A rousing full ensemble intro, complete with drum solos, leads to a four bar bass solo (walking line written out) that sets up the Trumpet section (in cup mutes) bebop melody, based on "rhythm changes". The drummer also has the option to switch to brushes in…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Paul Baker
Publisher:
Baker's Jazz And More
This chart was commissioned by the King William Jazz Collective in San Antonio, TX. The assignment was to write a "happy shuffle" and you can't help but tap your toe and smile as you listen to this chart. It opens with a Count Basie style piano solo before…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Paul Baker
Publisher:
Baker's Jazz And More
Mamma Ruth completes the family portrait (collect the entire set!) with a fun medium swing groove, and she definitely has an eye for fun and the attitude to go with it. Featured soloists are tenor sax and trumpet. Trumpet range is to written high B.
Grade…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Robert Skiles, Paul Baker
Publisher:
Baker's Jazz And More
Beginning with a slinky piano riff, this chart builds to a full ensemble with lots of moving parts, all riding on top of a funky hip hop style groove. The piano is featured throughout the first portion of the chart with several four measure solos. There are…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Paul Baker
Publisher:
Baker's Jazz And More
Commissioned by the Florida Bandmasters Association, this straight ahead swing chart makes a bold entrance with the full ensemble before settling into a Basie style swing tune, first in the saxes and then in the trumpets. A solo break leads into the trumpet…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Paul Baker
Publisher:
Baker's Jazz And More
Ensemble Only
(pronounced Pella - Larry - Gram) Available as a trumpet feature or ensemble arrangement, this chart is dedicated to the smooth 1960's West Coast jazz stylings of the Dave Pell Octet and features an easy swinging flugel (or trumpet) melody which…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Paul Baker
Publisher:
Baker's Jazz And More
Ensemble with Solo
(pronounced Pella - Larry - Gram) Available as a trumpet feature or ensemble arrangement, this chart is dedicated to the smooth 1960's West Coast jazz stylings of the Dave Pell Octet and features an easy swinging flugel (or trumpet) melody…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Paul Baker
Publisher:
Baker's Jazz And More
A great chart for teaching all the fundamentals of big band swing that draws on the traditions of the music and presents them in a fresh new way. Opening with the famous Gene Krupa floor tom riff sets the style as the ensemble builds to the sax section melody…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Paul Baker
Publisher:
Baker's Jazz And More
In the style of the great Louis Prima, this medium tempo "jump" blues is full of energy and excitement. Being a "riff-based" chart, there are opportunities to play the written backgrounds or have students create their own. The sax section is featured in a 2…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Paul Baker
Publisher:
Baker's Jazz And More
Trumpet Feature
A lush full ensemble introduction leads into a beautiful trumpet (or flugelhorn) feature ballad. The sax section takes over for the bridge before returning to the full ensemble for the last A section. A brief transition moves the tempo up to a…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Dan Torosian, Paul Baker
Publisher:
Baker's Jazz And More