Romans 8

This light rock chart is influenced by some of the sounds of the 1970's.  Rhythm parts are written out and there is even an optional percussion part. The written easy piano solo offers a nice contrast

Lady Bug is a work for second year jazz students. The solid ensemble passages compliment the bossa nova rhythm. The improvisation section uses the pentatonic scale, the easiest to play without hitting a

An homage to Ray Charles and other R&B flavored Jazz artists, here is a first chart for a beginning jazz band. It is written in the key of Bb and introduces some basic chromatic notes. The 1st trumpet

If Santana did a version of a spiritual, scored with a jazz band, it would sound something like this. Lots of doubling make this chart a cinch for almost any instrumentation, and it has a groove that won't