The original score of Richards' was the source for this and all the movements of this suite. Features an ab...

Movement VI (of 7) of the Cuban Fire Suite. From Richards' magnificent suite written in 1956. Fire is probably the best way to describe this piece. A fantastic, dramatic opening (used for years by mar...

Movement IV (of 7) of the Cuban Fire Suite. Finally ... the definitive version of this magnificent music. The fourth of seven movements published by Sierra Music. The original score of Richards' was t...

Originally arranged for George Roberts and the Stan Kenton Orchestra, Johnny Richards' treatment of the beautiful ballad 'Yesterdays' is a bass trombone feature throughout. In typical Kenton fashion,...

This is the bass trombone solo, as recorded (The Kenton Era) by George Roberts with the Stan Kenton Orchestra. Folks have been waiting for this one for a long time. Johnny Richards sets this wonderful...

One of the things Johnny Richards did best was write gorgeous melodies (many just think of him as bombastic and obsessed with odd-meter things). This is one of those melodies, as recorded on the Back...

This arrangement by Bob Curnow is based on Johnny Richards' original composition written for the Stan Kenton Orchestra, which was part of the Adventures In Time album. This version is easier to play w...

Victor Lopez, who knows the Latin idiom inside and out, has given us a powerhouse 6/8 Latin chart that will make your ensemble sound like the Kenton Band. Majestic, powerful and noble! Included solo s...

Victor Lopez, who knows the Latin idiom inside and out, has given us a powerhouse 6/8 Latin chart that will make your ensemble sound like the Kenton Band. Majestic, powerful and noble! Included solo s...

Johnny Richards wrote this gorgeous melody as part of the incomparable Stan Kenton 'Cuban Fire' CD, and now this version allows the music to be performed without all of the usual high trumpet and comp...

Movement I (of 7) of the Cuban Fire Suite. Finally ... the definitive version of this magnificent music. The first of seven movements published by Sierra Music. The original score of Richards' was the...

Johnny Richards at his best! A very playable chart without a lot of range concerns for brass. A bass trombone feature from beginning to end, in a Latin and a Swing feel. This chart is recorded on the...

As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on 'Back To Balboa' (Capitol)

Johnny Richards is perhaps best known for his work with the Kenton band. However, this piece was written for his great New York Band and is a wonderful, melodic, not-too-hard chart. It features alto s...

This was recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on Back To Balboa, and it is a highly original, exciting chart (latin/swing) on a great standard tune. Johnny Richards wrote for Kenton as well as anyone...

This is a newly re-arranged version of the magnificent melody recorded on the Adventures In Time CD (available on CD from Sierra). Bob Curnow eliminated the mellophonium parts, used a standard saxopho...

The 2nd movement of Richards' amazing Cuban Fire Suite. This movement roars from the top. A great melody with chances to feature alto sax, trumpet, tenor sax and trombone solos. The original score of...

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Richards wrote this piece some years after writing the Cuban Fire Suite, but it is written very much in that vein (although it is much easier to play). It is a dynamic, energetic 6/8 Latin excursion w...

Movement VII ? (of 7) of the Cuban Fire Suite. Finally ... the definitive version of this magnificent music. The seventh of seven movements published by Sierra Music. This is the 'lost movement', whic...

Recorded on the Back To Balboa LP by the Stan Kenton Orchestra, this is a typical Richards chart in that it contains exciting ensemble blowing and lots of solo space for trombone, tenor sax, trumpet a...