Jazz Ensemble Ballads

This chart is a tour de force perfect for any contest program. Featuring slow swing, medium swing, and a combination of both, where the horns maintain the swing feel while the rhythm section goes to a

This colorful and easy-paced straight-eighth chart opens with a beautiful alto sax melody that sets the tone early amid lush backgrounds and harmonies. The melody then moves to the trombones and brass

Featuring a tenor saxophone soloist, Curveball is in the style of the Ray Charles big band. It opens with huge ensemble brass and bluesy sax lines that switch in and out of a double-time swing

In the tradition of Neal Hefti's classic L'il Darlin, 3am is a warm ensemble ballad that opens with a brief written solo for piano and features improvised solos for muted trumpet and tenor sax. It

A lush jazz ballad solo feature for alto sax, tenor sax or trumpet/flugelhorn, Radiant Morning features a full-ensemble introduction leading into the beautiful and melodic solo. The sax