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

This chart is a straight-ahead swinger at an upbeat 150 bpm tempo. It's great for learning to solo confidently across the ensemble with written solos for alto, tenor, trumpet, and trombone. Featuring a hot

Here's a hip and accessible blues tune with a Latin groove scored perfectly for beginning jazz ensembles. Creative scoring produces a repetitive bass groove that is playable without becoming tiresome, and

Recorded on the 1956 album Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet, this jazz standard composed by pianist Red Garland adapts beautifully for young jazzers. With a moderate tempo, a riff-based melody, and

Here's a great way to introduce the music of Count Basie to your young players. Carefully scored for young groups, this medium swing chart composed by Frank Foster and Count Basie trades the melody between

Wow, this is great! Mike Story has created an ideal easy swing/shuffle chart on a great blues melody by Sweets Edison. Centerpiece is accessible with easy brass ranges, a medium swing tempo of

This great shuffle has it all: a driving groove, intense ensemble writing, and vivid dynamic contrasts. The chart skillfully uses tension and release to create several high points throughout, all capped off

Beantown Blues Parade is an upbeat New Orleans second line groove for developing jazz bands. It is very accessible with features, including written solos for trumpet 1 (or trumpet

 Brimming with energy, this piece will showcase the band's ability to create dynamic contrasts and play punchy rhythms. It also swings like crazy! Solos for alto and tenor sax, trumpet, and

Here's a blues chart that will surprise you at every turn! This one takes the traditional 12-bar blues and turns it sideways. Definitely a hip chart to look at if you need something that colors outside the

This masterful jazz standard from Miles Davis' Kind of Blue album is notated here in 3/4 for young players. Inexperienced jazz players will have fun and enhance their musical skills while learning to

The blues form is essential to jazz, and this very easy swing chart is a perfect way to introduce developing players to this form. The melody consists of just five notes that may also be used as the

Minor blues-based tunes are a staple of the jazz repertoire. Introduce your band to this form with this versatile medium-swing cooker. Idiomatic voicings are provided for the horns and rhythm section along

This swinging chart is a great introduction to the blues, filled with ensemble passages that work beautifully. A fundamental element of this tune is the use of call and response. There are some fabulous

Welcome to Mardi gras, y'all!! Kick It is a New Orleans style swinger with a funky second line groove over a blues progression. Appealing ensemble trades with the drummer add more excitement

Riff-based blues tunes are always valuable when teaching young players to improvise, and here is one of the best! Arranged here for inexperienced players, this Sonny Rollins classic features a swing style

Every jazz fan knows it, loves it and has wished it was in print! And now, this quintessential big-band arrangement is finally available! As recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra on their album This Time by

This original up-tempo blues chart is a great opener for any concert. This chart includes an alto solo which can be played ad lib or as written. The flexible nature of this arrangement will make it