This jazz shuffle starts with an open blues section for any rhythm player. The bones come in hot with a cool line that changes harmonic shape every few bars. The rest of the band fills in...
An Excellent Time For A Flute Solo (flute feature) jazz waltz
A pretty minor medium jazz waltz featuring the flute on the lead alto chair playing the head in an “artsy” setting. Room for the...
In A Moment-classic ballad Tenor Feature
This is to feature you lead tenor player with the cool sound. Very classic jazz ballad sating with the melody in a soft rhythm section with flugels...
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star-medium Basie swing
Well heck, why not! The little star starts with cool slow swing jazz brush Basie style groove moving into the tenor solo backed with the brass...
Don’t miss the Train To Portamao (Samba). Modal feel
Up tempo minor modal samba with a lot of drive in the back beat with a halftime feel. Changes in each section to blow on. Has a little...
It’s All About That Double Bass-bass feature -medium slow swing
This upright bass feature is a cool laid back Basie feel starting with bass melody and some nice and easy backgrounds. The...
Upstate-medium swing featuring the bass
Upstate is a medium swinger featuring the bass, tenor sax and flute on the head in a lite 2 feel in the rhythm. The 2nd chorus is the brass in...
Excessive Modaling-up tempo chart with a modal feel to it-4ths
This is a medium up tune with minor at the top then a dominant bridge. This tune (soprano lead) has room for all to stretch....
The Specialty Of The House-up tempo shuffle
This up tempo shuffle starts with the saxes and brass carrying the driving melody. The head is stated twice all the time building into the solo...
Blues For KT (2 tenor feature) Medium swing
A cute medium minor blues 2 tenor duet feature. Starts with a bone intro then the melody with the 2 tenors. This could be opened up to let the let...
It’s Not Quite What You Think-medium samba featuring the Flugel horns
This cool little minor samba starts with the Flugel horns on the melody with lots of cool counterpoint in the bones and...
Waltz for Gary-medium jazz waltz for Flugel horn
This is actually a waltz written for the flugel horn but I recorded it on soprano sax. This was written for our friend Gary Halopoff who...
Takin’ The First Train To Cucamonga-medium swing
This medium swing jazz brushes chart starts with the lite saxophones wit soprano lead. The solo section has some standard changes with the...
Tea For Two-medium slow swing Basie style.
Based on the old standard in a slow groove Basie style with full ensemble at the top leading into the tenor solo. The brass back the sax on the 2nd...
Blues For Stones Tones
This blues (using standard blues and bird blues changes features the upright bass with a cadenza out front and then the melody. This goes into a bass solo with...
Just Cooling The Heels-medium swing-features the saxophones
Starts with a piano intro. The saxes take over with a soprano lead and a groovy drum groove. These will be some familiar 32 bar...
Whisked Away medium swing alto duet
This cool little chart starts with the 2 altos in a 2 feel with some tenor counter point and chords by the bone section, full brass on the last half...
A little Extra Blues in the Mix Please (flute, bass, tenor feature)-reggae/swing
Giving the bass player some love! This is a medium blues (swing and reggae) featuring the upright bass, flute...
Happy Talking (medium swing featuring the Bari and tenor sax)
Kind of hinting of Tangerine groove this starts with the bari and tenor playing the 32 bar hear followed by the 2 saxes soloing...
The Boogity Blues
This rocker is a cool tenor duet. The rhythm section starts the groove. This melody starts with the tenor duet. The second chorus brings the bones in with kicks in the...