Alto Sax Feature
Beginning with a funky bass riff, this Latin Soul groove features the alto sax with the melody and solo choruses. A trombone solo comes next and leads into an 8 bar drum/percussion break, ideal for featuring additional percussion if desired.…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Dan Torosian
Publisher:
Baker's Jazz And More
This chart was commissioned by the Walt Whitman High School Jazz Ensemble to feature their lead tenor saxophonist. In the style of the Ray Charles big band, this chart opens with huge ensemble brass and bluesy sax lines that switch in and out of a double time…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Paul Baker
Publisher:
Baker's Jazz And More
This hard swinging 12-bar blues features the acoustic bass in a Thad Jones inspired setting. At a tempo of 140bpm, this chart provides a very accessible opportunity for the unsung hero of the rhythm section to shine. Soprano sax leads the sax section. A…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Paul Baker
Publisher:
Baker's Jazz And More
This is a beautifully melodic and dramatic tenor sax feature at a medium straight eighth tempo. The ensemble intertwines itself around the soloist with contrapuntal backgrounds and extended harmonies while the soloist gets to stretch out on long chord…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Paul Baker
Publisher:
Baker's Jazz And More
Give Me Your Hand is a lush wind band setting of the popular Irish harp tune Tabhair Dom Do Lámh, written in the early 17th century by Rory Dall O'Cahan. Set in 3/4 time, this arrangement offers elasticity with several tempo & textural changes throughout…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
This peaceful, poignant piece is a musical reminder that though a person may have physically passed on, their spirit and memories will always remain in the hearts of the people they touched.Program NotesThis poignant melody was created from the emotional…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Anthony Susi
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
This haunting medley partners two well-known spirituals (Wayfaring Stranger & Goin’ Home) and their promise of a restful afterlife. The gentle and pensive nature of this warm setting with an optional sensitive piano accompaniment will evoke feelings of…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Anthony Susi
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Melting Clocks is a quirky romp through Salvador Dalí’s painting 'The Persistence of Memory.' Quotes of the commissioning school’s fight song and alma mater are synthesized with bending melodies, tick-tocking elements, and a unique harmonic language.Program…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Chad Heiny
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
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
Unleash your developing band through a creative mash-up of motives from Beethoven's "Pastoral Symphony" and Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring" in a work that celebrates the renewed vitality of the season of spring through music. From opening fanfares to…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Carl Holmquist
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications