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  • Pletchtastic score sample
    • Solos
    • Alto
    • Bari
    • Trumpet
    • Trombone
    • Bass
    • Piano
    • Drums

    Pletchtastic

    as performed by Rocco and the Stompers
    $65
    Pletchtastic is a tongue-in-cheek titled song commissioned for Club Drosselmeyer. A simple Bb blues riff melody, solos for every instrument, no backgrounds, and a big intro and ending makes this a great opener, closer, or mid-set rest piece for your horns.
    Instrumentation Ellington 7-Piece
    Style Swing Era
    Level 2
    TEMPO quarter note = 175
    Trumpet
    Range    		 Bb5
  • Pickin' the Cabbage 4-horns score sample
    • Solos
    • Trumpet

    Pickin’ the Cabbage (reduction)

    as performed by Cab Calloway and His Orchestra
    $60
    Written for Cab Calloway's band, Pickin' the Cabbage is Dizzy Gillespie's first ever big band composition. The slick tune features a great melody for a trio and many hints of modern bebop and afro-cuban music that would later be Gillespie's trademark.
    Instrumentation Ellington 7-Piece
    Style Swing Era
    Level 3
    TEMPO quarter note = 184
    Trumpet
    Range    		 C6
  • Pickin' the Cabbage - score sample
    • Solos
    • Trumpet

    Pickin’ the Cabbage

    as performed by Cab Calloway and His Orchestra
    $80
    Written for Cab Calloway's band, Pickin' the Cabbage is Dizzy Gillespie's first ever big band composition. The slick tune features a great melody for a trio and many hints of modern bebop and afro-cuban music that would later be Gillespie's trademark.
    Instrumentation Big Band
    Style Swing Era
    Level 3
    TEMPO quarter note = 184
    Trumpet
    Range    		 C6
  • O Holy Night score sample
    • Solos
    • Clarinet
    • Tenor
    • Trumpet

    O Holy Night

    as performed by the Beantown Swing Orchestra
    $95
    From the Beantown Swing Orchestra 2011 holiday album A Beantown Christmas, what starts as a traditional-sounding orchestral jazz arrangement of the Christmas classic warps into a Duke Ellington style R&B swinger. Reflective and introspective moments balance against soulful bluesy cries in this powerhouse arrangement that has a little something for everyone.
    Instrumentation Big Band
    Style Swing Era
    Level 4
    Vocals Male
    TEMPO quarter note = 65
    Trumpet
    Range    		 Eb6
  • Minnie The Moocher's Wedding 4-horn score sample
    • Solos
    • Alto
    • Trumpet

    Minnie the Moocher’s Wedding (reduction)

    as performed by the Benny Goodman Orchestra
    $60
    This wild piece starts out with Fletcher Henderson quoting of Mendelssohn's "Wedding March," but after two bars it's off to the races with tons of intricate riffs, solos, and a rowdy shout chorus at the end. Watch out for the lightening quick mute changing, which was standard practice in the 1930s. This piece makes a great wedding reception opener and many working bands using it now will open up the first solo section as a vamp to introduce a wedding party.
    Instrumentation Ellington 7-Piece
    Style Swing Era
    Level 4
    TEMPO quarter note = 185
    Trumpet
    Range    		 C6
  • Minnie the Moocher's Wedding score sample
    • Solos
    • Clarinet
    • Trumpet

    Minnie the Moocher’s Wedding

    as performed by the Benny Goodman Orchestra
    $80
    This wild piece starts out with Fletcher Henderson quoting of Mendelssohn's "Wedding March," but after two bars it's off to the races with tons of intricate riffs, solos, and a rowdy shout chorus at the end. Watch out for the lightening quick mute changing, which was standard practice in the 1930s. This piece makes a great wedding reception opener and many working bands using it now will open up the first solo section as a vamp to introduce a wedding party.
    Instrumentation Big Band
    Style Swing Era
    Level 4
    TEMPO quarter note = 185
    Trumpet
    Range    		 C6
  • Melanchology score sample
    • Solos
    • Trumpet
    • Guitar
    • Piano

    Melanchology

    as performed by the Danny Fratina Jazz Orchestra
    $95
    Melanchology is a moody medium tempo piece that is designed to be sophisticated but accessible. The opening march-like texture is supported by colorful nonfunctional harmony, leading all the way to a diminishing spacey ending. It's an easy level 3 with solo space for your best trumpet soloist and a little space for guitar and piano.
    Instrumentation Big Band
    Style Modern Jazz
    Level 3
    TEMPO quarter note = 150
    Trumpet
    Range    		 B5
  • Man From Mars 4-horns score sample
    • Solos
    • Alto
    • Tenor
    • Bari
    • Trumpet
    • Trombone
    • Piano

    Man From Mars (reduction)

    as performed by the Artie Shaw Orchestra
    $60
    Man From Mars is an uptempo puncher with some slick solo spots and cool riffs for each section. A little intricate for a level 3, but not quite as demanding as a level 4, this piece swings hard and ends with a bang.
    Instrumentation Ellington 7-Piece
    Style Swing Era
    Level 3
    TEMPO quarter note = 230
    Trumpet
    Range    		 D6
  • Man from Mars
    • Solos
    • Clarinet
    • Tenor
    • Trumpet
    • Trombone
    • Piano

    Man From Mars

    as performed by the Artie Shaw Orchestra
    $80
    Man From Mars is an uptempo puncher with some slick solo spots and cool riffs for each section. A little intricate for a level 3, but not quite as demanding as a level 4, this piece swings hard and ends with a bang.
    Instrumentation Big Band
    Style Swing Era
    Level 3
    TEMPO quarter note = 230
    Trumpet
    Range    		 D6
  • Lumbersexual score sample
    • Solos
    • Bari
    • Trumpet
    • Trombone

    Lumbersexual

    as performed by Rocco and the Stompers
    $65
    Lumbersexual is a grooving blues at the perfect medium dance tempo that features a catchy melody, built-in call and responses with soloists, and a huge final chorus. This original Rocco and the Stompers tune works well as a set opener, closer, or mid-set energy booster and never fails to get dancers engaged!
    Instrumentation Ellington 7-Piece
    Style Swing Era
    Level 3
    TEMPO quarter note = 160
    Trumpet
    Range    		 C6
  • Lindyhopper's Delight 4-horns score sample
    • Solos
    • Alto
    • Tenor
    • Bari
    • Trumpet
    • Trombone

    Lindyhopper’s Delight (reduction)

    as performed by the Chick Webb Orchestra
    $60
    As standard dance repertoire, Lindyhopper's Delight is a catchy riff tune with a startlingly modern middle chorus that features some relatively harsh sax harmonies flanked by thickly-voiced plunger-supported brass hits. The final chorus is a raucous one, even though the brass are in full octave unison on a concert Bb! This is a great tune for any library though, and a good, albeit sometimes tricky, introduction to plungers for younger brass players.
    Instrumentation Ellington 7-Piece
    Style Swing Era
    Level 2
    TEMPO quarter note = 195
    Trumpet
    Range    		 A5
  • Lindyhopper's Delight score sample
    • Solos
    • Clarinet
    • Tenor
    • Trumpet
    • Trombone

    Lindyhopper’s Delight

    as performed by the Chick Webb Orchestra
    $80
    As standard dance repertoire, Lindyhopper's Delight is a catchy riff tune with a startlingly modern middle chorus that features some relatively harsh sax harmonies flanked by thickly-voiced plunger-supported brass hits. The final chorus is a raucous one, even though the brass are in full octave unison on a concert Bb! This is a great tune for any library though, and a good, albeit sometimes tricky, introduction to plungers for younger brass players.
    Instrumentation Big Band
    Style Swing Era
    Level 2
    TEMPO quarter note = 195
    Trumpet
    Range    		 A5
  • King Porter Stomp 4-horns score sample
    • Solos
    • Alto
    • Trumpet
    • Trombone

    King Porter Stomp (reduction)

    as performed by the Benny Goodman Orchestra
    $60
    When Benny Goodman hired Fletcher Henderson, he turned the band's sound upside down, ushering in a new era of popular music. King Porter Stomp is demonstrative of the Henderson arranging style and is truly a Swing Era anthem. Solo space for several instruments, lots of tight ensemble work, and a roaring finish at the perfect dancing tempo makes this a quintessential piece in any big band's library!
    Instrumentation Ellington 7-Piece
    Style Swing Era
    Level 4
    TEMPO quarter note = 184
    Trumpet
    Range    		 Eb6
  • King Porter Stomp score sample
    • Solos
    • Clarinet
    • Trumpet
    • Trombone

    King Porter Stomp

    as performed by the Benny Goodman Orchestra
    $80
    When Benny Goodman hired Fletcher Henderson, he turned the band's sound upside down, ushering in a new era of popular music. King Porter Stomp is demonstrative of the Henderson arranging style and is truly a Swing Era anthem. Solo space for several instruments, lots of tight ensemble work, and a roaring finish at the perfect dancing tempo makes this a quintessential piece in any big band's library!
    Instrumentation Big Band
    Style Swing Era
    Level 4
    TEMPO quarter note = 184
    Trumpet
    Range    		 Eb6
  • Keep Punchin' 4-horns score sample
    • Solos
    • Alto
    • Tenor
    • Bari
    • Trumpet
    • Trombone

    Keep Punchin’ (reduction)

    as performed by the Lee Norman Orchestra
    $60
    Also known as "The Big Apple Contest," Keep Punchin' is a swing dancer staple and a must-have for any band that will ever play for swing dancers! After the famous simple intro a brass trio work plays off of a sax riff, and from there on it's simple burnin' riffs all the way home, with lots of great brass plunger work.
    Instrumentation Ellington 7-Piece
    Style Swing Era
    Level 2
    TEMPO quarter note = 200
    Trumpet
    Range    		 Eb5
  • Keep Punchin' score sample
    • Solos
    • Alto
    • Tenor
    • Trumpet
    • Trombone

    Keep Punchin’

    as performed by the Lee Norman Orchestra
    $80
    Also known as "The Big Apple Contest," this is a swing dancer staple and a must-have for any band that will ever play for swing dancers! After the famous simple intro a brass trio work plays off of a sax riff, and from there on it's simple burnin' riffs all the way home, with lots of great brass plunger work.
    Instrumentation Big Band
    Style Swing Era
    Level 2
    TEMPO quarter note = 200
    Trumpet
    Range    		 Eb5
  • Johnson Rag score sample
    • Solos
    • Trumpet
    • Trombone
    • Piano

    Johnson Rag

    as performed by Rocco and the Stompers
    $65
    Johnson Rag is an old, relatively obscure tune, seen here fleshed out into a fat swinging arrangement influenced by the writing style of Duke Ellington and Fletcher Henderson. The chart includes a bass/piano/bari riff, the trombone on the melody, a trumpet/alto pep section, and an original bridge, all with a middle section featuring a brass battle.
    Instrumentation Ellington 7-Piece
    Style Swing Era
    Level 2
    TEMPO quarter note = 160
    Trumpet
    Range    		 F5
  • I Know What You Do score sample
    • Solos
    • Alto
    • Trumpet

    I Know What You Do

    as performed by Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
    $60
    This obscure tune swings along with great riffs and colorful ensemble moments. I Know What You Do is a bit more chromatic than other level 2 Ellington pieces, but it all fits nicely together.
    Instrumentation Ellington 7-Piece
    Style Swing Era
    Level 2
    TEMPO quarter note = 180
    Trumpet
    Range    		 F5
  • Good Queen Bess score sample
    • Solos
    • Alto
    • Trumpet
    • Trombone

    Good Queen Bess

    as performed by Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
    $60
    Good Queen Bess is a standout riff tune from the Hodges/Ellington book, complete with a lighthearted, catchy melody, and player-unique background voicings. The solo changes are fairly standard but colorful and make for a great jam vehicle for your band.
    Instrumentation Ellington 7-Piece
    Style Swing Era
    Level 3
    TEMPO quarter note = 150
    Trumpet
    Range    		 D5
  • Empty Ballroom Blues score sample
    • Solos
    • Soprano
    • Bari
    • Trumpet
    • Trombone

    Empty Ballroom Blues

    as performed by Johnny Hodges
    $60
    Empty Ballroom Blues (which is not a blues!) is an Hodges/Ellington piece with great big riffs and big solo sections, and it makes for a great finale number!
    Instrumentation Ellington 7-Piece
    Style Swing Era
    Level 3
    TEMPO quarter note = 190
    Trumpet
    Range    		 A5

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