Jazz Charts with Expanded Instrumentation

This medium-tempo pop bossa chart is reminiscent of the music of the Pat Metheny Group. Despite the complex harmonies and challenging syncopated rhythms, this piece has a light, airy, and chill feel to it.

This beginner blues rock chart introduces students to the blues progression in a straight-eighth setting. Instruments featured are saxes, trumpets, and drums. Repeated material and unison lines make this a

This traditional Christmas carol begins with the familiar melody set to jazz harmonies in a chorale style before moving into a medium-tempo jazz waltz. Students will have the opportunity to study standard

Get out your zoot suit and pearls for this hard swingin' dance number in the style of Louis Prima, Benny Goodman, and Gene Krupa. Your band will wail and your audience will jump to this big-band-style

Students will enjoy playing this up-tempo swing chart stylistically reminiscent of the Count Basie/Sammy Nestico style. While the sax section lays down the main melody, the brass drives the B section in a

Travel back in time to the big band era with this nostalgic dance ballad ensemble feature. This idiomatic chart with a lyrical melody will immerse players in the tightly voiced harmonies and textures made

This is a medium-tempo swing chart in a bluesy setting. The bouncy melody requires students to focus on big-band-style jazz articulations in order to achieve the intended feel of playfulness. A brass soli