Drop Somethin' is a beginner blues rock chart that introduces students to the blues progression in a straight-eighth setting. Flexible instrumentation makes this chart accessible for groups of varying sizes and instrument combinations. Repeated material and…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble, Flex Band
Composer:
Stempien & Turner
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
This arrangement of the traditional English Christmas carol The First Noel begins with the familiar melody set to jazz harmonies in a chorale style before moving into a medium-tempo jazz waltz. Students will have the opportunity to study standard jazz…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble, Flex Band
Composer:
Stempien & Turner
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Group Dynamics is a high energy melodic rock chart that features the guitarist in your band in a nod to the famous Pat Metheny Group. Hittin' hard from the outset, this chart also provides great opportunities to show off a strong drummer as well, both with…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Ric Flauding
Publisher:
Baker's Jazz And More
Type a description for this product here...Get out your zoot suit and pearls for this hard swingin’ dance number in the style of Louis Prima, Benny Goodman, and Gene Krupa. Your band will wail and your audience will be jumpin’ to this Big Band Era chart.…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Stempien & Turner
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Walking down Yertchuk Avenue with her parents Myra, aged five, twirls and skips her way home from a dance lesson. As the night falls and the streetlights flicker on, the darkness and shadows in between are highlighted. A young imagination and some scarily…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Lachlan Davidson
Publisher:
Brolga Music
("In the cool shade")
Na Sombra Fresca is a medium-tempo pop bossa chart for full big band instrumentation in the 1960s style of Sergio Mendes and Johnny Mandel. The light and airy Latin feel of the chart gives the sense of finding playful respite and relief…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Stempien & Turner
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Open Sky is an up-tempo swing chart in a modal, post-bop style employing chords with upper extensions and polychords, reminiscent of the musical styles of the Brecker Brothers, Pat Metheny, and Lyle Mays. Three solo sections include both optional written…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Stempien & Turner
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
This 5/4 presentation of We Three Kings is arranged in the style of Dave Brubeck’s “Take Five.” Modern jazz harmonies throughout are built on both open fourths and traditional thirds with upper extensions. Students will have the opportunity to study standard…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble, Flex Band
Composer:
Stempien & Turner
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
West Fork Shuffle is a laid-back swing tune following a traditional 12-bar blues progression. Students will have the opportunity to study standard jazz articulations and rhythms, as well as idiomatic chord voicings. The solo section includes suggested written…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble, Flex Band
Composer:
Stempien & Turner
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
The Zimmy Shimmy is a medium-tempo swing chart in a bluesy setting. The bouncy melody requires students to focus on Big Band-style jazz articulations in order to achieve the intended feel of playfulness. An a cappella brass soli with tight harmonies leads to…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Stempien & Turner
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications