
Viva Merengue! Si! Join the fiesta with this fun chart. Featured soloists include tenor sax, drums, and trombone, and more can join the party. Additional percussionists are encouraged, too. Simple chord changes make this a good chart for beginning…
Style: Jazz Ensemble
Composer: Paul Baker
Publisher: Baker's Jazz And More

This is a medium swing "blues with a bridge" chart that plays off the unusual nature of a knuckleball's trajectory and flight characteristics. Lots of fun "wobbles" and misdirection bring this hard swinging chart home in the melody and orchestration. Solo…
Style: Jazz Ensemble
Composer: Paul Baker
Publisher: Baker's Jazz And More

A smooth bossa nova featuring the ensemble in a rich harmonic landscape and interesting countermelodies. Solos for trombone and piano or guitar. Trumpet range to written F#.
Grade Level: 2 Copyright: 2007 Series: First Chorus Genre: Latin
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Style: Jazz Ensemble
Composer: Paul Baker
Publisher: Baker's Jazz And More

Another great chart from Matt Morey, Los Dos presents the duo of tenor sax and trumpet riding the energetic salsa of the rhythm section's montuno figures. Substantial solo space for both tenor and trumpet is followed by an 8-bar drum solo that leads into the…
Style: Jazz Ensemble
Composer: Matt Morey
Publisher: Baker's Jazz And More

A colourful and easy paced straight 8th tone-poem-like chart based on the chord changes of the standard There Will Never Be Another You. A beautiful alto sax melody sets the tone early amidst lush backgrounds and harmonies. The melody then moves to the…
Style: Jazz Ensemble
Composer: Paul Baker
Publisher: Baker's Jazz And More

A dramatic and modern Thad Jones style take on an extended blues form makes for a challenging chart for everyone. Beginning with the opening glissando and punch, this chart announces itself in style. Muted trumpets take the melody and then hand it off to the…
Style: Jazz Ensemble
Composer: Rick Lawn
Publisher: Baker's Jazz And More

This chart was commissioned by the King William Jazz Collective in San Antonio, TX. The assignment was to write a "happy shuffle" and you can't help but tap your toe and smile as you listen to this chart. It opens with a Count Basie style piano solo before…
Style: Jazz Ensemble
Composer: Paul Baker
Publisher: Baker's Jazz And More

Mamma Ruth completes the family portrait (collect the entire set!) with a fun medium swing groove, and she definitely has an eye for fun and the attitude to go with it. Featured soloists are tenor sax and trumpet. Trumpet range is to written high B.
Grade…
Style: Jazz Ensemble
Composer: Robert Skiles, Paul Baker
Publisher: Baker's Jazz And More

Opening with a definitive call to arms, the general is on the march. Lots of unison ensemble and section work builds confidence in your troops while easy chord changes make it easier on your beginning soloists and provide a base from which to launch your more…
Style: Jazz Ensemble
Composer: Robert Skiles, Paul Baker
Publisher: Baker's Jazz And More

Beginning with a slinky piano riff, this chart builds to a full ensemble with lots of moving parts, all riding on top of a funky hip hop style groove. The piano is featured throughout the first portion of the chart with several four measure solos. There are…
Style: Jazz Ensemble
Composer: Paul Baker
Publisher: Baker's Jazz And More