This sizzlin' chart performed here by Kris Berg & The Metroplexity Big Band from the CD Perspectives was written for the South Carolina All-State Jazz Band. This arrangement utilizes many color

Forgotten Thoughts is a cool jazz style, 16-bar minor blues that channels the best of Oliver Nelson and Stan Kenton. The chart features a rewarding soli for jazz trumpet and saxes and a

I'm Okay, We're OK! is a burnin' mainstream up-tempo blues with a half-time funk section. This is the perfect fast swing opener or closer for festivals or concerts. Commissioned for the

I'm in the Lord's Army (The Old Gray Mare) is a medium-up swing, Basie approach to an old-time children's melody. Featuring tight ensemble passages and reasonable ranges, this is a perfect

Part of the Metroplexity Big Band series, One Block off Easy Street is a driving shuffle chart with a modern melody and a shuffle/funk bridge. The melody features trumpet, trombone, guitar, and

Perspective is a modern modal medium-swing chart with some additional styles thrown in for fun. The opening bass ostinato pattern is based on a Yes tune, Owner of a Lonely Heart! 

School of Thought is a hard-swinging, mainstream bop style tune with an exciting Latin "B" section. It's a great opener featuring solo space for tenor sax 1, trumpet 4, alto sax 1, guitar, and

As the title suggests, Time Management is an up-tempo, odd and multi-meter swing chart based loosely on the blues progression. Winner of two Global Music Gold Awards, this challenging chart