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Across the Sky - Metheny & Mays / arr. Curnow Beat 70 - Metheny & Mays / arr. Bob Curnow Body and Soul - arr. John Bambridge
Bob Curnow has written some marvelous arrangements of Metheny/Mays music in the past, and this chart will surely "tug at your heartstrings.    Bob Curnow provides yet another great arrangement of one of Pat Metheny/Lyle Mays' biggest hits. Originally recorded on their album Letter From Home, "Beat 70" is an exciting up-tempo Latin/fusion tune that will leave your band and audiences humming this catchy melody for the rest of the day! Ranges are mostly modest and rhythmic concerns are minimal. There is solo space for tenor saxophone, trumpet, piano and drums. This chart is a must-have! 5-4-4-4  This is a remarkable chart that features tenor saxophone throughout.
Boomerang But Beautiful - arr. Bill Holman Doodle Oodle - Billy Byers
Boomerang
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Doodle Oodle - Billy Byers
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Sierra Music is proud to announce the addition of Boomerang to our ever-increasing catalogue of Billy Byers' classic tunes. 5-4-4-4  Exactly as recorded on the View From the Side CD, this wonderful chart was written for Pete Christlieb to be featured on tenor saxophone.   In usual Basie fashion, this chart swings its tail off with incredible ensemble passages, and provides for plenty of solo space for both tenor saxophonists to dual it out.
Hymn To The Gods I Hope In Time Change Will Come - Oliver Nelson Keystone Shuffle
Hymn To The Gods
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Keystone Shuffle
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Bob Curnow has taken fragments of a piece written during his grad school days and developed a very attractive and unique chart, featuring solos for tenor saxophone, trumpet, and drums. Very dramatic shout choruses and the solos are surrounded by a quiet beginning and ending. 5 4-4-4  As recorded on the brilliant recording "A Dream Deferred" (Flying Dutchman CYL2-1449), by the Oliver Nelson Orchestra. Commissioned by the IAJE Pennsylvania State Unit for the PA All-State Jazz Ensemble.   5-4-4-4
Like Someone In Love - arr. Vern Sielert Lonely Woman - arr. Bill Mathieu Sax Alley - John Bambridge
Sax Alley - John Bambridge
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 Originally recorded by the North Texas University 2 O'Clock Band, Vern Sielert's arrangement of "Like Someone In Love" is set in an even-eighths Latin feel.  As recorded on the Standards in Silhouette CD, this is yet another of Bill Mathieu's classic arrangements of a great jazz standard ballad.  As recorded by Doc Severinsen and the Tonight Show Band on "Volume One"(Amherst),  this is a red-hot feature for two tenor saxophones (recorded by Pete Christlieb and Ernie Watts).
Silent Night - arr. Ted Wilson Swing State - James Miley Tag Team - arr. Bob Curnow
Swing State - James Miley
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Tag Team - arr. Bob Curnow
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 This is a very hip, slow, 3/4 version, with lush, warm voicings.  James Miley brings us an original, fresh and fun-to-play composition titled "Swing State.  Written for and recorded by the Maynard Ferguson Birdland Dream Band, this chart by Willie Maiden is uncharacteristically easy to play for the band due to very reasonable brass ranges.
Tennessee Waltz - arr. Bill Holman The Eighth Miracle Too Much Coffee - Les Hooper
The Eighth Miracle
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Too Much Coffee - Les Hooper
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 This chart is a sensational version of the old standard, all dressed up with a new look only Holman could create. Celebrating 45 years of Sierra Music! Based on a traditional Bulgarian folk song, this extensive work (in the same vein as The First Circle) is guaranteed to get your band and your audiences excited.  This is a fast, swing chart that is a feature for tenor saxophone.
Too Soon Tomorrow - Pat Metheny / arr. Curnow Trains (Edited/Concert Version) Trains (Pro/Video Version)
Trains (Edited/Concert Version)
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Trains (Pro/Video Version)
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 Pat Metheny is the master at composing moving, gorgeous ballads, and Too Soon Tomorrow is no exception. This great arrangement by Eric Miyashiro of Mike Mainieri's "Trains" is a chart that is performed beautifully by the Blue Note Tokyo All-Star Jazz Orchestra with guests Peter Erskine & Bob James. This great arrangement by Eric Miyashiro of Mike Mainieri's "Trains" is a chart that is performed beautifully by the Blue Note Tokyo All-Star Jazz Orchestra with guests Peter Erskine & Bob James.
Vida De Sueno - Bob Curnow Yesterdays - arr. Bill Holman Zoot 'n' Al - Bill Holman
Vida De Sueno - Bob Curnow
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Yesterdays - arr. Bill Holman
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Zoot 'n' Al - Bill Holman
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 This is a gorgeous feature for tenor saxophone (there is also a piano solo).  This is a wonderful feature for tenor saxophone (as recorded by Bill Perkins).  As recorded on the new CD The Bill Holman Band Live, this chart features two tenor saxophone players throughout, playing together and separately.
Zoot - Bill Holman
Zoot - Bill Holman
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 Holman wrote this to feature (of course) Zoot Sims on tenor saxophone.