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  The all-time, classic saxophone section feature.
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Another terrific feature chart by Bill Holman.
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A true Kenton Classic.
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This is another one of those absolutely wonderful charts that Lennie did for Stan Kenton for what was known as the dance book.
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Here is a terrific medium swing chart, also written for Stan Kenton in the 50s.
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Stan Kenton had a certain touch in his arranging that stood out.
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This is one of Holman's best loved (and most often played) charts.
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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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Recorded in 1954 for the recording Kenton Showcase this chart is an alto saxophone feature throughout.
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This chart has appeared on a couple of different albums over the years (Kenton Classics and Hits).
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This is one of those charts that can be played by any reasonably accomplished big band (including high school players).
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Mulligan's writing for the Kenton Band was fairly minimal in quantity but extraordinary in quality.
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Lennie wrote a magnificent dance book for Stan in the early '60's.
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There were a few Holman charts that were written for the Stan Kenton Orchestra which had disappeared over the years, seemingly lost forever.
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When Lennie arranged for the Stan Kenton Orchestra, he was able to capture the Kenton sound without a lot of high-range problems or difficult concerns for the players.
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This is one of the many wonderful charts arranged by Lennie for the Stan Kenton Orchestra.
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Mulligan contributed only a few charts to the Kenton Library,and they are all classics.
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Here is another chart written for Stan Kenton (in the mid-1950's), that was never recorded by the band.
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The Stan Kenton Orchestra was always an ideal showcase for the outstanding soloists within its ranks.
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This is one of the amazing stories of finding what was thought to be a long-lost chart.
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Exactly as recorded on the Kenton / Capitol Retrospective CD (and the original Milestones LP).
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This is another of the many wonderful charts arranged by Niehaus for the Stan Kenton Orchestra.
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Holman originally wrote this chart to feature Charlie Parker with the Kenton Band in the early '50's.
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Rarely does a piece turn up like this one.
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The album Stage Door Swings, by the Stan Kenton Band, was one of the most popular recordings done by Kenton.
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Here is a great, free-swingin' Opener, also written for Stan Kenton.
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This is a wonderful feature for baritone saxophone! It was recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on the Kenton '76 CD.
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As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on Adventures In Standards, this is a medium-swing chart on a great tune.
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As performed by the Stan Kenton Orchestra, here is one of the hippest charts from the Kenton book.
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Finally, the up-to-date version that the Kenton Band played right up until the end.
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The publication of this piece is dedicated to the memory of Manny Albam, the composer.
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As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on Adventures In Standards, this is a medium, swing chart on a great tune.
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This was recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on Stage Door Swings, and it is one of Lennie's wonderful charts on a great Broadway standard tune.
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As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on Stage Door Swings, this medium-up swing chart comes roaring out of the chute with a brass pop and leads into the piano stating the melody.
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There are a few charts from this library which are very playable by any reasonably well developed jazz ensemble.
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Recorded in 1953 on the Kenton Showcase album (This music is available from Mosaic Records in their Russo/Holman CD set.
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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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This great Kenton classic, as recorded on the album "Live from Redlands University," is a swinging, happy chart which allows for lots of blowing space and is combined with great ensemble sections.
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This is the original version of the tune recorded in 1946, and also included in the Milestones LP.
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Holman wrote this to feature (of course) Zoot Sims on tenor saxophone.
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This is one of those superb Holman charts written for Stan Kenton in the early '50's that just swings like crazy.
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Mulligan's writing for the Kenton Band was fairly minimal in quantity but extraordinary in quality.
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A great alto saxophone feature.
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A fun-filled, exciting chart on the old tune.
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Russo always created wonderfully interesting (and challenging) arrangements of standard tunes.
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Another terrific chart from Stan Kenton's Contemporary Concepts album. It features trombone throughout this fast-paced, Cool Bop chart in the unmistakable style of the late, great Gerry Mulligan.
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This is one of the many wonderful charts arranged by Lennie for the Stan Kenton Orchestra.
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This is another of the many wonderful charts arranged by Lennie for the Stan Kenton Orchestra.
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Mulligan contributed only a few charts to the Kenton Library, and they are all classics.
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This is NOT the Glenn Miller version of this tune.
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This is one of those marvelous "dance" charts that Lennie Niehaus wrote for the Stan Kenton Orchestra.
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Lennie Niehaus wrote a series of terrific arrangements for the Stan Kenton Orchestra (this was recorded on the "Stage Door Swings" CD).
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Lennie Niehaus wrote a series of terrific arrangements for the Stan Kenton Orchestra (this was recorded on the "Stage Door Swings" CD).
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This wonderful, medium-tempo, swinging version of this great classic is recorded on the Stan Kenton Orchestra "Sketches On Standards" CD.
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Arranged by Lennie Niehaus and performed by the Stan Kenton Orchestra, this great medium-swing chart has outstanding ensemble writing.
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Here is a slow, gutty, "down-home" type of blues written for and recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on the Adventures In Blues album.
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This is the original version composed by Bill Holman for the Stan Kenton Orchestra!
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Bill Holman wrote this arrangement for the Kenton Orchestra in the early '60's to feature Marvin Stamm on trumpet (of course). Kenton never recorded it, so this is a brand-new chart to most people. No guitar. 5-4-4-3
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When Bill Holman writes a feature for a player, especially in the Kenton Band, you know it will be wonderful.
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This is the bass trombone solo, as recorded (The Kenton Era) by George Roberts with the Stan Kenton Orchestra.
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As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on "Adventures In Standards" CD, this is a wonderful, swinging chart on a great tune.
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Here is another terrific chart as recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on Adventures In Standards.
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This amazing chart was recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra and released on the By Request-Volume One album.
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This was recorded on the Stan Kenton Orchestra CD Live at the Tropicana.
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What a dynamic chart this is! It is included on the CD recording The Jazz Compositions of Dee Barton (1967).
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As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on "Adventures in Jazz" (and elsewhere), this may be the best thing Dee ever wrote for Stan.
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If there is one chart which seems to capture the essence of Stan's mid-fifties bands, this is the one! The chart swings like mad from downbeat to the end.
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This was recorded on the Stan Kenton Orchestra CD "Live at the Tropicana.
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As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on "Contemporary Concepts," this publication completes the goal of getting this entire watershed recording into print.
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This is a great chart to feature your drummer and the entire ensemble! Starting out with a bombastic Eastern-sounding introduction (ala Genghis Khan), it then launches into a hard-driving minor blues stated by the trombone, trumpet and tenor saxophone.
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Bill Holman wrote some of the best music played by the Stan Kenton Orchestra and "Boop Boo Be Doop" is surely one of those charts.
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This may be the all-time greatest jazz arrangement of a standard tune.
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Bill Holman's compositions in the library of the Stan Kenton Orchestra were some of the most exciting pieces ever conceived for jazz orchestra.
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As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra (Creative World CD) on " Live at Redlands University", this chart is a rip-roaring latin and swing chart that just flies along.
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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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In celebration of Sierra Music Publications’ 50th year, we have compiled the entirety of the hit Stan Kenton Orchestra album “Stan Kenton Plays Chicago” into one, heavy duty score book! This book also contains the CD for the album to listen along.
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As recorded on the CD "Back to Balboa" (and many other albums), this sensational piece moves along at a fast tempo, featuring solo space (the blues) for alto sax, tenor sax, trumpet, trombone and drums.
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This is another of the many wonderful charts arranged by Holman for the Stan Kenton Orchestra.
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This may be the all-time greatest jazz arrangement of a standard tune.
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The Daily Dance was recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on the CD "Birthday in Britain.
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