Here's a wonderful big band approach to this patriotic song. It begins with a fully-voiced chorale with trumpets in flugels. The remainder of the chart is in a contemporary straight

And Now You Know is a hauntingly beautiful ballad, with unique voicings, set in an ECM/Vince Mendoza style. Originally a guitar vehicle, it can also feature vibes or tenor sax with the optional

Ave Maria has become one of Schubert's most popular works, performed and recorded by a wide variety and large number of musicians. This arrangement features lead trumpet solo along with a clarinet

Ballad for Sonia is a slow funk-ballad that features trombone and piano soloists. The groove begins with the rhythm section and the solo piano which plays the first statement of the main theme.

Gerry Mulligan's composition A Ballad, originally done on the same 1953 session as Westwood Walk, has a George Shearing-esque piano, guitar, bass statement on the theme, which is then

This extremely popular patriotic song makes a return in a small band arrangement. This ballad treatment is reminiscent of Neal Hefti's classic arrangements for the Count Basie Orchestra. The features

Blue Eyes is a trumpet/flugelhorn solo feature, and can also be done as an optional soprano sax solo feature.  As always, the dynamics and tempo are at the discretion of the