Jazz Ensemble Ballads

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

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

Get a glimpse into the past with this nostalgic ballad written to feature a solo instrument as well as your ensemble's dynamic range. This is a great chart to balance any program and slow things

This wonderful alto saxophone solo feature is powerful and moving with notes of nostalgia and pain. This ballad is a great selection for any concert program.

One of the masterpieces of jazz, this beautifully crafted feature for alto sax uses a variety of styles and settings. Mostly scored as a ballad, there is a jazz waltz section in the middle followed by a

Here is a mysterious, richly scored ballad composed in the Cuban bolero style and featuring a solo flugelhorn. This piece is great to slow things down and show the more expressive side of your ensemble at

This beautiful ballad is the perfect showcase for your alto soloist. The pensive melody and rich harmony combine to create a wonderful change of pace for your program. Starting as a ballad, it moves into an

This Benny Golson ballad has become a standard trumpet or flugelhorn solo feature over the years. This chart is a gorgeous straight-eighth ballad at around 70 bpm that features a flugel soloist while the

Copper Bell Memories is a moving solo feature for tenor saxophone. The contemporary harmonies provide a contrast to the rest of any program. The orchestration builds to a soaring, breathtaking

This beautiful ballad for developing groups features an alto saxophone soloist with an emphasis on lyricism and rich harmonies. It also features a confident double-time section along with a solidly scored

Transparent and gentle textures permeate this treatment of Jeff Coffin's lyrical South African-inspired jazz waltz. Commissioned by Jeff for the 2011 Massachusetts All-State Jazz Band, Bob Washut's

Here's a tasty rock ballad that's a great way to feature aspiring trumpet or alto saxophone soloists. The sensitive ensemble writing provides plenty of support for the soloist, while the fully-scored

This beautiful jazz ballad is the perfect showcase for an aspiring trumpet soloist. The pensive melody and rich harmonies combine to create a wonderful change-of-pace chart. While there is a short

Here's the magnificent Slide Hampton chart on this timeless Thelonious Monk composition as recorded by the Maynard Ferguson Orchestra. It has all the elements expected from a gorgeous ballad, plus a

Featuring a tenor saxophone soloist, Curveball is in the style of the Ray Charles big band. It opens with huge ensemble brass and bluesy sax lines that switch in and out of a double-time swing

This Ellington-style ballad is what big band music is all about. It features a wide array of potential solos with featured solo parts included for alto sax, tenor sax, flugelhorn, bass trombone, and guitar.

Here is a beautiful trombone solo feature where you can combine forces with a string orchestra in this lush work for jazz ensemble, or jazz ensemble alone. The string orchestra can easily be replaced or

Feature your aspiring trombone soloist with this soulful rock ballad. The range is very moderate to ensure a feeling of security, the solo part is mostly written, and the accessible improvised solo section

A straight-eighth jazz ballad solo feature for alto saxophone, My Dear features lush ballad sections at about 64 bpm and two double-time swing sections at around 128 bpm. The alto solo part is

This beautiful ballad, scored for young jazz players, is a solo feature for trumpet. With an emphasis on lyricism and rich harmonies, it also includes a double-time solo section that can be

If you are looking for a challenge for your best trombonist, you’ve found it with this arrangement of the classic Thelonius Monk ballad.  A subtle accompaniment along with the compelling chord

This straight-eighth chart in 3/4 is an accessible trumpet or flugelhorn solo feature with an outstanding jazz ensemble background. In a beautifully quiet ballad style, your developing soloist will shine as