SKU: KN.60615S

UPC: 822795606157.

Here's a great chart with a catchy montuno groove. You'll find plenty of helpful articulations and notated rhythm parts, and the composer offers detailed rehearsal suggestions designed to streamline preparation. Although scored with accessibility in mind, it will help developing groups master sectional independence, balance, blend, and dynamic contrast. Written or ad lib solos are given to alto, trombone, and drums. Each set includes a guitar chord chart by Jim Greeson. Duration 3:25.

SKU: KN.61063S

UPC: 822795610635.

Here's a great cool swing chart for advancing groups reminiscent of the music of Stanley Turrentine and Cannonball Adderley. Although it employs the blues scale, it is not a blues. Ad lib solos are offered to tenor sax, trumpet and trombone. When exaggerating the articulations and dynamics, your group will create a lot of musical excitement! Rhythm section parts are partially notated with chords cued, and a guitar chord chart by Jim Greeson is included. Duration 6:20. Available in SmartMusic.

SKU: KN.62610

UPC: 822795626100.

Paul Merrill, director of the Cornell University Jazz Ensemble (Ithaca, NY), commissioned this engaging bossa nova original for proficient groups. Don't let the title fool you, though, because there's an abundance of subtle, yet challenging material here requiring a mature approach from the ensemble. The melody is based on a simple four-note motif played by Miles Davis on his album Tutu. Brown later adapted this score for small-group and recorded it on his CD Night Waves (Brown Cats Productions/BC9501). Guitar, tenor sax, and flugelhorn are featured in melodic and solo roles. Duration 5:35.

SKU: AP.JE9734C

UPC: 029156300499. English.

This jazz-flavored pop classic by Van Morrison is perfect for jazz ensemble. Roy Phillippe has taken this 'cool' tune to a new level of swing. There are opportunities for trombone, alto sax and trumpet solos, whether improvised or played as written. The technical demands are moderate, but the feel is really smooth. It's another solid chart from arranger Roy Phillippe! (duration 4:26).

SKU: AP.1-ADV34011-1

English.

Basie's Blues is a rousing medium tempo big band chart which also functions as a Basie-style piano feature. Arranger Russell Schmidt has crafted a unique three-horn harmonization (plus optional flute and clarinet) of the main theme, giving this piece a very distinctive sound. In addition to solo space for the pianist, there is a bass solo (although this solo can easily be moved to another instrument, if desired). Basie's Blues is based on one of the easiest etudes from Jim Snidero's Easy Jazz Conception Series.

SKU: KN.00661

UPC: 822795006612.

Great writing in the Basie tradition is presented here for developing jazz musicians, featuring accessible brass ranges, notated rhythm section parts, and flexible instrumentation requirements. It even has Count Basie's signature piano figure at the end! A guitar chord chart by Jim Greeson is included in each set. Duration 4:10. Available in SmartMusic.

SKU: FJ.HX9007S

English.

Here's an ebullient and flashy solo feature for clarinet and big band. The ensemble swings brightly with intricate but accessible orchestrations while the bouncy solo shines with riffs and glissandi. A transcription of the improvised portion of the solo is provided. The top trumpet note is A. This is serious literature for any clarinetist to consider!

SKU: PE.HX9007S

Here's an ebullient and flashy solo feature for clarinet and big band. The ensemble swings brightly with intricate but accessible orchestrations while the bouncy solo shines with riffs and glissandi. A transcription of the improvised portion of the solo is provided. The top trumpet note is A. This is serious literature for any clarinetist to consider!