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  One of those mystery charts that hardly anyone knows about, this chart is a beauty.
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Bob Curnow is well known for his orchestrations of Pat Metheny's music, and this arrangement will fit right in with The First Circle and Minuano.
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Pat Metheny is known for his beautiful melodies, and "Back In Time" is no exception.
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As recorded on "Tonight Show Band, Vol.
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As recorded by the Tonight Show Band on "Once More With Feeling" (Amherst), this wonderful chart is the hottest "flag-waver" of all time.
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Set as a medium-up swing feel, this chart features trumpet throughout and is exciting from beginning to end, including a great shout chorus to highlight the entire ensemble.
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This was written for Doc Severinsen to premier at the Midwest Band & Orchestra Conference.
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A monumental piece of big band jazz.
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A beautiful solo for Flugelhorn.
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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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This chart is a blast! It is one of the more popular charts from Maynard's Birdland Dream Band.
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As recorded by the Tonight Show Band on "Once More With Feeling" (Amherst), this bright, swinging chart is a blast ! Bill Holman is at his best, weaving descending unison lines with the tune stated by trumpet and tenor sax (both of which are given solo space).
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Tadd Dameron's ballad "If You Could See Me Now" receives sensitive and thoughtful treatment in this arrangement by the great Bill Holman.
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Originally recorded by Cannonball Adderley on his album Domination and inspired by Oliver Nelson, Bob Curnow's adaptation/arrangement of "Introduction to a Samba" features the alto saxophone and trumpet duet stating the melody supported by a traditional samba feel.
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Once used in the Blackboard Jungle movie, this piece is one of Holman's earliest compositions to be recorded by Kenton.
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It Could Happen To You is one of the best known standard tunes, and this arrangement certainly does it justice.
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The Pro (original) version of "It Could Happen To You" is absolutely wonderful.
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As recorded by the Tonight Show Band on "Once More With Feeling" (Amherst), this is one of Tommy's "classic" charts .
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A ballad for Solo Trumpet, this is an ideal selection for your festival requirements.
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This is another Masterwork by Metheny and Mays and destined to become the same kind of classic as The First Circle .
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This absolutely beautiful arrangement by Willie Maiden features a trombone and tenor sax solo, along with the primary solo by (guess who) the trumpet player a la Maynard.
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Although this has been in the catalog for a while, it is now notated in Finale, and the new edition comes with a full score for the first time.
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As recorded by the Tonight Show Band on "Once More With Feeling" (Amherst), this is a lovely, warm ballad setting of this great standard tune.
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Piazzolla wrote many beautiful melodies, and this one is perhaps the most haunting.
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This was written in memory of Stan Kenton.
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This is a gorgeous ballad arranged by Willie Maiden for the great Maynard Ferguson Orchestra and is included in "The Complete Roulette Recordings” (Mosaic).
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The original chart as played by the Stan Kenton Orchestra.
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Here is another fantastic trumpet feature for a fantastic trumpet player.
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The Stan Kenton Orchestra was always an ideal showcase for the outstanding soloists within its ranks.
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Of all the pieces Hank wrote for the Stan Kenton Orchestra, this is arguably the best one.
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"(A) Relative Calm" is a beautiful ballad that features trumpet throughout.
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Buddy Childers, that is! Willis wrote this for Buddy in 1954, and it is recorded on the Kenton Showcase album (This music is available from Mosaic Records in their Russo/Holman CD set.
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As recorded by the Tonight Show Band on "Once More With Feeling" (Amherst), Holman takes a fresh look at this wonderful old jazz standard.
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Exactly as recorded by Oliver Nelson's Orchestra and featuring Joe Newman on trumpet.
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One of Maynard's most beautiful ballads from the Dream Band period.
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This is one of the great "unrecorded" (or "missing") solo features written for the Stan Kenton Orchestra.
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Pat Metheny is the master at composing moving, gorgeous ballads, and Too Soon Tomorrow is no exception.
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Every band from Tommy Dorsey to the Tonight Show Band to Ted Heath seemed to have a version of this great Sy Oliver tune.
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As recorded on the Tonight Show Band CD "Once More With Feeling" (Amherst Records), this chart is one of the "hippest" that Tommy ever wrote for that band.
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This "edited" version of "Where's Teddy" (as played and recorded by Maynard Ferguson's Birdland Dream Band) is much more playable for the trumpet section as a whole than the original "pro" version (which is also available).
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This is the original chart as played and recorded by Maynard Ferguson's Birdland Dream Band.
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This is a nifty trumpet section feature, written with the young player in mind.
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Bill Mathieu's arrangements, done for the Stan Kenton Orchestra, were some of the most beautiful pieces ever recorded by that band.
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