Blues and Swing Jazz Ensemble Charts

This Kenton original from the Adventure in Blues album is a great way to feature your top trombonist! You will love this hard-swinging and stylistically interesting adaptation which makes the chart very

This chart is one of the highly original swinging charts featured on Stan Kenton's Adventure in Blues album. It is the original version written for the Kenton instrumentation of that time (one alto, two

As recorded on This Time by Basie!, this arrangement is pure Basie. Opening with a short figure reminiscent of the Count, the band then swings at a bright tempo into a terrific version of this great melody.

Don't miss this swingin' Al Cohn chart as performed and recorded by the Maynard Ferguson Big Band on the album of the same name! Featured are marvelous tutti passages, a short piano solo, exciting shouts

This chart is a fresh, swinging take on a classic jazz standard. Written with plenty of solo space for alto sax and trumpet, and wonderfully weaving harmonic and unison lines throughout, this is a really

Composed by Bill Holman for the Stan Kenton Orchestra, this is a straight-ahead, swinging chart based on rhythm changes and has a hip, angular melody that sets up some powerful ensemble passages. There's

This is the original Billy Byers arrangement made famous by the Count Basie Orchestra as recorded on the Pop Goes the Basie album! Up front is a conducted trombone solo followed by everything loved about

Can you say "trip-uh-let?" This fun, down-home swingin' chart features reasonable brass ranges and plenty of solo space for baritone saxophone, trumpet, and piano, along with crowd-pleasing

Bill Holman has given us a superb gift on his 90th birthday! It's a gift of swing, humor, great melody, and as always, exciting ensemble passages. Here is a buoyant, optimistic, happy chart that

As recorded by the Oliver Nelson Orchestra on their album Berlin Dialogue for Orchestra, Checkpoint Charlie is some of Nelson's most creative writing. Full of uptempo energy, Nelson masterfully

Tom Molter has composed an exciting and compelling piece akin to the big-band charts inspired by the music of Pat Metheny. Apollo's Reel is set in a bright 3/4 feel with temporary shifts to a

Originally composed by Bill Holman for the Stan Kenton Orchestra, Bob Curnow's edition of Solos scores the melody in the unison saxophone section and is written for eight brass. A

Bill Holman, well known for his solo features, originally arranged this iconic tenor saxophone feature, Out of Nowhere, for Bill Perkins and the Stan Kenton Orchestra in the mid 50s. Set as an

Billy Byers' arrangement of Come Fly With Me was recorded on the Basie band's album Frankly Basie: Count Basie Plays the Hits of Frank Sinatra. Set in an up-tempo swing feel, Byers hits

Billy Byers' arrangement of I'll Never Smile Again takes one back to a time when dancing to a slow swing tune, played by a live big band in a ballroom filled with amazing sounds, was the absolute

Great charts often require editing to maintain their freshness and relevance. Available for many years, this Holman classic has been revised to require only eight brass and now includes a well-edited full

Honeybee is a lovely, cool, easy-swinging chart that explores linear material with the drummer featured throughout on brushes. This chart has the feel of a theme and variations, and contains

Making good use of the polyrhythmic aspects of 3/4 time, Patty Darling has once again created a highly original composition that explores the wonderful sonorities of the big band. She manages to create

James Miley presents a very hip arrangement of a great contemporary tune. Soundgarden's Black Hole Sun is masterfully scored for the modern big band, making great use of interesting

As arranged by Quincy Jones for his album Birth of a Band, this Sonny Stitt tune is a brilliant, straight-ahead chart that swings like crazy, featuring Q's outstanding ensemble writing. It also features

Much like Neal Hefti's Li'l Darlin', this Billy Byers original exemplifies quiet, warm ensemble writing at its finest. There is also the contrast of a strong shout section before returning to the

This original chart commissioned and written by Fred Sturm features drums throughout in this modern swing tune that winds through many different feels. Utilizing both brushes and sticks, this wonderful

Much like the arrangements of Quincy Jones, Billy Byers provided the Basie band with some of their best music ever recorded. From Basie's album Frankly Speaking: Count Basie Plays the Hits of Frank

Swing State ia a fresh and fun to play composition. With bop-ish lines over a swing feel with a funky back-beat, this charts brings new life to an eager rhythm section and interesting, interactive