As performed by Gordon Goodwin's Little Phat Band, the instrumentation is tenor sax, trumpet, trombone, piano, guitar, acoustic bass, and drums. This one is a funky shuffle and the tempo is around 170 bpm

Warning: this tune is extremely catchy and may not leave you alone! Clambake is built upon a classic Bo Diddley groove, and written in B-flat for accessible improvisation. It's scored for three

Funky, with a very hip piano intro, this small group chart is for tenor sax, trumpet, trombone, piano, bass, guitar, and drums. This chart includes solo space for all players.

An Elusive Man is a medium swing chart at around 136 bpm for a small group consisting of tenor sax, trumpet, trombone, piano, bass, guitar, and drums. Solo space is included for

First Nation portrays the expansive American landscape in a time before European settlement. The highlights included a through-composed structure set in a distinctive minor mood. It features a

Flexibly scored for many combinations of horns and rhythm section, and playable with as few as one horn and rhythm section, Git-Down Time is a catchy New Orleans street beat chart that's very

A rock version of one of the most famous Christmas carols, it features flexible instrumentation and a funky groove in the rhythm section that will energize your students and audience! Even though it is

Knockout knocks it out of the park with a driving rock style! The ranges are within reach of younger brass players and there is a written or improvised solo for tenor sax. With its flexible

As performed by Gordon Goodwin's Little Phat Band, the instrumentation is tenor sax, trumpet, trombone, piano, guitar, acoustic bass, and drums. As the title suggests, this one is a shuffle at around 170

This breezy, up-tempo bossa nova or laid-back samba flows with great sax parts throughout. There is some great interplay between the melody and a slick countermelody and a solo for the alto sax. Then some

This small-group chart is based on the big-band chart Mambo over the Mountain, also by Rick Hirsch. The inspiration for this one is based on the great mambos of Spanish Harlem and includes a catchy

This is a great introduction to the inner workings of the jazz idiom. A simple melodic line is developed throughout this combo chart, allowing soloists to communicate with each other and their audience.

A long-stemmed rose may well come in handy for this cheeky tune. Warning: We Tango Tonight, with its sinewy melody, will stick with you long after you play it, and your audiences may request an

What you have here is your basic flag-waving, barn-burning, straight-ahead swing chart for a small group: tenor sax, trumpet, trombone, piano, guitar, bass, drums and auxiliary percussion. Sure, it's a