This well-known standard from the 1940s never sounded quite like this! Featuring a slow, simmering shuffle funk style, the rhythm section lays down...
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Here is the signature tune from the definitive funk band, Tower of Power. Scored for just 6 horns, this dynamic and authentic chart offers your ban...
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Originally heard on the landmark Miles Davis album Birth of the Cool, this arrangement for little big band contains elements of the “cool school” a...
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Composed and arranged by Billy Strayhorn! A medium-up swing at 164 BPM, this chart was originally recorded by Duke Ellington. It's been edited and ...
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A great take on a wonderful tune. Beginning at 130 BPM, Deutch's arrangement of "Pure Imagination" moves to double-time swing and then into a samba...
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This jazz classic from Sonny Rollins features an uptempo Latin groove with alternating sections in swing. In this challenging, yet great-sounding a...
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Featuring a modal “Celtic” flavor, this original from Michael Mossman uses and energetic drive throughout along with a unique harmonic approach. Al...
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Recorded in 1977 on the album Heavy Weather, “Palladium” is a jazz fusion staple from the ground-breaking group Weather Report. Wayne Shorter's dyn...
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One of the signature songs from the musical Oliver, this tune offers a wealth of opportunities for melodic and harmonic development. Adapted here a...
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Written by bebop composer Tadd Dameron as a tribute to jazz vocalist Billie Holiday, this jazz standard belongs in every jazz musician's repertoire...
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One of the earliest examples of the fusion of Afro-Cuban elements into jazz, Dizzy Gillespie's classic composition is updated here for the Little B...
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As the title implies, this Michael Mossman original captures a Bolivian style utilizing various layers of sound and shifting moods. Trombones are f...
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Reminiscent of the music Mark Taylor wrote for the Stan Kenton Orchestra, this fiery showpiece features a churning Afro-Cuban groove alternating wi...
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One of pianist Chick Corea's earlier compositions, this medium swing chart begins in a subtle manner that features counterlines that are interwoven...
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A big ensemble intro leads into the familiar and hip bass and piano lick followed by a melody stated by alto, tenor, trumpet, and trombone. This ch...
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This up-tempo swinger begins with the full ensemble on a quasi improvisation line based on the changes to this well-known Cole Porter standard. Sol...
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Big Band paradise: Gordon Goodwin with a Basie groove. This Disney theme will stay in your mind and the groove will delight the band and the audien...
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A medium swing chart at 136 BPM for a smaller band consisting of tenor, trumpet, trombone, piano, bass, guitar, and drums. Includes solo space for ...
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Includes five movements: "Morning Mood," "Hall of the Mountain King," "Solvejg's Dance," "Ase's Death," and "Anitra's Dance." Instrumentation is 5 ...
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A brilliant chart written for five saxes (SATTB), plus four rhythm instruments and percussion! This brisk sambaat around 240 BPM has solo chord cha...
View full detailsRecorded by Chick Corea in the early 1970s, Señor Mouse is a sophisticated samba that exemplifies Corea as a skilled and visionary composer. Mike T...
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Written for and recorded by the U.S. Air Force Airmen of Note, Joe Jackson director, John Wasson has created a stunning and unique setting of this ...
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From John La Barbera's latest big band recording, here is the title cut – a masterful arrangement of this little-known Ellington gem. The tempo is ...
View full detailsNo Time for Talkers is a fun and energetic hard-driving gospel rock tune. Full recordings of this and other great Australian jazz works can be foun...
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Recorded by Count Basie as a feature for two trombones, Sammy’s updated revision now features four trombones out front and a strong ensemble chorus...
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Featured prominently in Ken Burn's Jazz documentary, this 1930's, up-tempo swinger features solos for trumpet and clarinet. The ending requires cla...
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After a brief “vacation” from writing, and at 94 years of age, Sammy Nestico is back! As a tribute to Charlie Barnet's signature tune, here is a st...
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The brilliant composer/arranger Billly Strayhorn created this gorgeous melody and lush arrangement---this is the authentic version by Strayhorn him...
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Clarinet Feature.Benny Goodman's band helped define an era. This authentic edition of his famous theme song has been carefully researched from arch...
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Clarinet Feature.Based on the Benny Goodman 1936 version of this jumpin' Fletcher Henderson tune, this authentic edition features swingin' choruses...
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Alto Saxophone Feature.Here is a terrific Alto Sax feature on this standard from the '30s. Recorded by the big band DIVA on their CD “Something's C...
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Baritone Saxophone Feature. This up-tempo swinger has become the signature tune for the Mingus Big Band. It opens with a free-wheeling baritone sax...
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Tenor Saxophone Feature.From the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra CD Groove Shop, here is John's uptempo and energetic take on this Hoagy Carmichael...
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Tenor Saxophone Feature.John Clayton's fierce, swinging arrangement of this familiar standard (recorded by the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra CD S...
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Saxophone Section. This Jimmy Giuffre composition was made famous in the early years of the Woody Herman Orchestra. Peter Blair has done a marvell...
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