Latin Jazz Ensemble Charts

Here's a Latin chart that your band will really love playing! A huge intro by the full band gives way to an easy mambo dance chart. There's plenty of fun from the rhythm section, and a soaring trumpet solo

This jazz standard from 1956 features an exotic and captivating Latin jazz groove along with a distinctive melodic line and chord progression. This stellar arrangement uses elements from Horace's original

Your young players will have incredible fun with this tribute to "Mambo King" Pérez Prado. The infectious original mambo features catchy riffs and authentic rhythms specifically designed for young

Written as an anniversary gift to her husband, the composer shares this uplifting samba with beautiful soaring melodies and carefully notated Brazilian patterns. Based around the poignant chord changes of

This Latin jazz classic was made famous by legendary percussionist Mongo Santamaria. This smoldering arrangement features a moderate cha-cha groove and plenty of ensemble excitement throughout. With feature

Feature your star trombone player with this samba arrangment of this classic standard. It has a groove that makes people want to dance and an ensemble section that steals the show. 

Is the American Dream a family home, a lawn, and a picket fence? This placid bossa transports the listener to well-manicured suburbia and asks them what it means to "live the good life" – while

Blending the Latin styles of bossa nova and Afro-Cuban, this laid-back chart features soloists on trumpet/flugelhorn, piano, and congas. Grade 3 bands will succeed with accessible ranges, rhythms, and

This easy bossa nova rock original brings a straight-ahead Latin feel together with very teachable ensemble passages. It's fun to play, and audiences will enjoy every beat! Written solos for alto and tenor

Written for the composer's daughter, this authentic son montuno opens with a nostalgic written flute solo (also notated for lead alto or flugel) before breaking into a captivating 2/3 son

This exciting, authentically written work is a tribute to cultural unity using four contrasting Afro-Cuban styles seamlessly connected: guaguanco, son montuno, bolero, and Afro-Cuban 6/8. It was adapted for

This standard by Horace Silver features a distinctive bass line groove and a laid-back Latin style. Expertly adapted for this easy level, here is a great way to introduce the music of this jazz master to

Bossa at its best! This accessible bossa nova chart provides students with an introduction to one of the most well-known styles of Brazilian music. There is enough syncopation to be interesting but still

Composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim and arranged here in a medium samba style, this tuneful standard is nicely suited for the four-horn combo format.

In a medium up-tempo style, here is a great-sounding salsa version of the iconic standard. Saxes take the melody at first before handing it off to the brass while a variety of accompaniment effects and

Composed in a flashy merengue style, this brief blaze of glory is a perfect hair-on-fire opener or rousing encore for mature ensembles. It features simmering sax lines, open solo possibilities, and

Carefully paced for younger players and written in a moderate bossa style, this great-sounding original is easy to learn and fun to play. Nicely scored for the entire ensemble, alto sax and trumpet are