Blues and Swing Jazz Ensemble Charts

This is one of the most popular charts on The Jazz Compositions of Dee Barton recording by the Stan Kenton Orchestra. This is the original arrangement as recorded by Kenton. Starting lightly with unison

Based on a medium-slow, swinging feel, this chart moves quickly with the tenors and trombones stating the theme. The second statement is surrounded with lots of lines that weave in and out. This is followed

This is one of the most popular charts on The Jazz Compositions of Dee Barton recording by the Stan Kenton Orchestra. This is an edited version arranged for standard big band instrumentation. Starting

This slow swing opens up with your bass player soloing (written or improved) for 12 bars before the band moves in with a cool, quiet, rich statement of the theme. Give your bass player a shot at this

This Kenton original from the Adventure in Blues album is a great way to feature your top trombonist! You will love this hard-swinging and stylistically interesting adaptation which makes the chart very

This is one of the highly original swinging charts featured on Stan Kenton's Adventure in Blues album. This edited version is written for standard big band instrumentation. This edition eases some of the

This chart is one of the highly original swinging charts featured on Stan Kenton's Adventure in Blues album. It is the original version written for the Kenton instrumentation of that time (one alto, two

This is a quintessential original chart for the Count Basie Orchestra. Originally recorded on Basie Land, the easy swing feel and tempo make this piece very accessible to most bands. There is a bit of flute

The Count Basie Orchestra has been doing "barn burner" charts better than almost any other big band. This Billy Byers original starts out hot and never cools down. The tenor saxophone is the chosen soloist,

As recorded on Basie Picks the Winners, this wonderful Billy Byers chart takes the lovely standard into a whole new world. There is a bit of flute to be played by your first tenor, a trumpet and piano solo,

As recorded on This Time by Basie!, this arrangement is pure Basie. Opening with a short figure reminiscent of the Count, the band then swings at a bright tempo into a terrific version of this great melody.

Of all the arrangements done of this iconic Strayhorn/Ellington standard, Don Sebesky's chart, written for the Maynard Ferguson Orchestra (and recorded numerous times), ranks as one of the best, most

Bill Potts composed this burnin' swing chart for the Buddy Rich Big Band and it cooks! It was recorded on their album The New One. It kicks off with an open rhythm section vamp up front, followed by tight

The title says it all for this cooking chart by Bill Holman, as recorded on the album Bill Holman's Great Big Band! Set in an up-tempo swing style with some alternating 3/4 and 4/4 meters, this fantastic

Originally recorded by the Maynard Ferguson Big Band on their album Come Blow Your Horn, this edited version is scored for standard big band instrumentation to include five saxes, four trumpets, four

Don't miss this swingin' Al Cohn chart as performed and recorded by the Maynard Ferguson Big Band on the album of the same name! Featured are marvelous tutti passages, a short piano solo, exciting shouts

This chart is a fresh, swinging take on a classic jazz standard. Written with plenty of solo space for alto sax and trumpet, and wonderfully weaving harmonic and unison lines throughout, this is a really

Here is a fantastic Lennie Niehaus chart as recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on their album, The Stage Door Swings. The baritone saxophone and bass sets up the foundation for the exhilarating

Keepin' It Hot is the big brother to Keepin' It Cool and is the same basic chart, but is meant for slightly more advanced ensembles that are seeking more of a challenge with extended brass

Keepin' It Cool has a light and airy swing feel until the full ensemble starts to roar at the key change later in the chart. Accessible for developing bands, it includes solo space for alto sax,

Composed by Bill Holman for the Stan Kenton Orchestra, this is a straight-ahead, swinging chart based on rhythm changes and has a hip, angular melody that sets up some powerful ensemble passages. There's

Bill Holman arranged this Bobby Troup gem for the Charlie Barnet Big Band. It's a great, old school swinger complete with solo space for alto saxophone and trumpet. Unison melody lines are distributed

This is the original Billy Byers arrangement made famous by the Count Basie Orchestra as recorded on the Pop Goes the Basie album! Up front is a conducted trombone solo followed by everything loved about

Oliver Nelson arranged this chart to feature the legendary Art Farmer on trumpet and it was recorded on the Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra album. It has been edited to be played with traditional big