Major Scales
Major Scales
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