“I still love recording and still love the stage, but like my dad, I have the most fun when I am in front of that glorious orchestra or that kick-butt big band.” Natalie Cole, American Singer, daughter of Nat King Cole
Big Band music is immortal. From its origins in New Orleans in the 20s, through complete world domination in the 30s and 40s, the genre has been passed down from generation to generation, and it is still hugely popular world-wide today.
The big band, also known as the ’jazz orchestra’, is a jazz ensemble made up of wind instruments and a rhythm section. The line-up usually consists of 5 saxophones, occasionally a clarinet or two, 4 trombones, 4 or 5 trumpets, piano, guitar, double bass and drums. But the music and the musical forces can vary a great deal, depending on the line-up, style and genre.
Some of the biggest names in the history of the big band include Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw & Ella Fitzgerald. As the big band developed through the swing era, into be-bop and modern jazz, through artists like Miles Davis & Dizzy Gillespie, the repertoire became much wider, with modern big bands playing all sorts of styles, including Latin Music for Big Band, Big Band Jazz Fusion, Pop Music for Big Band and even Big Band Rock.
for: Big band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1250585
for: Voice, big band
Score
Item no.: 1533394
for: Big band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 656271
for: Big band
Item no.: 202794
for: Big band
Item no.: 202542
for: Big band
Item no.: 141600
for: Big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 631147
for: Big band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1683003
for: Big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1688248
for: Big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1660963
Jazz Journey Series
for: Big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1551108
Ballad – Bossa Nova
Kendor Threshold Series
for: Big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 696830
Swing
Kendor Jazz Gateway
for: Big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 696820
Light Bossa
Hal Leonard Easy Jazz Ensemble
for: Big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 657476
for: Flexible big band (6 wind instruments, rhythm-group); more winds ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 655613
for: Big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 745594
for: Big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 745534
for: Big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 745168
for: Flexible big band (6 wind instruments, rhythm-group); more winds ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 655655
for: Voice, big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 807035
for: Big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 761811
for: Big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 697807
for: Big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 806733
Swing
Hal Leonard Easy Jazz Ensemble
for: Big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 229189
for: Voice, big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 809713
15 Arrangements for Young Jazz Ensemble
for: Jazz wind class (big band)
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 552257
for: Jazz wind class (big band)
Score, set of parts, online audio
Item no.: 458464
for: Smaller big band (4-3-3-rhythm) (youth Orchestra)
Score
Item no.: 362640
for: Flexible big band (6 wind instruments, rhythm-group); more winds ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 655668
for: Voice, big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 189090
for: Voice, big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 815341
for: Flexible big band (6 wind instruments, rhythm-group); more winds ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 799898
Half-Time Funk
Kendor Threshold Series
for: Big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 692259
for: Big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1345531
for: Big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 634132
for: Flexible big band (6 wind instruments, rhythm-group); more winds ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 746062
for: Big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 690735
for: Voice, big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1688292
for: Big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 897083
for: Big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1689660
for: Big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1689650
for: Big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1696471
for: Voice, big band
Item no.: 471593
for: Big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 691536
for: Big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 691535
Hal Leonard Little Big Band
The Sound of "Tower of Power"
for: Flexible big band (6 wind instruments, rhythm-group); more winds ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 616688
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