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Written with
the younger band in mind, this fun, easy-to-play chart can be performed as
written or used as a tool to reinforce ear training and improvising. There is ample solo space for alto saxophone,
trumpet, and guitar and can be played with a swing or hip hop feel. The reasonable brass ranges and flexibility
of this chart make it a must have for the younger band! (5-4-4-4)
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This is a lovely rock ballad featuring alto saxophone throughout.
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Oliver Nelson wrote the most beautiful melodies! This is a clarinet feature (how about that?), and was recorded by Phil Woods and the Oliver Nelson's Jazz Interactions Orchestra (hear it on the Verve Jazz Masters 48 CD).
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A wonderful, easy, swinging chart which is the centerpiece of the CD Shorty Rogers Courts the Count, a terrific big band tribute to Count Basie.
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In the Basie Tradition.
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Here is a really nice blues chart with fresh, interesting lines and great ensemble passages.
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Everyone who hears this tune loves it! It has a neat, unique feel to it, and it is a wonderful teaching tool for young players.
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Sierra Music is happy to be affiliated with Dan Haerle, noted composer/arranger, educator (University of North Texas) and pianist.
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Just what it sounds like .
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Dan Haerle has created a very nice, very hip latin chart with a great melody.
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This is a completely re-composed and re-notated (in Finale) version of a piece that has been in the catalog for a while.
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There is always room for a jazz waltz, and you will love this one.
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This is an easy, medium-rock chart, accessible by any middle school band.
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Dan Haerle has created a very nice, very hip shuffle / funk chart with a great melody.
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An easy-to-play blues with a very unique melody.
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A beautiful solo for Flugelhorn.
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A true Kenton Classic.
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As recorded on the brilliant CD Afrique, by the Count Basie Orchestra, this lovely piece features piano and/or tenor sax (or whomever) in a medium-slow, lilting 12/8 feel.
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Dan has created a wonderful Rock Ballad, with a nifty, repeating vamp figure, that can be played by even the most inexperienced players.
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A Percussion Ensemble arrangement of this amazing piece.
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Here is a chance to dazzle your audiences and show off the Trumpet Section, without a lot of hassle.
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An easy swing chart which was originally written for 4 flutes and bass clarinet in the woodwind section.
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A wonderfully quiet, pensive piece which fills a big void in today's big band jazz literature.
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The title says it all! Your band and your audience will have a good time with this chart by Les! It is a Latin-rock setting of a very hiptune.
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This is, unquestionably, one of the most beautiful ballads ever written.
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As recorded on Les' LP Dorian Blue (Churchill Records).
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As recorded on the brilliant CD "Afrique" by the Count Basie Orchestra, this chart was originally written for a Jimmy Smith album.
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As recorded on the brilliant recording "A Dream Deferred" (Flying Dutchman CYL2-1449), by the Oliver Nelson Orchestra.
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This arrangement is easier than the Pro version.
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This is one of Pat's most haunting, pensive and beautiful ballads.
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This chart is the exact, original one that Oliver Nelson wrote for his terrific L.
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As originally recorded by Count Basie on the Roulette LP (Vogue CD) "Kansas City Suite - the Music of Benny Carter", this is a slow Swing," not unlike "Li'l Darlin' " in effect.
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A ballad for Solo Trumpet, this is an ideal selection for your festival requirements.
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Curnow has created two easy-to-play charts on commission from the University of Portland.
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This arrangement does not include brass or drums.
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Curnow has created two easy-to-play charts on commission from the University of Portland.
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Cute! Clever! Catchy! Very playable! It all fits with Fred's newest creation for young players.
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Once again Hooper leads the way with a chart that is simple to play but still great to listen to and to play.
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One of the Basie-style charts that Les is so great at writing.
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This is a great swingin' blues chart that is playable by most any band.
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As originally recorded by Count Basie on the Roulette LP (Vogue CD) "Kansas City Suite - the Music of Benny Carter," this is a medium slow Swing with more than a tinge of Gospel flavor.
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Ellen has created a minor blues chart for young players which is successful in every way! The melody is interesting and the ranges are quite limited.
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As originally recorded by Count Basie on the Roulette LP (Vogue CD) "Kansas City Suite - the Music of Benny Carter," this is a medium Shuffle which features solos for piano, tenor saxophone and trombone.
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When you first hear this beautiful melody, you'll be pleased that you chose this chart.
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Bob Curnow has created a wonderful "nonet" chart (6 horns, 3 rhythm) on this great Rodgers and Hart tune.
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This piece is patterned after Stan Kenton's Dynaflow, but it is written in such a way that it is quite easy to play.
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Oliver Nelson wrote the most beautiful melodies!! This is an alto saxophone feature and was recorded by Phil Woods and the Jazz Interactions Orchestra in 1967 (hear it on the Verve Jazz Masters 48 CD).
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A Percussion Ensemble version of this wonderful Metheny piece.
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Shorty Rogers was very well known for his "nonet" charts (6 horns, 3 rhythm), and this was one of his best-loved compositions.
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This is a Nonet chart which was recorded on the Re-Entry album by Shorty Rogers and His Giants (Bill Watrous, Bill Perkins, Bob Cooper, Shelley Manne and others).
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Geoff has scored a very hip, musical easy-to-play chart in the classic blues form, using his incomparable melodic and harmonic sense of things.
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Big Band Gospel.
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If you're looking for variety of style, this wonderful chart should fit your needs.
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Here is a wonderful section feature for saxophones in a ballad style.
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Fred has written a wonderful medium-tempo bossa nova chart with a nice solo exposure for guitar (or piano if no guitar).
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The Kenton Band had many hits over the years, and a couple of them involved the whole band singing.
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This is a Nonet chart which was recorded on the Re-Entry album by Shorty Rogers and His Giants (Bill Watrous, Bill Perkins, Bob Cooper, Shelley Manne and others).
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This is a lovely, bossa-type ballad which is captured by soft sounds from the whole band, especially flugelhorns.
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Fred wrote this exceptional latin chart to feature tenor saxophone on a written and improvised solo.
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Les has written a thoughtful, lovely Latin tune.
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One of Maynard's most beautiful ballads from the Dream Band period.
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The Bill Holman Great Big Band recorded this chart on the Capitol album (same name) in 1960.
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Ellen has a marvelous knack for being able to write sophisticated music which is not difficult to perform.
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Recorded by the Tonight Show Band on "Volume One, The Tonight Show Band with Doc Severinsen," this is a great chart on a classic jazz standard.
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Here is a wonderful, easy, swinging chart which is on the CD Shorty Rogers Courts the Count, a terrific big band tribute to Count Basie.
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Bob Curnow has taken this great tune of Benny Carter's and scored it very much in the style of the Count Basie Orchestra.
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As recorded on the Les Hooper Big Band's Anything Goes, this is a lovely, contemporary, rock ballad, which features alto saxophone throughout.
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