Some might say Lucky has had a rough life. He has been in more scuffles than the average house dog and he has had more than his fair share of visits to the vet, usually as a result of poor culinary decisions. There was also the unfortunate incident with a car…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
David Jones
Publisher:
Brolga Music
Born in Liechtenstein, Josef Rheinberger was a composer, pianist and teacher in Germany in the 19th Century. He became the organist for his local church at the age of seven and composed his first work the following year. Abendlied is a sacred motet composed…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Adam Arnold
Publisher:
Brolga Music
David Gillingham’s gorgeous setting of the ever-popular America, the Beautiful seeks to preserve the beauty of the hymn, while simultaneously transcending some of the harmonies and scoring we have grown to expect over the years, without straying too far from…
Style:
Flex Band
Composer:
David R. Gillingham
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
A hard swinging riff based tune that features the trumpet section with plungers. Trombones use plungers later in the chart as well. "Blues with a bridge" solos for trumpet, tenor sax, and the drummer grabs 8 bars before an acapella shout section leads into a…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Paul Baker
Publisher:
Baker's Jazz And More
Orange Drink with an ATTITUDE! This funky chart starts with a piano riff to set up the rhythm groove before the trumpet and altos hit with the melody. Trombones and low saxes support with counterpoint. After the trombones take us through the bridge the saxes…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Paul Baker
Publisher:
Baker's Jazz And More
This ballad features the lead trumpet and harkens back to the big band era sounds of Glenn Miller and Harry James, along the lines of Miller's "Serenade in Blue". In addition to written melodic solos for lead trumpet, there's an improvised solo for tenor sax…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Paul Baker
Publisher:
Baker's Jazz And More
Bu-yah is an affirmation of the great Art Blakey and his Jazz Messengers. Known as "Bu", Blakey trained many of the great jazz artists over the decades. This chart features Blakey's famous front line of trumpet, tenor, and trombone and a swinging minor blues…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Paul Baker
Publisher:
Baker's Jazz And More
Available for tenor sax, alto sax, or trumpet. This soulful yet bittersweet ballad captures the complex emotions of loss and departure, yet, it also offers a positive and reaffirming chorus to balance everything out. There is plenty of room for the soloist…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
John Mills
Publisher:
Baker's Jazz And More
Available for tenor sax, alto sax, or trumpet. This soulful yet bittersweet ballad captures the complex emotions of loss and departure, yet, it also offers a positive and reaffirming chorus to balance everything out. There is plenty of room for the soloist…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
John Mills
Publisher:
Baker's Jazz And More
Available for tenor sax, alto sax, or trumpet. This soulful yet bittersweet ballad captures the complex emotions of loss and departure, yet, it also offers a positive and reaffirming chorus to balance everything out. There is plenty of room for the soloist…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
John Mills
Publisher:
Baker's Jazz And More