Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1013985

Composed by Chris Abelen. Jazz. Score and parts. 8 pages. Chris Abelen Music Productions #5755601. Published by Chris Abelen Music Productions (A0.1013985).

From the album What a romance Ploink. Ploink is written for a jazz quintet [trombone, tenor saxophone, electric guitar, bass & drums]. Ploink can be heard on Chris Abelen - What a romance [CAMP 002]. More info at www.chrisabelen.com

Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble - Level 5 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.979653

Composed by Roger Aldridge. Contemporary,Jazz. Score and parts. 10 pages. Roger Aldridge #441219. Published by Roger Aldridge (A0.979653).

Shifting time funk (for 5 wind instruments and rhythm section)! The title expresses my disdain for contending with monster SUVs when driving on Connecticut Avenue in Washington, DC. As I envision this music, it is funky and adventurous. The piece is a minimalist composition -- the melody is only 16 bars. However, it has expanded improvisation concepts for the soloist and the ensemble. The ensemble's collective improvisation is to sound like music coming out of car windows in traffic. The sounds change quickly. Different kinds of music come, go, and overlap. Radios (or electronics) may be used for additional layers of sound. The soloists use four chord progression patterns. Each soloist determines which patterns to play and their sequence. The patterns can be played in any order. Ideally, the patterns are determined within a performance instead of before. The soloist communicates the patterns, and when to shift to a new pattern, to the ensemble by hand signals. The ensemble (including horn players) can improvise backgrounds and interactions with the soloist. Music styles can also shift within a solo. Performers can take the music in any creative direction they want to go with it. Note: There are differences between the score and the demo recording. The small group recording was made (from a lead sheet) several years before my mid-size ensemble score was written. For this new recording, the horn parts from my score were added to the earlier recording. The video syncs the pages of the score with the recording as closely as possible.

PARTS: The set of parts is available at CONNECTICUT AVENUE SUVS PARTS (S0.84821).
CONTACT: http://www.rogeraldridge.com/contact.html
PRO: BMI
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/82TWCuIcjso
WEBSITE: http://www.rogeraldridge.com/
DURATION: around 5:00
YEAR OF RELEASE: 2011
PERFORMANCE: The score is concert pitch and uses flexible instrumentation.
ENSEMBLE CONCEPTS: http://www.rogeraldridge.com/mid-size-ensemble.html.

Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1389644

By Grover Washington Jr. By Grover Washington Jr. Arranged by Mike Michalicek and Gerald Ramsey. Jazz,Soul. 60 pages. Gerald Ramsey #973223. Published by Gerald Ramsey (A0.1389644).

Grover Washington, Jr., recorded this composition on his Winelight album with a stellar rhythm section of Richard Tee, Rhodes piano; Eric Gale, guitar; Marcus Miller, bass; Steve Gadd, drums; and Ralph MacDonald, percussion. Despite the subtitle, this piece is not a samba, but rather a soulful solo vehicle for Grover and members of the rhythm section.

This arrangement is written flexibly so that it could be performed by a full big band, by solo alto sax with rhythm section, or by big band with a featured alto soloist. The arrangement can be opened up for multiple soloists. Young soloists can improvise very effectively using a g minor blues scale, although the piece is not a blues. More advanced players can use the provided sheets with the chord changes transposed for each instrument.

The MIDI-rendered recording provides an adequate representation of this arrangement, but check out Groverâ??s recording on the streaming platform of your choice for an outstanding model to emulate.

Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble - Level 5 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.979671

Composed by Roger Aldridge. CSIC Library Series. Contemporary,Jazz,Rock. Score and parts. 17 pages. Roger Aldridge #1989671. Published by Roger Aldridge (A0.979671).

Baltimore Rowhouse (for jazz soloist, 5 wind instruments, and rhythm section) is an extended piece with dramatic changes in mood and style. It begins as a ballad featuring alto sax, suddenly shifts to rock-fusion guitar, and finally has a film noir flavor. Serial techniques are used in subtle ways throughout the score and provide compositional structure. The piece strikes a balance between notation and improvisational freedom for both the soloists and the ensemble musicians. The score was originally conceived for woodwind quintet (with alto flute). Alternate parts are provided for an assortment of commonly-used wind instruments. In this way, the piece can be performed by many combinations of instruments. As another possibility, two (or more) musicians can be used on each wind instrument part. This option of having doubled parts -- with either same or different instruments on a part -- is an easy way for larger ensembles to perform this music.

PARTS: The set of parts are available at BALTIMORE ROWHOUSE PARTS (S0.84817).
CONTACT: http://www.rogeraldridge.com/contact.html
PRO: BMI
WEBSITE: http://www.rogeraldridge.com/ VIDEO: https://youtu.be/XlpIyVoJHkc
DURATION: around 5:00
YEAR OF RELEASE: 2011
PERFORMANCE: The score is concert pitch and uses flexible instrumentation. Note: As a performance option, omit the into and start with the soloist's triplet pickups in measure 8. 
ENSEMBLE CONCEPTS: http://www.rogeraldridge.com/mid-size-ensemble.html.

Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble - Level 5 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1129024

Composed by Benny Carter. Arranged by Peter Stöve. 20th Century,Jazz. Score and parts. 76 pages. Peter Stove #729548. Published by Peter Stove (A0.1129024).

Peter Stöve ‘What If Benny Goodman…’ series, Vol. 1! (A take-off on events that could have happened with the Benny Goodman Orchestra’s book of arrangements if things in jazz history had taken another turn). What if Benny Carter had not sailed for Europe in 1935 to become staff arranger with the BBC, but instead had helped out Benny Goodman with providing scores for his ‘Let’s Dance’ program? And suppose Carter had done the same trick that Fletcher Henderson pulled later on, e.g. adapting already existing scores of his own band for the Benny Goodman Orchestra? Carter’s ‘Symphony In Riffs’ is presented here as a piece that could have been a cornerstone of the Goodman band library. The sax soli written by Carter is there, but the clarinet dominates the second strain in a Glenn Miller-styled section, and of course later with an extended solo. Other soloists include trb 1, piano, tpt 2 and ts 1. The two different strains are juxtaposed to each other, to make for a maximum of variety. Scored for the line-up of the Benny Goodman Orchestra of 1935: solo clt/2 as/2 ts/3 tpt/2 trb/rhy. Tpt 1 to Eb3. Difficult for multiple reasons: • The clarinet soloist must be a first-class ‘BG-wannabe’. Fluent soloist, comfortable in the upper register. • Strong lead-alto required, with an old-skool ‘singing’ tone. • Lead trumpet must be able to ‘carry off’ the final section from bar 197 onwards. • Driving rhythm section needed; swinging (preferably acoustic) rhythm guitarist and a bassist who doesn’t shy away from playing compelling bass-lines. If your band meets these requirements: have fun!

Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble - Digital Download

SKU: A0.915650

Composed by ALBO Music. Jazz. Score and parts. 20 pages. Alois Bouda #5214669. Published by Alois Bouda (A0.915650).

This is a small piece written in vintage swing style for clarinet with a rhythm group (guitar, piano, bass and drums). It's playable even in trio (clarinet, guitar (or piano) and bass.

Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1509330

By Wayne Shorter. By Wayne Shorter. Arranged by Alberto Mandarini. 20th Century,Contemporary,Contest,Festival,Jazz,Standards. 47 pages. Alm@music #1083972. Published by Alm@music (A0.1509330).

Jazz Ensemble / Big Band - Grade 3.5

Instrumentation: Full Score; Alto Sax 1; Alto Sax 2; Tenor Sax 1; Tenor Sax 2; Baritone Sax; Trumpet 1; Trumpet 2; Trumpet 3; Trumpet 4; Trombone 1; Trombone 2; Trombone 3; Bass Trombone; Guitar; Piano; Bass; Drums.

With the arrangement of Wayne Shorter's Infant Eves, I officially start the series dedicated to the most typical orchestral ensemble in jazz: the Big Band.

The instrumentation is the traditional one: 5 saxophones, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones and rhythm section (guitar, piano, double bass and drums).

After a brief introduction, in which the double bass moves freely over an orchestral accompaniment, the exposition of the initial part of theme A is entrusted to the first trombone, followed by the saxophone section and then the trumpet section (B).

This all flows into the last section of the theme (C), in a robust brass ensemble to which the saxophones respond with simple counterpoint phrases.

The last four bars, again entrusted to the saxophones, gradually lead us to the solo section.

The latter is developed over a chorus and a half, and each of the soloists is given one of the four sections (A, B, C, A): the first is by the first trombone (the arrangement's main soloist), the second by the first alto saxophone, while the third features the orchestra in a short nine-bar special, where the three sections chase and chase each other.

The final solo part is then entrusted to the second trumpet, which gives way to the orchestra for the reprise of the remaining two sections of the theme as well as the inevitable coda.

Altogether, the arrangement spans three complete choruses, plus the introduction and coda, for a total duration of just under seven minutes.

I hope you enjoy this arrangement and, as always, I wish you

Good Music!!!

am.

Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1425714

Composed by Traditional Spiriturals. Arranged by Bud Caputo. Jazz. 39 pages. Bud Caputo #1006473. Published by Bud Caputo (A0.1425714).

Here is an opportunity to feature your bass trombone as a soloist at an high intermediate level. All parts remain at a comofortable level for younger players and there is a written out solo for the alto sax to back the soloists.

Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.862541

Composed by Michael Bomier. Instructional,Jazz,Standards. Score and parts. 87 pages. Michael Butkus-Bomier #13335. Published by Michael Butkus-Bomier (A0.862541).

Have A Good One is a track from the bop quartet CD Guided Tour. WINNER of the 2014 SMP/ Hal Leonard Publishing Contest for Best Jazz Combo submission. The piece is a Charlie Parker-Style blues with a modal bridge. After the theme, a short tutti leads to a series of solos with backgrounds for various saxes and brass, finishing with a full ensemble chorus out. The chart can be opened up for additional solos if desired. GateWay Editions Jazz Ensemble Series titles feature SampleSolos for most improvisational sections, so your band can learn to play the section material AND blow on changes at the same time. Each soloist's part is included without the sample as well, for the experienced player. All charts are straight through, with no D.S.'s back to the top or awkward pageturns. A rhythm section Uni-Part comes with each chart, which the optional guitar, bass, piano and even drums can play from! Drumset parts are fully notated versions of the MIDI audio clips. Piano voicings AND chord symbols are provided. Running time without additional soloists is approx. 5 mins 30 secs. Brass ranges are conservative at both the high and low ends. A low-A baritone sax is NEVER required for any GateWay Editions Jazz Ensemble Series chart. MBB  2014 Labor of Love Contest Winner.