Swinging Christmas Songs for Big Band

Classic American tune with a great modern swing treatment. Open section for all to solo. Tpt. 1 top note 'F'. Scored forA/T/B/ 2Tpts/1Bone /Rhythm. Has complete transposed score. Medium Difficult. Lit...

Bright swing, about 240bpm. Exciting work mixing hard driving straight-ahead swing with ensemble passages over rhythm figures. Solos for tenor and/or trombone. Drummer has solo chorus structured by en...

Jus Chillin' is a medium straight-ahead swing chart. Trumpet range - all notes on the staff. This chart has a written tenor sax solo with written chords. Piano is written with chord voicing and chord....

A fun little up tempo swing. A taste of solo for: bone, tpt, alto, tenor. Scored fot A,T,B,2 Tpts,1 bone & rhythm. Medium.

Easy Swing Tempo. Pretty bone feature on Melody. Solos: Tpt, tenor. Scorred for A,T,B,2 Tpts, 1 bone, rhythm. Medium

Medium swing tempo. Sax soli and sparkling ensemble. Solo: tpt, tenor. Scored for A,T,B, 2 tpts, 1 bone & rhythm. Medium.

Bright swing. Cooks! In the best big band tradition. Sax soli, big ensemble. Solo: tenor sax (even Tom Kubis took a copy!) Scored for A,T,B, tpts, 1 bone & rhythm. Medium

Solo tpt (or opt. alto), alto/tenor/bari saxes, 2 tpt, 1 tbn, guitar, piano, bass, drums. Medium tempo swing feel with 'broken swing' interludes. Tempo: mm=182-188. Tpt range: C#. Composed by Cedar Wa...

Fast swing, alternating with a funky street beat that gets everyone clapping. Six horns: soprano, tenor, bari, 2 trumpets, trombone, and rhythm.

This is a slow swing composition in Bb major written for an eleven-piece ensemble. The instrumentation also includes alto, tenor, and baritone saxopones, two trumpets, trombone, guitar, piano, acousti...

Nonet, Cool Swing. Composed for good improvisers. As title implies ie: no keyed tonal center.(No Tonic 'That don't stop it from swingin' (The theoretical does not prohibit a groove.) 2 Trpts, or Fluge...

Jelly Beans is a light and airy swing tune in standard AABA form. It features both trumpet and Guitar/Piano solos with extensive backgrounds. It's a little big band chart scored for A, T, B, 2 Trpts,...

Medium - up swing: MM = 150. Written for jazz great Ed Thigpen. Good opener. Exciting ensemble. Open section with blowin' changes on all parts. 1st trumpet high note 'A'. Builds from muted brass and b...

Great standard arrranged in a laid-back medium swing feel, about mm=96. Full sounding ensemble scoring,flexible solo options with backgrounds cross-cued. Medium level.

A slow-swinging Count Basie-style ballad, and a great feature for a flute soloist (or opt. alto). There is a short, dramatic shout section. Lead trumpet plays a written C. Instrumentation: alto, tenor...

This is a medium swing tune featuring improvised solos for baritone saxophone and trumpet. A dark and moody introduction leads into a tuneful melody played by trumpet, baritone saxophone, and guitar....

An up-tempo bebop tune reduced for little big band, based on the chord changes to 'Just Friends' in F. This is a great feature for a trumpet soloist and has lots of room for saxophone solos. Lead trum...

A String Bass Feature In Memory of Ray Brown. Poor Butterfly is a straight ahead medium but hard swingin' chart (quarter note=175) that features the string bass playing the melody and soloing. It was...

Anvil Chorus is a straight-ahead hard swingin' chart (quarter note=240) rescored for mini-big band. Anvil Chorus was originally written by Giuseppe Verdi in 1853 as part of his opera La Traviata. Duri...

1st movement of Themes and Variations, a three movement jazz suite. Swing style. The opening theme ( letters A and B) and the first variation (letters C and D) are stated by the ensemble. Letters E an...

A hard driving swing chart with colors reminiscent of the Ellington Orchestra. Low thematic lines played by bari sax and trombone lead to a 'kicking' ensemble soli. Solos are for any horn (changes are...

An action packed swinger, in the hard bop tradition, will showcase a well rehearsed band. It is fun to listen to and perform. Top trumpet note high C#. Soloists: Trumpet and Alto. Doubles: 2nd trumpet...

Swing style. 1st rumpet range up to B natural. Letter C is open for solos. Measures C1 thru 5 are a send-off for the first soloist. It can be played or not for subsequent soloists. Optional solo backg...

Medium bright swinger. Open with 16 bars piano followed by unison sax line with brass punch figures. Solos by tenor and trumpet precedes 16 bar sax soli. A soft ensemble a cappella bridge leads to bas...

Words and music by Irving Berlin & Alfred Newman, arranged by Ryan Haines. Up-tempo swing featuring the full ensemble in this high-energy piece. Open solo section. Thick ensemble writing.A/T/B/2Trpts/...