Kendor Jazz Ensemble Sheet Music

This swinging blues original for beginning groups is based on the chord changes to Bags' Groove by Milt Jackson. It features fun figures, infectious rhythmic figures, and dynamics which grow from a wh...

This swing chart for beginning groups is based on the chord changes to Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise by Sigmund Romberg, and made famous by clarinetist/ big band leader Artie Shaw. The solo section...

Based on the chord changes to Bye Bye Blackbird by Ray Henderson, this swinging chart is a workout for the full ensemble. Written for beginning groups, it's a great chart to introduce swing figures on...

Based on the chord changes to Stella By Starlight by Victor Young, this swinging chart is a workout for the full ensemble. Written for beginning groups, everyone gets a turn at the melody, and there a...

This new advanced level edition is taken directly from the original ink parts that were on the stands at the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra (now the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra) debut performance in...

Great writing in the Basie tradition is presented here for developing jazz musicians, featuring accessible brass ranges, notated rhythm section parts, and flexible instrumentation requirements. It eve...

Set in a moderately slow swing, this big band vocal feature draws its strength from straight-ahead figures and full, rich voicings. There is no improvised solo chorus; instead a wonderful sax soli pro...

After a 35 year hiatus, multi-Grammy winning composer/arranger Sammy Nestico has joined forces with the Count Basie Orchestra to arrange this chart for the A Very Swingin' Basie Christmas CD (Concord...

First released in 1954, this easy-level setting of the 19th-century folk song popularized by Glenn Miller in 1939 begins with an 8-bar marcato intro before settling into the familiar medium swing groo...

This energetic Rock-and-Roll style chart is an exciting twist on the traditional Hanukkah favorite, "Oh Hannukkah!" If you listen closely, you might even catch glimpses of other traditional Hanukkah m...

This energetic Rock-and-Roll style chart is an exciting twist on the traditional Hanukkah favorite, "Oh Hannukkah!" If you listen closely, you might even catch glimpses of other traditional Hanukkah m...

This energetic Rock-and-Roll style chart is an exciting twist on the traditional Hanukkah favorite, "Oh Hannukkah!" If you listen closely, you might even catch glimpses of other traditional Hanukkah m...

This arrangement of "Silent Night" features the warm sonorities of the Flugelhorn, and is perfect for intermediate or developing Jazz ensembles.

This arrangement of "Silent Night" features the warm sonorities of the Flugelhorn, and is perfect for intermediate or developing Jazz ensembles.

This arrangement of "Silent Night" features the warm sonorities of the Flugelhorn, and is perfect for intermediate or developing Jazz ensembles.

Sammy Nestico wrote this arrangement for the album "A Very Swingin' Basie Christmas" and it has been played by many college and high school bands since it was published. It is Sammy through and throug...

Sammy Nestico wrote this arrangement for the album "A Very Swingin' Basie Christmas" and it has been played by many college and high school bands since it was published. It is Sammy through and throug...

Sammy Nestico wrote this arrangement for the album "A Very Swingin' Basie Christmas" and it has been played by many college and high school bands since it was published. It is Sammy through and throug...

We are pleased to welcome Clifton Jones to the Kendor Jazz catalog! This clever treatment of the familiar French carol Ding, Dong Merrily on High is sure to brighten any holiday program. Clifton does...

A fresh treatment of a well-known carol! This new take on "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" will be fun to play and interesting to hear at your next winter concert.

A fresh treatment of a well-known carol! This new take on "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" will be fun to play and interesting to hear at your next winter concert.

A fresh treatment of a well-known carol! This new take on "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" will be fun to play and interesting to hear at your next winter concert.

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...

Dedicated to Ned Corman, director of The Commission Project, this tenor saxophone feature pulls from the tradition of great blues tenor players like Stanley Turrentine and Gene Ammons. Listening to re...