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  Radiohead performed “15 Step” in 5/4 on the 2007 CD In Rainbows, and arranger Matt Harris has transformed the original meter into a series of infectious grooves in 11, 3, 5, and 7.
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Radiohead released “2+2=5” on their sixth album Hail to the Thief in 2003.
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This is one of the most creative, important big band compositions ever written by anyone! It is also a chart which has been in demand for many years.
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As recorded on the brilliant recording "A Dream Deferred" (Flying Dutchman CYL2-1449), by the Oliver Nelson Orchestra.
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This arrangement by Bob Curnow is based on Johnny Richards' original composition written for the Stan Kenton Orchestra, which was part of the "Adventures In Time" album.
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This is one happy chart! It starts with the trombones laying down a nifty bass line, and then a great groove with a calypso pattern.
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As commissioned (and recorded) by the SWR Big Band of Stuttgart, Germany, this chart is another superb Curnow arrangement of the music created by the Pat Metheny Group.
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Written for the 50th Anniversary of the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival (2017), this chart will get your band and your audience up and swingin'! There is plenty of solo space for Tenor Saxophone, Piano and Guitar with fantastic ensemble shouts and look for a surprise at the end! (5-4-4-4)
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Written with
the younger band in mind, this fun, easy-to-play chart can be performed as
written or used as a tool to reinforce ear training and improvising. There is ample solo space for alto saxophone,
trumpet, and guitar and can be played with a swing or hip hop feel. The reasonable brass ranges and flexibility
of this chart make it a must have for the younger band! (5-4-4-4)
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Bob Curnow has written some marvelous arrangements of Metheny/Mays music in the past, and this chart will surely "tug at your heartstrings.
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Arranged for the WDR Big Band (Germany), Richard DeRosa has written a beautiful masterpiece on this traditional Christmas favorite. Scored as a brass and horn chorale, this moving piece is filled with fluid cantabile lines, engaging counterpoint, lush harmonies and gorgeous ensemble climaxes.
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The 1961 Capitol Records recording of Christmas music was a smash hit for Kenton.
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Holman has done a few arrangements of this tune, and this one may well be the best.
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Bill Holman's Big Bands have always been exciting and fresh, primarily due to his writing.
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The Maynard Ferguson Band performed a lot of Abene's charts over the years.
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Here is a slow, swinging, lovely, warm, relaxed composition.
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This Bill Holman chart was written for the Maynard Ferguson Orchestra.
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This great Sonny Rollins jazz standard features Holman's 1956 writing in a free-swinging, terrific chart.
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Exactly as recorded by Chris Conner with the Stan Kenton Orchestra, this moody, brilliant arrangement is a perfect vehicle for your vocalist.
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Lennie Niehaus wrote a series of terrific arrangements for the Stan Kenton Orchestra (this was recorded on the "Stage Door Swings" CD).
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Radiohead recorded “All I Need” on their album In Rainbows in 2007.
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This chart is from the I REMEMBER BILL - a tribute to Bill Evans CD arranged and conducted by Don Sebesky! All of these incredible pieces require a mature band, soloists and woodwind doublers.
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One of those mystery charts that hardly anyone knows about, this chart is a beauty.
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The lush trombone section sound of the Kenton Orchestra on a gorgeous ballad.
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This is a fast-paced, swinging chart, with lots of solo space for trumpet and baritone saxophone.
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This is a fast-paced, swinging chart, with lots of solo space for trumpet and baritone saxophone.
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As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on Adventures In Standards, this is a medium, swing chart on a great tune.
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The Stan Kenton Orchestra was always ahead of its time! This chart was based on the music of Blood Sweat and Tears.
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This is about an 8-minute, multi-sectional composition.
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This beautiful ballad is featured on Pat's newest recording Secret Story, and has been scored to highlight solo statements by flugelhorn, guitar or alto saxophone (your choice).
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A re-scoring of a Kenton original (richer harmony, better key).
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The title refers to the somewhat "mystical" style of the opening of this wonderful and fun-filled chart.
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As recorded by Count Basie on the Roulette LP (Vogue CD) The Legend, this is an up-tempo latin and swing chart.
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A dramatic setting of three American songs.
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Bob Curnow continues to add to his catalog of arrangements of Metheny & Mays compositions.
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The 1961 Capitol Records recording of Christmas music was a smash hit for Kenton.
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Set as a bright swing, and originally arranged for the WDR Big Band (Germany), Richard DeRosa's arrangement of the traditional Christmas carol "Angels We Have Heard On High" is an adventure from beginning to end!
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Bob Curnow is very well known for his wonderful arrangements of Metheny's music, and this chart will only enhance that reputation.
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A happy, cookin, shuffle tune in the best Holman tradition! Very reasonable ranges and figures which just swing like crazy! Solo space for alto and baritone saxes and drums.
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This great chart is recorded on the "Tonight Show Band, Volume II " CD(Amherst Records).
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This is Lyle at his wildest!! A funk/rock, quirky tune that just burns with energy and excitement! Listen to the Curnow Big Band CD.
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This is a newly re-arranged version of the magnificent melody recorded on the Adventures In Time CD (available on CD from Sierra).
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Also known as Patterns For Orchestra (as recorded on the Verve jazz masters 48 CD), this is one of Nelson's very interesting charts.
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As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on "Artistry in Rhythm" (and many other CDs).
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There have been many requests for a stand alone version of Kenton's theme song. New updated 2019 format!
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Exactly as recorded on the Kenton / Capitol Retrospective CD (and the original Milestones LP).
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Here is another fantastic Metheny/Mays masterwork, orchestrated by Bob Curnow.
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This is a lovely rock ballad featuring alto saxophone throughout.
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This wonderful chart features a front line of tenor sax and trumpet stating the melody.
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Bob Curnow is well known for his orchestrations of Pat Metheny's music, and this arrangement will fit right in with The First Circle and Minuano.
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Your audiences will love this clever baroque flavored chart.
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As recorded on the new Les Hooper Big Band CD "Out of the Woods"," this hot, blues shuffle is full of energy and good ol' down-home funky blues.
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Pat Metheny is known for his beautiful melodies, and "Back In Time" is no exception.
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There may not be a more beautiful ballad anywhere in jazz ensemble literature.
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A blues chart to end all blues charts! A very playable arrangement featuring as many soloists as you see fit.
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Set as a bright swing, this chart opens up with an energetic unison saxophone line, punctuated with brass hits.
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This was recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on Stage Door Swings, and it is one of Lennie's wonderful charts on a great Broadway standard tune.
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Oliver Nelson wrote the most beautiful melodies! This is a clarinet feature (how about that?), and was recorded by Phil Woods and the Oliver Nelson's Jazz Interactions Orchestra (hear it on the Verve Jazz Masters 48 CD).
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Geoff's original music is the best! It is unique, very melodic and extremely interesting.
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As recorded on the new CD The Bill Holman Band Live, Holman has written a witty, musical, fun-filled feature for baritone saxophone.
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A wonderful, easy, swinging chart which is the centerpiece of the CD Shorty Rogers Courts the Count, a terrific big band tribute to Count Basie.
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In the Basie Tradition.
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This fantastic chart swings like all the greatest Basie classics. As recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra on “Broadway Hollywood… Basie’s Way,” Chico O’Farrill’s arrangement of Baubles, Bangles & Beads is a guaranteed hit with your players an audiences. An iconic melody supports killer solos for Tenor Saxophone and Piano. Flute, Clarinet, and Bass Clarinet doubles give this chart a unique and wonderful character. 5-4-4-4
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Bob Curnow provides yet another great arrangement of one of Pat Metheny/Lyle Mays' biggest hits. Originally recorded on their album Letter From Home, "Beat 70" is an exciting up-tempo Latin/fusion tune that will leave your band and audiences humming this catchy melody for the rest of the day! Ranges are mostly modest and rhythmic concerns are minimal. There is solo space for tenor saxophone, trumpet, piano and drums. This chart is a must-have! 5-4-4-4
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Bob Curnow took Ken Hanna's wonderful, latin, medium-tempo tune and made it a bit more accessible for good bands.
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As recorded on "Tonight Show Band, Vol.
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As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on Back To Balboa (Capitol), Richards takes this great standard and turns it into a 6/8 latin and swinging screamer.
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As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on Adventures In Standards, this is a medium-swing chart on a great tune.
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This is the chart that people have been wanting to see in print for years! Recorded by the Bill Holman Band on their album "Briliant Corners", this is the great Thelonious Monk tune set in a straight-eighth Latin feel.
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As recorded by the Oliver Nelson Orchestra, “Berlin Bei Nacht” is the 4th movement of the Impressions of Berlin suite.
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This was recorded on the Stan Kenton Orchestra CD Live at the Tropicana.
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From the pen of one of the very best arrangers, this chart just SINGS with optimism (hence the title?) and joy.
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As performed by the Stan Kenton Orchestra, here is one of the hippest charts from the Kenton book.
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As recorded on the CD "Back to Balboa" (and many other albums), this sensational piece moves along at a fast tempo, featuring solo space (the blues) for alto sax, tenor sax, trumpet, trombone and drums.
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New Updated 2019 format! This is the real thing, as written for and recorded by the Buddy Rich Band on the Big Swing Face CD!
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This chart is from the I REMEMBER BILL - a tribute to Bill Evans CD arranged and conducted by Don Sebesky! All of these incredible pieces require a mature band, soloists and woodwind doublers.
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This chart is destined to become a best-seller because of its unique and exciting format .
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The music of Steely Dan has come to Sierra Music! From the same masterful pen that brought the music of Radiohead and Astor Piazzola, the late, great Fred Sturm wows us once again. Originally arranged for the HR Big Band (Germany), this rock-ish, heavy-shuffle tune provides hard hitting melody sections, plenty of room for improvisation (as you choose), and raucous ensemble interplay.
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James Miley brings to Sierra another hip arrangement of a great contemporary tune.
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This chart is recorded by Oliver Nelson on the recording titled Black, Brown and Beautiful.
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As recorded on the new Les Hooper Big Band CD "Out of the Woods"," this clever, quirky, swinging chart is terrific.
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This is another Radiohead tune, arranged by Radiohead Jazz Project pioneer, James Miley.
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Frank Rosolino's jazz waltz is loved by all, and Holman's arrangement of it is superb.
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As originally recorded by Count Basie on the Roulette LP (Vogue CD) "Kansas City Suite - the Music of Benny Carter", this is a medium tempo Swing chart featuring solos for tenor saxophone, trumpet and piano.
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This wonderfully tasteful jazz waltz has been featured at the Playboy Jazz Festival, performed by many All-State Jazz Ensembles, and is played regularly by the U.
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This chart is the one that won Paul Ferguson the coveted IAJE Gil Evans Fellowship Award.
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Here is a really nice blues chart with fresh, interesting lines and great ensemble passages.
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This could be called Newer Than New, because Don just wrote this for John Pizzarelli's new band in New York.
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This chart is the exact, original one that Oliver Nelson wrote for his terrific recording More Blues and the Abstract Truth.
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As recorded on the BMG CD The Big Shorty Rogers Express, this is a terrific romp through a fast Swing, featuring solos by Alto Sax, Tenor Sax, Bari.
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This chart was recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra on the CD I Told You So (out-of-print).
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Everyone who hears this tune loves it! It has a neat, unique feel to it, and it is a wonderful teaching tool for young players.
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Can you imagine a chart which is this easy to play being played and recorded by Maynard Ferguson? Well, that just demonstrates how catchy and wonderful this chart is.
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Here is a slow, gutty, "down-home" type of blues written for and recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on the Adventures In Blues album.
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Sierra Music is happy to be affiliated with Dan Haerle, noted composer/arranger, educator (University of North Texas) and pianist.
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As recorded on Portrait of Shorty, (including the best of West Coast jazz musicians such as Herb Geller, Bill Holman, Jack Montrose, Frank Rosolino, Conrad Gozzo, Conte Candoli and others) this is a great, up-tempo, swinging chart with lots of solo space for alto, tenor and baritone saxophones, trumpet, trombone, piano and drums.
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Originally
commissioned by the HR Big Band, this electrifying Fred Sturm arrangement of
the Steely Dan classic will wow your audience.
It features a 16 bar open solo section allowing for any of your wind or
rhythm players to get down! Hip hop in 3
has never been this exciting! (5-4-4-5)
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This is a remarkable chart that features tenor saxophone throughout.
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As recorded by Stan
Kenton & His Orchestra on the “7.5 On The Richter Scale” album, this all time great standard receives a fresh
sound with the impeccable scoring talent of Marty Paich. This arrangement has it all…….a solo piano
introduction, a variety of feels (ballad, rubato, swing, 12/8), and stunning
ensemble passages. This chart is
considered by many to be one of the finest big band arrangements ever written,
and Sierra Music is proud to be able to make it available to you. (5-5-5-4)
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“Bodysnatchers” was released in 2007 on Radiohead’s In Rainbows album.
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This version
is edited to be played with only 8 brass and a standard saxophone section. As
recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on “Live at Brigham Young University”,
this is the thrilling latin Stan Kenton sound like that of “Malaga” and
“Malaguena” that is sure to dazzle any crowd.
Solo space is written for tenor saxophone, trumpet, trombone, drums and
congas along with wonderfully exciting ensemble writing making this a sure fire
winner with your band. (5-4-4-4)
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As recorded by the
Stan Kenton Orchestra on “Live at Brigham Young University”, this is the
thrilling Latin Stan Kenton sound like that of “Malaga” and “Malaguena” that is
sure to dazzle any crowd. Solo space is
written for tenor saxophone, trumpet, trombone, drums and congas along with
wonderfully exciting ensemble writing making this a sure fire winner with your
band. (5-5-5-4) with the Kenton saxophone section instrumentation (alto, 2
tenor, 2 baritone)
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West Chester University, PA .
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Bill Holman wrote some of the best music played by the Stan Kenton Orchestra and "Boop Boo Be Doop" is surely one of those charts.
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This new
chart from Bob Curnow is sure to electrify your players and your audience! It
has all the elements…up tempo swing, tenor/trumpet melody with solo space for
each, drum solo, clever stop-time figures for the rhythm section, engaging
ensemble rhythmic passages, and dramatic dynamic climaxes. If you are looking for a show-stopping closer
for your next performance, this chart will not disappoint. (5-4-4-4)
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This may be one of the most beautiful compositions Sierra Music has ever published.
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There were a number of sensational charts written in the 50's for the Bill Holman Band and the Terry Gibbs Band.
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As recorded by the Tonight Show Band on "Once More With Feeling" (Amherst), this wonderful chart is the hottest "flag-waver" of all time.
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Just what it sounds like .
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Exactly as recorded on the View From the Side CD, this wonderful chart was written for Pete Christlieb to be featured on tenor saxophone.
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When Lennie arranged for the Stan Kenton Orchestra, he created the most beautiful big band dance book ever written.
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This great chart is recorded (1999) on the Azica CD "Swingin' the Blues.
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As Recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra on "Pop Goes the Basie." Call Me Irresponsible has that smooth, medium swing to get your listeners swaying back and forth. This chart is easy enough for most bands to play, but truly shines when performed with a Trombone soloist with charisma. 5-4-4-4
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When Bill Holman writes a feature for a player, especially in the Kenton Band, you know it will be wonderful.
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This magnificent scoring of "Carol of the Bells" by Rich DeRosa (professor of composition/arranging at University of North Texas) was part of a long overture originally commissioned by the WDR Big Band, Germany.
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This magnificent scoring of "Carol of the Bells" by Rich DeRosa (professor of composition/arranging at University of North Texas) was part of a long overture originally commissioned by the WDR Big Band, Germany.
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Drew uses theme and variation to take this marvelous, swinging melody into challenging, extensive and exciting places.
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Dan Haerle has created a very nice, very hip latin chart with a great melody.
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Latin spice, hot sounds, and a happy, cookin' tune that sails along.
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Holman really gets into his imitative writing with this chart.
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Full of up-tempo energy, Oliver masterfully intertwines the melody in the saxophones with counter-lines from the brass to create an incredible tapestry of sound.
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Full of up-tempo energy, Oliver masterfully intertwines the melody in the saxophones with counter-lines from the brass to create an incredible tapestry of sound.
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As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on "Contemporary Concepts," this publication completes the goal of getting this entire watershed recording into print.
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This was the first of many "time charts" that Hank wrote for the Kenton Band.
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Chicago is a high-energy, big band bebop arrangement on the popular standard that Mike wrote for Maynard Ferguson's band.
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A terrific funk chart! Lots of space for optional solos.
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This is a completely re-composed and re-notated (in Finale) version of a piece that has been in the catalog for a while.
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As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on "Merry Christmas", this chart has optional saxophone parts which nicely cover the french horn parts (originally written for only brass and rhythm section).
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From the pen of one of the best composers in the jazz field.
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There is always room for a jazz waltz, and you will love this one.
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This is a wonderful chart, an old tune in a new dress, as only Bill Holman can do it.
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Here is a deeply emotional, gorgeous ballad from the self-titled album Lyle Mays.
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This historically important piece opens with a rubato piano solo and then moves to a terrific Rugolo trombone feature (originally recorded by Kai Winding).
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The Count Basie Orchestra performed the music of Billy Byers for many, many years. His arrangement of "Come Fly With Me" is recorded on the Basie album Frankly Basie: Count Basie Plays the Hits of Frank Sinatra. Set in an up-tempo swing feel, Byers hits it hard from bar 1 and doesn't let up until the end of the chart.
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One of Kenton's most important compositions.
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WOW! A sensational Dee Barton chart.
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This is an easy, medium-rock chart, accessible by any middle school band.
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If you have three hot trumpet players, this will be a great chart for you.
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This is exactly as recorded on the Hooper CD "Out of the Woods.
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Much like Neil Hefti's "Li'l Darlin'," this Billy Byers original exemplifies quiet, warm ensemble writing at its finest.
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Much like Neil Hefti's "Li'l Darlin'," this Billy Byers original exemplifies quiet, warm ensemble writing at its finest.
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Sierra continues to find the lost treasures from Maynard Ferguson's Birdland Dream Band Library.
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Dan Haerle has created a very nice, very hip shuffle / funk chart with a great melody.
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Here is a terrific medium-tempo shuffle chart that the Buddy Rich Band played all the time.
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What a wonderful jazz chart! The theme is stated with a bossa nova feel by tenor and flugelhorn, followed by exciting ensemble sections (highest trpt.
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This wonderful original composition by Patty Darling adds another great chart to Sierra's Easy To Play series.
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Rarely does a piece turn up like this one.
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Contains all of the following charts:.
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Originally recorded by Cannonball Adderley on his album Domination, "Cyclops" is one of those charts that will make your audiences bob their heads and tap their feet.
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The Daily Dance was recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on the CD "Birthday in Britain.
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