Active Measures is a classic straight ahead swing chart with bebop overtones. Cup mutes are featured throughout the brass and instantly place the listener "...
The Florida Bandmasters Association commissioned this chart for the 2023 All-State Jazz ensemble. This is an authentically-written Salsa that truly fits its...
Aria, as the title suggests, is a beautiful melodic feature for alto sax. In addition to the haunting tune, Rick Lawn has fashioned subtle supportive ensemble...
Sweet Dreams, Maestro
This dreamy Brazilian samba sets the haunting melody of Chopin’s Prelude #4 as a background to a beautiful Trombone feature that takes...
Based on a twelve bar blues and built on syncopated melodic ideas that build in intensity when layered on top of each other, Crank It Up is a riff-based swing...
A high energy thriller working both sides of the street. Streetwise by day and suave and sophisticated by night. This chart covers all the bases from the...
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...
Rick Lawn brings us a funky take on a stretched out blues form with a slippery melody and sophisticated harmonies. All goes according to plan through the...
It just so happens that "Supertoots" is the nickname we gave to our youngest daughter Gabby who is a budding young trumpet player (10 years old at the time of...
New Kids, Old Shore
One of the most famous (and beautiful) beaches anywhere is Varadero in Cuba. Listening to Michele's new funk tune, it is easy to envision...
