This New Orleans style swing has a tempo of 158 BPM with written solos for any saxophone and any trumpet or trombone. With the easy brass ranges and optional parts this is clearly a fun chart! (2:28) / Ensemble De Jazz

'A Day in the Life of a Fool (Manha de Carnaval)' arranged by Terry White is a bossa nova groove---but not just any bossa---this one stands above the rest. Superb harmonies, nice voicings, a nice sax soli, written solos for alto and trumpet, a big shout chorus, and all very tasty throughout. This chart also includes a variety of optional parts plus flute, clarinet, and vibes. Tempo is 128 BPM. (4:00) / Ensemble De Jazz

Vocal Solo/Jazz Ensemble Series-Vocal Solo with Jazz Ensemble - Grade 3-4 Made famous by Astrud Gilberto and Stan Getz this laid back Latin favorite features a great groove and tasty ensemble writing to back your singer either male or female.

Flugelhorn Solo with Jazz Ensemble-Written in a light jazz waltz style Kermit's familiar tune from The Muppet Movie works great as a feature for flugelhorn in the skilled hands of Mark Taylor. Featuring a comfortable range for the soloist a sax soli andeffective ensemble writing this gem is a nice change of pace number.

Recorded in 1972 Chick Corea's Return to Forever album is recognized as one of the landmark albums of jazz fusion. Along with the jazz standard ?La Fiesta ? the mesmerizing ballad introduced on this album was?Crystal Silence.? Mike Tomaro does a marvelous job of maintaining the ethereal and lush qualities of the original in this outstanding setting for jazz ensemble. A stunning choice for contest or festivals.

Skillfully blending jazz with R&B saxophonist Grover Washington Jr. created a fusion classic with his 1975 recording of this tune. Roger beautifully adapts the soulful lines and hypnotic groove for jazz ensemble in this nicely scored arrangement.

Jazz Ensemble Library - Grade 4 Originally a hit for DeBarge in 1985 and more recently revived for the hit movie Moulin Rouge here is a hot chart for your entire ensemble. This one really burns with Latin excitement.

From the jazz novice to budding professionals this play-along series is designed to help individuals build a melodic harmonic ans rhythmic jazz vocabulary. Eight classic jazz tunes are featured on each play-along CD for students to listen analyze transcribe ans commit to memory. Each tune gives the player the opportunity to hear the jazz language performed by professional musicians as if they were performing at a real gig.

One of the signature tunes from jazz legend Thelonious Monk is this quirky and iconic blues! Mark's great-sounding version for big band maintains the medium swing feel and “Monk-isms” from the original but he adds hisown stamp of originality with crafty ensemble lines rhythmic twists and some powerful full band statements in mixed meters. Solos are included for tenor trumpet and drums along with marvelous writing for the entire band.

This jazz standard was composed by legendary vibraphonist Milt Jackson and recorded notably by Milt with Oscar Peterson on the album of the same name. Opening with the theme played by a small group of tenor trumpet guitar and vibes thisgreat-sounding chart is set in a medium tempo swing style and features terrific scoring for the entire ensemble. With the blues format this is a perfect vehicle for multiple soloists.

Enregistré par Barbara Morrison avec le Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra pour The L.A. Treasures Project cet arrangement puissant est une étude de contrastes. Le début épars et doux se développe petit à petit vers une atmosphère fébrile avec quelques intrusions frénétiques par l?ensemble entier. Vous chaufferez l?ambiance !

Duet Feature for Trumpet and Tenor Sax-Heres a bright and appealing jazz waltz that features a duet of flugel and tenor sax along with an easy flowing feel and style. Punctuated with sophisticated and well-scored ensemble feature spots this is a terrific change ofpace number for maturegroups.

Fool Me Once from the Jazz Band Series is designed for high school and advanced junior high school band. Full instrumentation includes 5 saxophones, 8 brass and 4 rhythm parts. Optional parts include flute, B-flat clarinet, tuba, horn in F, vibraphone, and baritone T.C./tenor sax. All solos are written out with chord changes, the rhythm section parts suggest chord voicings and rhythms and guitar chord frames are provided to assist young guitarists. / Ensemble De Jazz