Swing Sheet Music from Kendor Music: Rhythmic Precision and Style

Recorded by the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra on the album New Life, this fast swing original opens with a full-band statement and a short piano solo before the trumpet soloist steps into the spotlig...

This medium shuffle chart is a simple tune composed by Jerome Richardson, loosely based on The Preacher by Horace Silver. Thad's arrangement features the SATTB saxophone section, and is playable by ad...

This medium shuffle chart is a simple tune composed by Jerome Richardson, loosely based on The Preacher by Horace Silver. Thad's arrangement features the SATTB saxophone section, and is playable by ad...

This medium shuffle chart is a simple tune composed by Jerome Richardson, loosely based on The Preacher by Horace Silver. Thad's arrangement features the SATTB saxophone section, and is playable by ad...

This classic chart 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 February 1966...

This classic chart 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 February 1966...

This classic chart 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 February 1966...

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...

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...

Our 4th offering in the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra Signature Editions, is Once Around. This fast swing advanced level chart was among the first charts Thad Jones wrote for the new band in 1966, as a more...

Our 4th offering in the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra Signature Editions, is Once Around. This fast swing advanced level chart was among the first charts Thad Jones wrote for the new band in 1966, as a more...

Our 4th offering in the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra Signature Editions, is Once Around. This fast swing advanced level chart was among the first charts Thad Jones wrote for the new band in 1966, as a more...

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...

Capable quartets will love this impressive arrangement of the great Duke Ellington classic. The easy swinging adaptation offers each player a turn at the melody and features a written soprano (or alto...

Written in the style of the great Count Basie, this chart is full of wonderful teaching opportunities for developing groups. Simple, yet effective ensemble writing, blues-based changes, and a swinging...

Commissioned by the North Fort Myers (FL) High School Jazz Knights, this appealing jazz journey features a balanced mix of unison and harmonized writing using rhythms that are essential to the swing s...

Commissioned by the Pennsylvania Unit of IAJE for the 2000 All-State Jazz Ensemble, this ambitious chart features two open solo sections (one for brass, one for saxes), several dramatic modulations, a...

Santa's swingin' in this jazzy version of the holiday classic by Benjamin Hanby. Parts are provided for AATB or optional SATB saxophone quartet. Written as a grade 4, it would also be a fun addition t...

Featuring many of the pleasing voicings and rhythmic twists of his jazz ensemble charts, Jeff Jarvis begins this Duke Ellington classic in a light samba style before evolving into a hard-swing feel mi...

This is a swinging excursion in C minor that the whole band will love. An interesting development section follows the main statement of the melody that builds into a great send-off for the solo sectio...

This music was commissioned by the Nebraska State Bandmasters Association for their 2022 8th Grade All-State Band. Clocking in at a medium swing tempo of 136, you will find this chart filled with soli...

These flexible instrumentation duet books are designed as a followup to the popular First Year FlexDuet collection. Featuring 10 grade 2-3 selections that can be played by virtually any combination of...

These flexible instrumentation duet books are designed as a followup to the popular First Year FlexDuet collection. Featuring 10 grade 2-3 selections that can be played by virtually any combination of...

These flexible instrumentation duet books are designed as a followup to the popular First Year FlexDuet collection. Featuring 10 grade 2-3 selections that can be played by virtually any combination of...