Jazz Big Band Charts

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A Night Like This (2002) A slow ballad with trumpet and sax solos.  Live recording by the WSU Big Band.

Sunrise at the Speakeasy Café (2002) A fast chart with room for solos.  Studio recording by the WSU Big Band.

Indiana (2003) An arrangement of the old standard Indiana and Charlie Parker's Donna Lee  Includes original lyrics and Big Band accompaniment.  Live recording by the WSU Big Band and WSU Vocal Jazz Choir.

Chromatizactly (2004) A fast chart that challenges every instrument in the band.  Solis and solos build up to an exciting shout chorus and screaming lead trumpet.  Winner of the 2004 Lional Hampton Jazz Festival Big Band Composition Competition.  Studio recording by the WSU Big Band.

Waltz for a Beautiful Woman (2004) A Guaraldian waltz that gives the trumpets a breather.  Live recording by the Hartt Big Band.

Kahlil the Prophet (2005) An arrangement of the Jackie McLean tune for Big Band and strings.  Lots of room for solos, and a sax soli that sounds like something off of one of Jackie's records.  Live recording by the Hartt Big Band.