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Alfred Publishing Belwin Division

Mercer Ellington's classic blues shuffle gets the Baylock treatment! The style is down home and the solos are for alto, trumpet, trombone, and tenor sax.  Also included is a powerful Baylock-style shout chorus and optional parts for expanded instrumentations. It's a fun chart and it gets our highest recommendation!

Things Ain't What They Used to Be

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Bakers Jazz and More

As the title suggests, this chart prominently features the trombone section, both on the melody and a soli section. Based on the chord changes of the classic jazz standard Doxy, it features written solos for alto sax or trumpet and for tenor sax, piano, or guitar. Bass and piano parts are both written out, too. The shout section provides saxophone soli space before the trombones get the final say in the outro. Trumpet range is to written G; trombone range is to F.

Slide Show

Hal Leonard Corporation

One of the all-time classics recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra, here's a terrific-sounding chart scored in a six-horn format. Staying true to the sound of the original, this arrangement is easy to learn and swings like crazy.

Until I Met You (Corner Pocket)

Neil A. Kjos Music Company

Check out this great chart for flexible jazz ensemble designed to teach swing groove and phrasing. Written in four flexible parts with many options, this song is great for building up your jazz program while keeping the music fun and engaging for your members!

Pete Left Town

Jazz at Lincoln Center

Perhaps the most famous time chart of all, Take Five is in 5/4 - but the rhythmic pattern is clear and consistent throughout. You'll find this arrangement very accessible, with easy alto sax and drum solos plus modest brass ranges. This chart features a more laid-back style than the original and is sure to be just as important today as was in the 1960s. Recommended for every jazz enthusiast!

Take Five

C Alan / McClaren Productions

Bring the Dixieland sound back with this rollicking New Orleans strut. A quartet of alto sax, trumpet, vibes, and guitar presents the main melody, and idiomatic chord progressions and rhythm section parts solidify the New Orleans sound. A flexible solo section leaves plenty of room to improvise, and the group solo section that follows lends an authentic Dixie flair.

Sugarpie

This early Chick Corea composition features a jazz waltz at a breezy medium tempo. Even in this standard jazz form you can hear Corea's unique twists and turns in this iconic jazz classic. Windows is beautifully adapted by Mike Tomaro for full jazz ensemble.

Windows

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One of the all-time great tunes by jazz legend Thelonious Monk! Mike's authentic adaptation preserves Monk's unique rhythmic phrases and style. Opening with a trumpet/tenor duet, there's also plenty of tutti ensemble playing and flexible solo sections over easy blues changes.

Blue Monk

Kendor Music Publishing

Set in C minor, this swinging blues chart uses some of the most essential rhythmic figures as the building blocks of the tune. This makes it an exceptional choice for introducing swing style to a younger group, and there is enough meat on the bones to make it an excellent concert selection as well.

But Here's the Thing

Jazz bands are always stressed for rehearsal time, and this swinging chart helps players develop their solo chops and ensemble skills at the same time. It features an easy blues that uses the blues scale for melodic material. The open solo section allows anyone to improvise using the included scale sheets or to solo with the suggested solos in all the parts. A potent shout section for the full ensemble follows the solo section. Additionally, the instrumentation is completely flexible - this one is playable with four players plus rhythm section on up to expanded jazz ensemble. An outstanding teaching and performance chart!

Step Right Up

More accessible than most Gordon Goodwin charts, Stay in Your Lane is a hard-hitting, good-time shuffle groove played at about 135 bpm. There's lots of call and response between sections, a swingin' shout chorus, and suggested solos are included for C, B-flat, and E-flat instruments and trombone. Of course, improvised solos are an option. An auxiliary percussion part plus optional flute and vibraphone parts are also included. Infectious, fun, and highly recommended!

Stay in Your Lane

Whether you know this one as C-Jam Blues or Duke's Place, you sure will recognize all the great Ellington writing! Even the most inexperienced bands can do a fine performance on this jazz classic. The suggested solos are included in the parts for the entire section, so you can make it a soli feature if you prefer. There's a marvelous ensemble tutti section that starts softly then builds to the end.

C-Jam Blues

Along with Big Dipper, Don't Git Sassy is one of the most familiar charts from the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra's repertoire. As recorded on their Live at the Village Vanguard album, this spirited shuffle puts proficient bands through the paces.

Don't Git Sassy

As recorded by the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra on their Central Park North album, this great collaboration between band member Jerome Richardson and Thad Jones has become an established standard for better bands. It's a mighty swinger with an edgy melodic line, contemporary voicings, and lots of section work that's guaranteed to bring audiences to their feet.

Groove Merchant

From the Trombone Shorty CD Backatown, this tune features the powerful underlying pulse of a New Orleans second line feel along with elements of contemporary rock. There's written or improvised solo space for trumpet. In this exciting chart, the ensemble alternately screams with the full band riffs, then settles into a simmering rhythmic groove. Also included are written bass lines and piano voicings. A real treat to perform and hear!

Hurricane Season

Here is a new and creative new take on this Duke Ellington favorite set in a New Orleans street beat style. A piano introduction sets up the groove then a small group takes the initial statement of the theme. The rest of the ensemble enters with a counterline before the full ensemble launches the solo section which is designed to feature any number of soloists. Unique and effective!

With a wonderful melody by the brilliant composer Billy Strayhorn, this arrangement by Mike Kamuf is superb and includes suggested or improvised solos for trumpet, tenor sax, and trombone. The trumpet 1 range is up to written high D-flat and the tempo swings at around 180 bpm. Section solis, big ensembles, and a fine shout chorus all contribute to making this an outstanding chart!

Upper Manhattan Medical Group (UMMG)

Glenn Miller's band made this a huge World War II hit song and here it is scored for young players. This chart has no individual solos, very modest brass ranges and plenty of ensemble sound.  Easy to rehearse and perform, it swings right along and is playable with optional reduced or expanded instrumentation. A winner!

American Patrol

Inspired by the music of Henry Mancini and the spy movies of the 1960s, Catwalk is a cool jazz, minor swing tune featuring alto saxophone, trumpet and guitar on the melody at first, then written or improvised solos for alto sax and trumpet. Dynamic contrasts provide a potent vehicle for the individual sections and the full ensemble. Not your typical swing chart, this is a super choice as a change-of-pace chart!

Catwalk

A swingin' blues but with a fun twist: 13-bar blues! Suggested solos are written for tenor sax, trumpet, trombone, and some brief drum set fills. The trumpet range is up to a written E top space. Your players will dig the cool brass plunger mute sections!

13 O'Clock Jump

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