This swinging chart is a great vehicle for a tenor sax soloist with jazz band. The solo part ranges from written melody to a written jazz solo, all very accessible, and it especially swings when the
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
This down-and-dirty slow blues in F will really give your band a chance to swing hard. This chart features extended solo sections for tenor sax over some driving ensemble figures. Just when you think the
Here's a great-sounding chart for featuring a tenor sax and guitar duet, or just tenor sax. Utilizing a medium shuffle groove, this smooth chart features a dialog between a small group and the full
One of Carlos Santana's more memorable compositions is this instrumental hit from 1976. Along with Santana's own recording, the version by saxophonist Gato Barbieri also became a hit that same year. This
Alan Baylock has created a sonic landscape for the full ensemble and a tenor saxophone soloist from one of Charles Mingus' most lovely and soulful ballads. The tenor gets the spotlight with an elongated
As the title suggests, this is a tour de force for your band's hot tenor sax soloist! With a sultry, greasy, down-home feel, the soloist gets the melody interspersed with melodic statements from the band.
Kris Berg has composed a beautiful, sensitive and mature solo feature for B-flat, E-flat instruments or trombone. The ensemble is equally important in this setting at around 74 bpm that transitions
Here is a wonderfully sensitive jazz ballad that features a tenor sax soloist throughout. This stunningly beautiful work features optional woodwind doubles and lush harmonies with muted brass textures.
Want a great chart to feature an accomplished tenor sax soloist? Native Sons opens with extended tenor sax cadenzas, then the rhythm section sets the straight-eighth groove, as the
This wonderful and classic ballad recorded by Stevie Wonder is set here as a solo feature for tenor saxophone. Beautifully accompanied by piano only in the beginning, a mellow accompaniment follows with
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
This Hoagy Carmichael standard from has remained a staple for jazz musicians for almost a century. With its haunting melody and lush chord progression, this ballad treatment of the tune features your tenor
You can't help but smile when you play and hear Tonight, We Tango. At around 112 bpm, this tongue-in-cheek chart is tons of fun and has a melody that just won't go away, plus the groove is one that
This chart kicks! It's a shuffle at around 166 bpm and is a feature for two tenor saxes. This is not a duel, but a vehicle to showcase both tenor players. Sample tenor solos are provided, the