Jazz Charts with Expanded Instrumentation

This Mike Collins-Dowden swing-style original features a hip melody, interesting call-and-response passages between the saxes and brass, nice dynamic contrasts, a written or improv solo for trumpet, and

Wow, this accessible swing chart has it all... a medium-up tempo, cool melodic lines, textural variety, mature harmonies, easy brass ranges, written or ad lib solos for tenor 1 and trombone 1, and a highly

Yeah, a calypso holiday chart! Here's a very clever arrangement that is easy to play and sure to please. The features include a written solo for tenor 1, a trumpet 1 range to written F top line,

A holiday favorite for sure, this Jose Feliciano classic is set here as a bossa nova at about 128 bpm. It's a fine arrangement, well-notated, tasty, and a breeze to assemble for a concert. Written

This beautiful holiday waltz contains great harmony and texture. Easily performable by younger players at around 96 bpm, it even sounds terrific with reduced instrumentation and includes lots of

Neal Hefti penned this wonderful chart for the great Count Basie Band, and Roy Phillippe has made it accessible for younger players without losing the verve of the original.  This little swing chart

Check out Mike Story's adaptation of this swingin' Big Phat Band hit! It's still hip, it still has all the Gordon Goodwin ingredients, yet it's very accessible. Suggested solos are included for alto, tenor,

Take this familiar folk song with its natural melodic swing, add a New Orleans style swing feel at a tempo of 158 bpm, create nice interplay between the rhythm section and horns, make it

Gordon Goodwin composed this great chart to feature Maynard Ferguson and Wayne Bergeron with The Big Phat Band, and now Peter Blair provides an accessible version for young players. Not a trumpet duet

Night Cruiser is an original swing chart featuring a saucy melody with interesting backgrounds. The tempo is around 148 bpm, the solo is written or ad lib for trombone 1, and the trumpet