Here’s a great new chart from composer Jack Cooper that is sure to be a hit. Super ensemble writing and solid scoring will have your band sounding like champs. Jack uses the #11 of a Bb chord as one of the main melody notes in the winds, so the music sounds…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Jack Cooper
Publisher:
Excelcia Music Publishing
The talented composer Steve Parsons has paired an original melody with a funky Motown version of Jingle Bells to create the piece he calls Sleighin’ It. This is definitely a fresh take on this carol and your band will have a terrific time with the Motown…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Steve Parsons
Publisher:
Excelcia Music Publishing
This new Calypso chart from jazz musician and educator Kris Berg might be the happiest piece ever written for young jazz ensemble. Like the classic Sonny Rollins piece St. Thomas, this composition uses simply basic chords and rhythms, but the end result is a…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Kris Berg
Publisher:
Excelcia Music Publishing
This chart comes out of the gate swinging with a solid, punchy brass line. The distinctive harmonic structure of the first few choruses is definitely more than just I - IV - V, but the melody is very straight forward. After the Trumpets take a turn with the…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Peter Blair
Publisher:
Excelcia Music Publishing