Mark Taylor: Intermediate Sheet Music

What a neat idea to turn this Henry Mancini classic into a medium samba groove! Your lead trombonist receives some well-deserved feature time and is joined briefly by the entire bone section. The ense...

Feature a flugel soloist on this lush and melodic original from Mark Taylor. Written in a relaxed Latin groove, this offers a nice opportunity for a change of pace for festival or concert use.

This medium tempo samba features a quartet of alto, tenor, trumpet and trombone on the melody along with clever counterlines from the rest of the ensemble. A recurring unison bass line riff holds it a...

Composed in a light Bossa style, this is a great sounding feature for flugelhorn. Utilizing a wealth of orchestration colors in the accompaniment and a comfortable medium tempo, this is a terrific cho...

Recorded most recently by Michael Buble, here is a smooth arrangement of this appealing Latin tune for vocal soloist (or tenor sax). The instrumental section features the saxes answered by the brass....

Jazz Ensemble Library - Grade 4 This smooth and moderately paced bossa is a perfect feature for your flugelhorn soloist. The beautiful melody is in an easy range for this instrument and the ensemble l...

Mancini's classic theme is treated here in a moderate bossa style as solo vehicle for soprano sax (optional alto). Timeless melodies, lush harmonies, and a unison line feature for the entire ensemble...

Celebrate the legend of Marvin Hamlisch with this terrific moderate Latin setting of one of his timeless classics. A trombone soloist is featured throughout along with a smooth ensemble blend.

Here is a creative and unique version of this familiar standard that alternates between samba and swing styles. Featuring intricate and effective 6-horn scoring along with solos for tenor sax and/or g...

The lush harmonies and flowing melody of this Ellington favorite are set in a medium samba style in this creative arrangement that takes full advantage of the six-horn format. In addition to full ense...

Originally composed for the 1963 film The Pink Panther, this familiar tune has enjoyed renewed popularity thanks to the energetic samba version recorded by Michael Bublé. Mark's arrangement for Little...

From Dizzy Gillespie's Afro-Cuban stylistic period, here is his delightfully infectious Fiesta Mojo set in a bouncy medium samba groove. A small group starts things off (including optional flute) supp...

Recorded by the acclaimed Cannonball Adderley Quintet in the 1960s, 'Jive Samba' became one of Nat Adderley's best-known standards. Arranged here for little big band and in a moderate cha-cha style, t...

Originally composed by Mark Taylor four decades earlier, Love Beams proves its staying power with a new recording on Mark's big band CD To the Edge. With its easy going bossa style and gently flowing...

Although originally composed for the 1962 musical No Strings, this Richard Rodgers song has become a familiar standard often recorded by jazz artists. Beautifully arranged here as a solo vehicle for a...

Written as a solo vehicle for tenor sax, Mark has created a marvelous setting on this Hoagy Carmichael standard using a sensuous slow Latin groove. Very effective!

Uptempo Latin style. - Scored for 4 horns with flexible instrumentation, plus rhythm section - Background figures and ensemble soli section - more than just head charts - Recordings include separate r...

Uptempo Latin style. - Scored for 4 horns with flexible instrumentation, plus rhythm section - Background figures and ensemble soli section - more than just head charts - Recordings include separate r...

Here's one of the great bebop tunes of all time from jazz great Sonny Rollins. Mark's medium up-tempo chart features both tenor saxes and swings like crazy.

Thelonious Monk was a master of creating distinctive melodies in the bebop style and this is one of his best-known offerings. Mark starts out by giving the melody to a small group of trombones, tenors...

Arranged here in a Basie-style slow swing setting, this well-crafted chart starts out as a study in ensemble writing with the brass in buckets and the drums on brushes. Later there is a solo for trump...

Arranged here in a Basie-style slow swing setting, this well-crafted chart starts out as a study in ensemble writing with the brass in buckets and the drums on brushes. Later there is a solo for trump...

Here's a swingin' chart in a medium fast tempo featuring the entire sax section! Mark very effectively uses the brass to compliment the sax soli sections, and there are also solos for alto and tenor....