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Arrangements		Big Band Charts
JAZZ, Big Band JAZZ, Fusion Ensembles JAZZ, Small Swing Bands and Combos LATINO & ESPANOL THE MARCHING ARTS		The Arrangements Ann Says Good Bye - Eddie Carr A lush ballad convertible to feature either guitar, trombone or flugelhorn, with a nice medium swing solo section. Not too hard, but professional-sounding throughout. $45.00 Find The Solution (Busca La Solución) - Eddie Carr A hard-charging Latin Tune that features the trumpet section. All five get a spot to solo. Percussion solo space, too. Caution: the Trumpet 1 part screams, but even if it's taken down an octave in places it's still a fun chart. Definitely a challenge, but well worth it. 5-5-4 $60.00 If You Can't Hurt The One You Love, Hurt The One You're With - Eddie Carr This one sounds like a little like an old 50's detective movie, with a Harmon muted trumpet and a deeply lush sax soli. Then there is the Reggae groove behind the ad lib trumpet, and a screaming shout chorus. Listen for quotes from Mancini and maybe even Harlem Nocturne. $50.00 Keep 'Em Guessin' - Eddie Carr A swinging blues, featuring a tenor solo and a great ensemble a capella section. 5-4-4 $50.00 Pleonasm  - Jeff Novotny A fast, aggressive jazz-rock big band chart containing a lot of full-band soli work on the head. Multiple meter changes and challenging chord progressions make for an advanced-level piece for university or professional band. $50.00 Taco Belle’s Canon - Jeff Novotny A Caribbean odyssey through multiple Latin styles, tracing the development of a theme based on the famous "Pachelbel's Canon in D". We travel through Calypso, Bossa Nova, Salsa, and a gospel finale, complete with organ. Scored for a scaled-down big band plus steel drums and Latin percussion (2 flute, 2 alto, 2 tenor, 2 trumpet, 2 trombone, 2 steel drums, piano, bass, drums, 6 Latin percussion). This can be played by a standard big band with the extra wind players playing the additional percussion parts, and the steel drums can be played on a synthesizer if necessary. $50.00 Yo Sueno Contigo (I Dream of You) - Eddie Carr A Bossa with a cool, easy groove. It sets up a dreamy, tropical mood. If you have a singer who can sing in Spanish, there are lyrics for this one. A lead sheet is included. $50.00			Hear It (Streaming Sample) A live performance. Hear It (Streaming Sample) Excerpts from a live performance (rough edits). Hear It (Streaming Sample) An Excerpt (middle to end). Hear It (Streaming Sample) Hear It (Streaming Sample)
		For Big Band And Orchestra
		Summerfields And Daydreams/ Reflections In Rain - A New Age Suite - Eddie Carr This is a very special arrangement for a big band (4/4/5) and a string section (vln 1&2, vla, vc, db). The saxes will double on flutes and clarinets, and you'll need a female vocalist as well.   The piece is written in three movements, with a lush opener that is all "Big Movie Orchestra" setting things up for the vocalist and a Kentonesque trombone section behind her. Then comes an uptempo section followed by a haunting, simple solo piano (written) surrounded by lots of strings and woodwinds.  It all ends with a great bossa groove, a powerful spot for a tenor solo, and some really uplifting ensemble stuff. Then it all ends like it began, with the Movie Orchestra fading to black. You will love this! A suggestion: this piece makes for a great "masterworks" style performance that brings your jazz, orchestra and a featured singer together. $90.00			Hear It (Streaming Sample) A live performance.

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