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This Chick Webb early classic is a medium-up tempo swing chart that begins in b-flat minor with call and response between saxes and brass and switches to D-flat major for the solos. The short solos are for

Bonga is an evocative, Latin-tinged composition featuring repeated saxophone riffs, plunger brass, and solo space.

Transcribed and edited by Christopher Crenshaw. For jazz ensemble. With notes on playing Ellington, a glossary of terms, and rehearsal notes. As performed by Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra. This

Dissonance in Blues is a medium blues in E, featuring the bass, giving way to swinging ensemble writing and modern harmonies.

With a beautiful alto sax opening, and solos for baritone sax, trumpet and clarinet, this classic New Orleans standard has been given the full Ellington/Strayhorn treatment.

This uptempo blues will allow your tenor soloist to stretch out. A great example of the Ellington riff style, this chart can be opened up for several soloists and provides a teaching moment with the

Strayhorn and Ellington placed their stamp on this classic New Orleans tune with this chart that features open solos over B-flat blues changes.

This chart proves that great tunes never die!  W. C. Handy wrote this classic blues tune in 1914, and it remains a powerhouse of the jazz repertoire even today. Artists like Glenn Miller and Herbie

Total Jazz (from "Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald") is a shuffle blues in G and is a flexible head chart that can be opened up for any soloist. It features great riffs and a coda in 3/4