Mark Taylor: Advanced Sheet Music

Originally written for the Stan Kenton Orchestra and featured on the new Mark Taylor/Steve Fidyk Big Band recording A Perfect Match (heard here), this is a challenging yet rewarding samba for mature b...

Here's Dizzy Gillespie's classic in an outstanding Latin setting for full jazz ensemble by Mark Taylor. Just what you would expect from a quality arranger working with a quality tune, this smokin' cha...

Commissioned by the Tennessee All-State Jazz Band, this exciting and well-crafted composition features a light and breezy samba style and some marvelous ensemble writing. A duet of alto and trumpet ar...

Reminiscent of the music Mark Taylor wrote for the Stan Kenton Orchestra, this fiery showpiece features a churning Afro-Cuban groove alternating with sections in swing. Small group scoring is contrast...

This swingin' Basie-style shuffle starts out with a piano chorus followed by the saxes and finally a roaring brass section. Also featured are solos for tenor and trumpet and a fabulous shout chorus th...

Accompanied by drums on brushes, saxes take the first round followed by the brass on this tasty bop-style original from Mark Taylor. Plenty of nice ensemble work and section feature spots spice up thi...

Featuring a great medium tempo swing groove, this original by Mark Taylor opens with a solo for piano followed by saxes on the head. The brass get in the act quickly with tutti passages and finally a...

Featuring a great medium tempo swing groove, this original by Mark Taylor opens with a solo for piano followed by saxes on the head. The brass get in the act quickly with tutti passages and finally a...

Here's a fresh new take on a traditional jazz standard. The style is still uptempo swing, and the saxes maintain a fair share of the spotlight along with ensemble hits and solo spots for drums. Howeve...

This sparkling uptempo swinger from the pen of Mark Taylor is impressive right from the opening full ensemble statement, and it doesn't let up from there. Small ensemble playing is beautifully contras...

Composed by jazz legend Joe Henderson, this uptempo burner from Mark Taylor features a mesmerizing groove and masterful scoring. Opening with a trio of tenor, guitar and vibes, layers of sound are gra...

Featuring a quartet of alto, trumpet, guitar and vibes at the top, Mark's stellar treatment of this George Shearing classic swings hard from beginning to end. The intricate bebop lines are skillfully...

Mark Taylor takes this familiar standard and creates a powerful uptempo flag-waver for mature ensembles. The style slips seamlessly between swing and samba and provides some shining moments for lead t...

Mark Taylor takes this familiar standard and creates a powerful uptempo flag-waver for mature ensembles. The style slips seamlessly between swing and samba and provides some shining moments for lead t...

Here's a fresh new take on a traditional jazz standard. The style is still uptempo swing, and the saxes maintain a fair share of the spotlight along with ensemble hits and solo spots for drums. Howeve...

This sparkling uptempo swinger from the pen of Mark Taylor is impressive right from the opening full ensemble statement, and it doesn't let up from there. Small ensemble playing is beautifully contras...

Featuring a quartet of alto, trumpet, guitar and vibes at the top, Mark's stellar treatment of this George Shearing classic swings hard from beginning to end. The intricate bebop lines are skillfully...

This swingin' Basie-style shuffle starts out with a piano chorus followed by the saxes and finally a roaring brass section. Also featured are solos for tenor and trumpet and a fabulous shout chorus th...

Featuring a great medium tempo swing groove, this original by Mark Taylor opens with a solo for piano followed by saxes on the head. The brass get in the act quickly with tutti passages and finally a...

Here's a bright and appealing jazz waltz that features a duet of flugel and tenor sax along with an easy flowing feel and style. Punctuated with sophisticated and well-scored ensemble feature spots, t...

Here's a bright and appealing jazz waltz that features a duet of flugel and tenor sax along with an easy flowing feel and style. Punctuated with sophisticated and well-scored ensemble feature spots, t...

Here's a bright and appealing jazz waltz that features a duet of flugel and tenor sax along with an easy flowing feel and style. Punctuated with sophisticated and well-scored ensemble feature spots, t...

In the skilled hands of Mark Taylor, this uptempo bebop classic becomes a showstopper! Listen for the masterful Bird sax soli as well as tight ensemble sounds, all at a brisk pace. If your band is rea...

In the skilled hands of Mark Taylor, this uptempo bebop classic becomes a showstopper! Listen for the masterful Bird sax soli as well as tight ensemble sounds, all at a brisk pace. If your band is rea...