After a chorale-style intro, this swinger kicks into high gear. Featuring alto sax and trumpet solos, an impressive sax soli and exciting shout choruses, And the Winner Is makes a great opener (or closer)!
Grade Level: 4.5 Copyright: 2022 Number of Players:…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Patrick Thompson
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Adventures! An energetic Latin Rock chart in Gm, featuring a driving rock beat as well as a more relaxed half-time feel. Numerous solo opportunities with written solos provided along with easy accessible chord changes. Four bar drum solo space as well as…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Paul Baker
Publisher:
Baker's Jazz And More
Banish the Moon is a musical description of a magical sunrise. It begins in the dark with the sounds of crickets and frogs calling softly. The tune in the clarinet and flute brings in the first hints of light. Instruments are introduced as the light grows and…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Tania Owens
Publisher:
Brolga Music
Written in the style of its namesake, this easy swing tune features the trombone section and saxes on the melody with trumpet punctuations. Solos are written out and include chord changes, and the trumpets get to switch to cup mutes in one of the background…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Paul Baker
Publisher:
Baker's Jazz And More
A smooth bossa nova based on the chord changes to Antonio Carlos Jobim's famous tune about a certain young lady who walks on the beach. Solos for alto sax and trumpet. Trumpet range is to written F#.
Grade Level: 2 Copyright: 2008 Publisher: Baker's Jazz And…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Paul Baker
Publisher:
Baker's Jazz And More
This up-tempo blues-rock chart with a catchy tune introduces students to the blues harmonic progression in a straight-eighth-note setting. Three solo sections include both optional written solos and chord symbols for students who are ready to improvise. A sax…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Stempien & Turner
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Bring Thee Praise is based on the Jackson High School (Jackson, MO) Alma Mater. The Alma Mater, which uses the tune, Annie Lisle, is paired with Gillingham’s own “Praise Theme” to bring a celebration of Jackson High School to concert stages everywhere.Program…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
David R. Gillingham
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
A hard-swinging arrangement of the classic standard recorded by so many famous jazz musicians through the ages. Easy tempo of 138bpm, key of Bb. Written solos (and chord changes) provided for trumpet and piano, followed by a 16 bar acapella section to feature…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Ray Henderson, Paul Baker
Publisher:
Baker's Jazz And More
Cloudburst is a percussion ensemble with flexible instrumentation that is playable with as few as 4 players or as many as 12. It portrays images of soaring over skylines with dazzling sunlight and flurries of clouds spread out across the bright blue sky.…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Robert Clayson
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Day on the Prairie is a fun, programmatic, three-movement work depicting a working cowboy’s day from sunup to sundown. Written for advanced bands, the piece will make you feel as if you are on the open range!Program Notes"Sunrise and Giddyup" begins with some…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Ed Kiefer
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications