Here's an excellent contrast piece for your sextet! This head chart with solo background figures is a straight-up rock chart with an altered blues structure. The instrumentation is alto, tenor, and trombone

Big Ben's Reel is an energetic romp inspired by the flavor of an Irish Reel. It is reminiscent of Hirsch's beloved Cityscapes for quartet, with catchy melodies, driving rhythms, and a

Yes, this is for real! Queen's magnum opus, in a jazz language, orchestrated for big band, with jazz solos for trombone (also cued in trumpet 5/flugelhorn) and alto or bari sax thrown in for good measure.

This joyous jazz waltz at about 190 bpm is one of the very few big band Chanukah arrangements. Almost everyone gets a short written solo, and tenor sax and trombone soloists will get to stretch out with

Variations on Ma'oz Tzur (mah' - oh - tzoor'), a beloved Chanukah song that is sung in homes and synagogues after the candles are lit. In this arrangement the traditional hymn-like melody is presented as a

Warning: this tune is extremely catchy and may not leave you alone! Clambake is built upon a classic Bo Diddley groove, and written in B-flat for accessible improvisation. It's scored for three

Here’s a fresh treatment of one of Duke Ellington’s great themes. You'll love the lyrical lines, rich harmony, soulful feeling of this arrangement. Scored AATB/SATB, includes alternate parts for

Get your ‘spookies’ on with this terrific (and terrifying) Rick Hirsch composition for younger bands. “Dark Forest” is eerie and groovy all at once, and features optional improvised

First Nation portrays the expansive American landscape in a time before European settlement. The highlights included a through-composed structure set in a distinctive minor mood. It features a

Better big bands will have a great time with this chart that features a catchy, upbeat swing groove with a hip-hop vibe. There are idiomatic melodic and rhythmic themes in all the horn sections which keep