COMPOSITIONS FOR BIG BAND
These are original
compositions of various levels of difficulty. See descriptions.
CORRE CHICA ($50)
This won the NAJE composition award. It has been recorded by a
number of college and university bands. Requires a drummer
with a Jazz-Samba beat. Solos can be assigned.
HAPPY THOUGHTS ($40) – on Happy
Thoughts CD. Big band swing. Requires strong band. Fun to
play. Recorded by St. Francis Xavier U Jazz Ensemble
WISHES ($40). Requires a soprano
sax. Optional soprano or tenor sax solo. The chart has a modal
melody and builds to easily understood climax. A color or mood
chart.
KAREN’S SONG ($40) ) – on Happy
Thoughts CD. Trumpet solo - though some school bands have
transposed it for alto sax solo. A rock ballad with a pretty
melody.
THEME FOR A LOVE STORY ($40) ) – on
Happy Thoughts CD. Alto sax ballad feature. Lush melody.
Good vehicle for training band to hear lush chords with extensions
and alterations.
TRUMPETS CALIENTE ($40). This
was recorded by the Dick Cully Band. It is a bossa nova that
features four trumpets. Each gets short improv spaces but optional
solos are written out. First trumpet to high C at end.
SAMBA DE ORO ($40) ) – on Happy
Thoughts CD. Jazz-Samba. Soprano sax and trumpet solos.
Others possible. Very happy tune. Performed at Clark Terry Jazz
Camps, by Marvin Stamm in Switzerland and various military bands.
SONG FOR TWO TRUMPETS ($40) ) – on
Happy Thoughts CD. Ballad. Requires two trumpet players who
can play with a pretty tone. First trumpet up to high D.
Frequently performed by the St. Johns River City Band.
BONE AMIS ($40) -
on Happy Thoughts CD. Features trombone section in swinging
romp. Solos can be assigned.
LITTLE WILLIE
($40) - Swinging Trumpet feature written for Willie Thomas.
Melody constructed of pentatonics in many keys. Recorded by U
of Florida Jazz Ensemble.
EBONY DANCE ($40)
- On Happy Thoughts CD. Clarinet feature in the style of Artie
Shaw or Benny Goodman but with a swinging contemporary big band.
STREET CHASE
($40) - Very fast and swinging. A run down the street with the
cops chasing you.
COMPOSITIONS
AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR SAXOPHONE QUARTET
All pieces
were recorded by the Florida Saxophone Quartet (SATB) on Ill Wind.
Each chart is $25.
AMERICA THE
BEAUTIFUL (Bates & Ward)
FUGUE V from Well
Tempered Clavier (J.S.BACH)
SCALES - (Bill
Prince)
SONATA IN G MINOR
(1st movement) (Alessandro Scarlatti)
SUITE MODALE, 1st
Movement (Ernest Bloch)
OUR LOVE IS HERE
TO STAY (Gershwin)
STARDUST
(Carmichael & Parrish)
SOPHISTICATED
LADY (Ellington)
VERY EARLY (Bill
Evans)
SAIL AWAY (Tom
Harrell)
ILL WIND (Koehler
& Arlen)