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Bay Leaves is a bright and fast rock tune that gives ample improvisation opportunities for everyone.Program NotesBay Leaves is a bright and fast rock tune. After the introduction, which begins with a short drum pattern solo, the trumpet section plays the…
Style: Jazz Ensemble
Composer: Tohru Kanayama
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
This bossa/samba features an attractive trumpet/alto sax theme, followed by an alto sax solo. A strong sax soli and emerging shout chorus make Samba Quente a listener’s (and performer’s) delight.Program NotesSamba Quente (warm samba) features a quiet trumpet…
Style: Jazz Ensemble
Composer: Patrick Thompson
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Johnny Carson looks into the camera and says, "Well Be Right Back." and the band launches into a hard swinging chart with a big brass punches answered by a hard charging sax section. The bridge is dominated by a bebop trumpet section soli before handing back…
Style: Jazz Ensemble
Composer: Paul Baker
Publisher: Baker's Jazz And More
West Fork Shuffle is a laid-back swing tune following a traditional 12-bar blues progression. Students will have the opportunity to study standard jazz articulations and rhythms, as well as idiomatic chord voicings. The solo section includes suggested written…
Style: Jazz Ensemble, Flex Band
Composer: Stempien & Turner
Publisher: C. Alan Publications