Jazz Ensemble Ballads

This nostalgic and smooth, easy ballad provides an excellent opportunity to showcase your alto sax soloist, and the lush ensemble writing allows your winds to shine. Whether you're gearing up for a concert,

Let your first alto shine on this beautiful contemporary ballad. After a sensuous opening and first chorus, the piece opens up for a written solo section that travels through a light bossa, easy funk feel,

This beautiful ballad featuring the alto sax is an homage to the inimitable Phil Woods. There is an option flute section written into the second alto part for more advanced ensembles. Enticing and full

This easy, laid-back ballad features full ensemble scoring that keeps the musicians engaged for the majority of the time. Written solos for alto, tenor, and bari sax, trumpet, and trombone.

This modern jazz moderate-tempo ballad features a beautiful melody and chord changes combined with the forward pulse from your drummer's ride cymbal pattern and the rhythm section. It's a wonderful

Do you have a vibraphone player you'd like to feature? This easygoing rock ballad offers the rare opportunity to put them front and center.

A nice, laid-back rock ballad to feature your star saxophone player. Scored for smaller ensembles, this piece will make a nice feature at your next concert and is perfect for last-minute performances.

Achingly melancholy yet hopeful, this lyrical ballad brings heartfelt emotion to the forefront of its timeless spirit.

An irresistible harmonic palate shines in this lush ballad that showcases a trumpet soloist on the first section of the melody with the full ensemble blending in for the rest of the chart. The ever-shifting

If you have an outstanding young alto saxophone or trumpet soloist, this is the perfect vehicle to showcase their talents. The relaxed even-eighth-note tempo makes it easier for the soloist to navigate. All

Composed in 1939, this popular standard features an amazingly tuneful melody and lush chords. Perfectly suited to the little big band format, this ballad is a perfect change of pace.

Put your young trombone player with lyrical skill on display with this lush and accessible ballad. Trombone solo plays a high G. 

Feature your young, up-and-coming alto sax player on this tuneful, lush, and accessible ballad.

This Hoagy Carmichael standard from has remained a staple for jazz musicians for almost a century. With its haunting melody and lush chord progression, this ballad treatment of the tune features your tenor

This chart is a tour de force perfect for any contest program. Featuring slow swing, medium swing, and a combination of both, where the horns maintain the swing feel while the rhythm section goes to a

This lush and beautiful ballad in the tradition of Thad Jones' A Child Is Born offers an opportunity for your first alto sax to shine. The bridge has some unexpected harmonic twists.

This antebellum anthem is transformed into a chorale-style piece perfect for a mid-program change of pace. It features amazing scoring and incredibly lush harmonies!

This beautiful ballad features the ensemble and is truly a gem at this level. Lush harmony abounds, and all the colors of the contemporary jazz ensemble are utilized. There is a short written piano solo

A gorgeous and lush ballad setting of Dvorak's beloved theme - beautiful harmony accompanies the lyrical melody as the texture melts from transparent to full and lush.

This exquisite ballad features the whole ensemble. Beautiful harmony and flowing unison melodic lines make this a perfect down tune for a concert or festival. There is a short written solo for alto sax

Aptly named, this laid-back swing ballad is a wonderful way to introduce young musicians to this iconic Basie style. Once your band can play an accent on the "and" of one and "fat" (not rushed!) quarter

This colorful and easy-paced straight-eighth chart opens with a beautiful alto sax melody that sets the tone early amid lush backgrounds and harmonies. The melody then moves to the trombones and brass

This straight-eighth ballad is beautiful and bold. Full of emotion, this chart is perfect for working on phrasing and contrast to help bring depth to the performance.