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Suggested Charts

Selecting charts for your group can be challenging. Do your best to program varied styles throughout the year. Don't know where to begin? Check out the charts below! 

Swing

A Minor Affair - Sammy Nestico, Kendor Music 

Big Dipper - Thad Jones, Kendor

Blue Samuel - Sammy Nestico, Kendor Music

C-Jam Blues - Ellington/arr. Stitzel, Hal Leonard

The Blues Machine - Sammy Nestico, Kendor Music

Flight of the Food Birds - Neal Hefti/arr. Peter Blair, Alfred Music

Four - Miles Davis/arr. Mark Taylor, Hal Leonard (Little Big Band)

Groovin' Hard - Don Menza/arr. Peter Blair, Heritage Music

Haitian Fight Song - Mingus/arr. Homzy, Hal Leonard

Hay Burner - Nestico, Kendor Music

I'm Beginning to See the Light - Mark Taylor, Hal Leonard 

Pennsylvania 6-5000 - Gray/arr. Berry, Hal Leonard

Shiny Stockings - Foster/arr. Yasinitsky, Alfred Publishing 

Solid Old Man - Duke Ellington, Transcribed by Lopeman, Jazz at Lincoln Center Library

Splanky - Neal Hefti, Michael Sweeney

Whisper Not - Benny Golson/Edited by Crenshaw, Jazz at Lincoln Center Library

Latin

A Night in Tunisia - Gillespie & Paparelli/arr. Mossman, Hal Leonard

Blue Bossa - Kenny Dorham/arr. Michael Sweeney, Hal Leonard

Caravan - Ellington/arr. Wasson, Alfred Music 

El Abrazo - Baylock, Alfred Publishing 

Coconut Champagne - Denis DiBlasio/arr. Victor Lopez, Alfred Music

Have You Met Miss Jones - Rodgers/arr. Tomaro, Hal Leonard (Little Big Band)

Puffy Taco - Victor Lopez, Alfred Music

So Danco Samba - Antonio Carlos Jobim/arr. Victor Lopez, Alfred Music 

Song for My Father - Horace Silver/arr. Mark Taylor, Hal Leonard

St. Thomas - Sonny Rollins/arr. Mark Taylor, Hal Leonard

Ballads 

A Child Is Born - Thad Jones, Kendor Music

I Remember Clifford - Benny Golson/arr. Sammy Nestico, Hal Leonard

Jamie - Sammy Nestico, Kenor Music

Samantha - Sammy Nestico, Kendor Music

Lil' Darlin' - Neil Hefti, Lush Life

Ballad for Basie - Doug Beach, Kendor Music

Rock 

25 or 6 to 4 - Lamm/arr. Story, Alfred Publishing

Birdland - Zawinul/arr. Lopez, Alfred Publishing

Drama for Your Mama - Victor Lopez, Alfred Publishing

Green Onions - Booker T. Jones/arr. Roger Holmes, Hal Leonard

The Incredibles - Giacchino/arr. Bulla, Hal Leonard

The Jazz Police - Gordon Goodwin/arr. Victor Lopez, Alfred Publishing

Watermelon Man - Herbie Hancock/arr. Mike Kamuf, Alfred Publishing 

Funk

Chameleon - Herbie Hancock/arr. Alan Baylock, Alfred Publishing

Greetings and Salutations - Thad Jones/arr. Mike Carubia, Smart Chart Music

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