Riff-based blues tunes are always valuable when teaching young players to improvise, and here is one of the best! Arranged here for inexperienced p...
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Recorded by Edgar Winter Group in 1973, this driving rock tune has a powerful contemporary edge that remains popular still today. This terrific cha...
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This familiar jazz standard has certainly retained its timeless quality even today. Skillfully arranged for young players, this chart features saxe...
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In the height of the disco era, this tune recorded by Sister Sledge caught fire on the R&B and pop charts in 1979. Baseball fans will remember ...
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From the hit musical Hairspray, here is the showstopping production number in a dynamic arrangement from John Berry. Featuring a fast-paced rock gr...
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Recorded in 1969 this iconic Latin rock tune helped boost the success of Santana, and has remained a familiar classic ever since. This solid arrang...
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Topping the charts as well as being featured in the movie Trolls, this hit song from Justin Timberlake features a catchy hook along with an energet...
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This contemporary rock tune is actually a throwback to an earlier time reminiscent of James Brown. Featuring an energetic pulse that never quits al...
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Written in a medium-tempo funk style, this hit continues Bruno’s trend of catchy tunes with an old school R&B sound. Beautifully adapted by Pau...
View full detailsThis pop hit will sound great in any performance setting. A cool rock groove with a nice hook, no solos, and the lead trumpet range to written F to...
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Paul Murtha captures all the style and attitude in this hot chart for jazz ensemble. The melody is skillfully passed around from section to section...
View full detailsJust like the title, this funk rock chart is loaded with powerful energy. A written-out alto sax solo is provided.
This monster hit is the perfect throwback to a funky R&B style. This arrangement for younger players features modest ranges and repetitive, yet...
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Penned by Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields and first introduced in 1928, this familiar song has gone on to become one of the most recorded standards...
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Male VocalKey: Ab (original key)Singers everywhere love this song! The Jackson 5's number-one smash hit has a catchy riff, a solid chord progressio...
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"This Can't Be Love" is a medium swing vocal and big band chart arranged in two keys---high and low. The lead trumpet range is to written high B ab...
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Male or Female VocalKey: E minorThis funk classic stays true to the signature sound of its creator, Stevie Wonder. It has the great groove plus all...
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Sub Zero is a bright jazz shuffle in the style of New York’s legendary Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. The title reflects the composer’s memories of his f...
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Adapted from the second movement of “The serious blues” saxophone quartet, this piece has a unique harmonic flavor which supports an intensely desc...
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The drum groove is based on the Weather-Report classic, Birdland. Drummers should listen to and play along with the classic recording to internalis...
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Pocket Samba was first performed on Piccolo and egg shaker and is based on the chords of Chopsticks. It has been transformed into a fun and vibrant...
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Rooted in West Coast Jazz and Basie-style swing, Walkin’ Home (on the west coast) is a relaxed tune reminiscent of care-free stroll back home from ...
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My late father-in-law, Alan, carved a small wooden item on his lathe and gave it to his daughter, my wife. I noticed it on the mantelpiece as I was...
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Dog Walkin’ Shuffle is a fun shuffle feel piece for a grooving rhythm section with traditional riff based figures for the horns and some room for i...
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"Modern Pecknology" it's the chicken-themed funk chart! A clever title, and it's certainly a clever chart. This Kris Berg composition opens with th...
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Heavy metal big band! Guitar is the featured solo instrument in this very cool chart so if you, the band, and your drummer dig a rock vehicle to wa...
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Wow! This chart is totally smokin'. A terrific tune set in a funky-rock groove set around 132--144 BPM, a straight-eighth feel and very hip opening...
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Taking advantage of a soulful tune with a catchy title and melody, Erik Morales captures composer Bobby Timmons’s medium swing groove. At 120 BPM, ...
View full detailsA "Taste of Cuba" for sure. A very hot Latin chart premiered at the Midwest Band Clinic, 2015, this is a show-stopper chart for a strong band. The ...
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Freddie Hubbard's "Gibraltar" is a jazz standard recorded by all the greats. A very hip samba played at around 180 BPM, written-out solos provided ...
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This chart has a contemporary half-time funk feel played around half note=96 BPM. Lead trumpet range is to written B-flat, a suggested written alto...
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Michael Bublé sang this hit song and now it’s time for your vocal soloist and jazz ensemble. Arranger Scott Ragsdale captured the essence of the Bu...
View full details"Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me" is a great standard arranged by Victor López for vocalist and big band. The easy swing feel tempo is 96 BPM, the...
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Fool Me Once from the Jazz Band Series is designed for high school and advanced junior high school band. Full instrumentation includes 5 saxophones...
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"But Not for Me" from Girl Crazy is a superb vocal with a big band chart on a great standard. Features include a vocal range from B-flat below midd...
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Do you have two trumpet players to showcase? Here is a ballad everybody knows, scored as a trumpet duet. Everything is written, no improvised solo,...
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