A rock version of one of the most famous Christmas carols, it features flexible instrumentation and a funky groove in the rhythm section that will energize your students and audience! Even though it is
This breezy, up-tempo bossa nova or laid-back samba flows with great sax parts throughout. There is some great interplay between the melody and a slick countermelody and a solo for the alto sax. Then some
Do you ever have requests for your group to play some New Orleans music? Or maybe you simply want to introduce your students to this traditional and fun style. This accessible collection of ten favorite and
This up-tempo combo piece is great for expanding the playing ability of those who have the drive to work on improvisation. This work is stylistically a swing and is a good opportunity to put some focus on
This is a great introduction to the inner workings of the jazz idiom. A simple melodic line is developed throughout this combo chart, allowing soloists to communicate with each other and their audience.
Knockout knocks it out of the park with a driving rock style! The ranges are within reach of younger brass players and there is a written or improvised solo for tenor sax. With its flexible
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
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
Written with the idea to use contemporary jazz harmonies, with no V-I cadences, but still accessible to developing jazz artists, Modern Swing is a great change of pace tune to add to your
What you have here is your basic flag-waving, barn-burning, straight-ahead swing chart for a small group: tenor sax, trumpet, trombone, piano, guitar, bass, drums and auxiliary percussion. Sure, it's a
A long-stemmed rose may well come in handy for this cheeky tune. Warning: We Tango Tonight, with its sinewy melody, will stick with you long after you play it, and your audiences may request an
This small-group chart is based on the big-band chart Mambo over the Mountain, also by Rick Hirsch. The inspiration for this one is based on the great mambos of Spanish Harlem and includes a catchy
Flexibly scored for many combinations of horns and rhythm section, and playable with as few as one horn and rhythm section, Git-Down Time is a catchy New Orleans street beat chart that's very
Young and developing jazz musicians can now study and learn with these six flexible-instrumentation charts for small jazz groups in various styles. At the easy to medium-easy grade levels, all arrangements
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Jazz Combo Plus is an innovative, performance-ready collection featuring six original charts for small jazz groups. Additional features include flexible instrumentation with three parts in each
This funky original is a great example of the 16-bar blues form, in a minor key! The bass part is simplified, the drum part is simplified, and the keyboard fills and solo are completely written or can
As recorded by Cannonball Musical Instruments, this is a brilliant Gordon Goodwin chart written for five saxes (SATTB), plus four rhythm instruments and percussion! This brisk samba at around
A medium bright swinger at around 160 bpm at the medium grade level, this dynamic chart is scored for tenor sax, trumpet, trombone, piano, bass, guitar, and drums. Solo space is included for all
An exciting samba at around 200 bpm, Samba Cya is for small group instrumentation of tenor sax, trumpet, trombone, piano, bass, guitar, and drums, and the chart includes solo space for
Funky, with a very hip piano intro, this small group chart is for tenor sax, trumpet, trombone, piano, bass, guitar, and drums. This chart includes solo space for all players.
An Elusive Man is a medium swing chart at around 136 bpm for a small group consisting of tenor sax, trumpet, trombone, piano, bass, guitar, and drums. Solo space is included for