SKU: CL.032-4962-00

Have your beginning jazz band sounding great on a swinging holiday chart in no time! This bluesy version of Jingle Bells makes playing this chart a two for one deal, combining the need to prepare for those holiday concerts and assemblies, while providing the opportunity to teach the blues form to young jazz musicians. It’s also a perfect way for more experienced bands to open up and solo over the blues in their holiday concert. A chart your students will want to play year after year!

SKU: CL.032-4476-00

Yes! Feature your guitar or vibes player on this cookin' F blues shuffle with a nod to the late great B.B. King. The bari sax part takes a prominent blues band role within the rhythm section. Open up the improv solo section to feature any instrument. Tablature and fingerings for appropriate slides, bends, hammer-ons, pull-offs, and chord shape/performance suggestions are included in the solo guitar part. Playable with limited instrumentation. A real band and crowd pleaser!

SKU: CL.032-4789-00

This playful medium-tempo swinger features a smooth, self-assured melody that glides along a cool, slightly altered blues progression. Trumpet and alto sax carry the melody at first before passing it off to the brass section; saxophones cleverly punctuate the brass section with heavily accented chords. The saxophones take the melody the third time around, while the brass offers incisive interjections here and there. A solo section follows that features just the right amount of background writing that enhances the proceedings without ever getting in the way; the solo section may be repeated as desired to feature additional soloists. A swinging ensemble follows the solos, starting off at a simmer and gradually heating up to the exciting full-ensemble shout chorus. Don’t Let These Blues Fool You is sure to be a favorite for concert and contest!

SKU: CL.SCM-1100-00

A great new chart of Freddie Hubbards’ great Blues For Miles that really cooks! Freddie describes this tune as Hip Hop Funk on the original CD also entitled Blues for Miles. Mike’s solid arrangement starts out with the trumpets introducing the very funky unison melody followed by a stop time chorus for the saxes. Solos follow for the soloists of your choice on slightly altered Bb blues changes and then an exciting rock flavored shout chorus takes us back to the head. Includes an optional flute part. An outstanding choice for almost any performance opportunity that your students will really enjoy playing.

SKU: CL.SCM-1059-00

This 6/8 jazz groove is reiniscent of A Walk on the Wild Side which Mike arranged while he was staff arranger for the 3rd Army Band in Atlanta, GA. This Bb minor blues has a touch of Charles Mingus in it.

SKU: CL.SCM-1018-00

Extended blues form shifts from a Swing Shuffle to a Funk bridge then back again. Optional lead trumpet notes save chops but won't take the energy away from this chart.

SKU: CL.SCM-1059-01

This 6/8 jazz groove is reiniscent of A Walk on the Wild Side which Mike arranged while he was staff arranger for the 3rd Army Band in Atlanta, GA. This Bb minor blues has a touch of Charles Mingus in it.

SKU: CL.031-2613-01

A medium tempo swing blues for young bands that really cooks. Includes an open section with backgrounds for solos by any instrument on Bb blues changes. Range requirements are very modest and the chart works well even with incomplete instrumentation. A very tasty arrangement that sounds much more advanced than it is. Excellent chart for concert or contest use by a very popular writer for young bands. Very Nice!

SKU: CL.032-5015-00

This swinging, easy to play chart sounds great and offers many teaching opportunities. Following the first 24 bars which are in unison, there’s a call and response section using just the notes from the Bb blues scale. This provides young players with notes that will work while improvising over blues changes in the open solo section, giving them an I can do this! sense of confidence. After the solos, the unison saxes enter softly, and crescendo to a roaring shout chorus when the brass joins in. Your young band will love it!

SKU: CL.032-4928-01

The title says it all! Introduced by a classic roll-off drum cadence, Blues March is an easy big band chart with a hip melody line. Written solo parts, comfortable ranges and rhythms will make Blues March a sure winner for players and audiences alike.

SKU: CL.031-2966-00

A unique low down & dirty blues with a heavy back-beat! Excellent in teaching classic slow blues style and great for concert or contest.

SKU: CL.SCM-1020-01

The only vocal selection in our catalogue, this is a swinging blues arranged by Duke Ellington expert Dave Berger.

SKU: CL.SCM-1048-01

Med. Fast Blues in Bb.