Saxes Take the Lead

SKU: CF.YPS167F

ISBN 9781491143971. UPC: 680160901470. 9 x 12 inches.

As the title suggests, your saxophone section will get a good workout in this clever section feature. Andrew Balent's original tune is taken through several variations including a nice little swing section. There are many opportunities for the other instruments to shine as well in some nice interplay between the saxes and the rest of the band. Highlight your budding saxophonists with this fun little piece!

SKU: CL.032-4431-01

The saxes take the lead in this upbeat, bluesy swing/shuffle. Great riffs, reasonable ranges, and solid ensemble scoring, make this an easy, yet fun chart for your band to rehearse and perform. An optional solo section includes written solos, and the chart even sounds exceptional with a limited instrumentation. Ending with a shout chorus that starts with a whisper, and builds to a roar, Make It Snappy! will be a hit with audiences and students alike.

SKU: CL.032-5020-00

A powerful intro sets-up this medium-tempo holiday swinger right from the get-go. Saxes take the melodic lead, backed by hip brass licks, followed by a swinging full-ensemble section. The open solo section (suggested solos are included) with its full ensemble backgrounds will support and encourage your soloists. The shout chorus builds from a whisper to a roar, bringing the chart to an exciting conclusion, full of holiday cheer for your band and audience. Great holiday fun!

SKU: XC.EJE2105

UPC: 812598038026. 9 x 12 inches.

A funky rock chart with attitude, this piece is good-naturedly dedicated to that one person in the band who makes everyone late as their friends chant we gotta go in exasperation. The Saxes take the main theme with brass answering lines, then the roles are flipped for the B section. Lots of Cowbell underscores the call and response bridge, leading into solos for Tenor Saxophone and Trumpet.

SKU: CL.032-4141-00

Plays easy and sounds cool. That's the perfect combination found in this carefully-crafted blues tune for younger bands. The trumpets and bones take the lead, with the saxes providing interesting counter lines. Then several bars of full ensemble lead to an open solo section for any instruments over simple Blues changes, giving young players the opportunity to improvise. If they aren't quite ready for that yet, suggested solos are provided. After the solos, the bones, tenors and bari get to shine playing some fun unison licks which lead back to the whole band playing a big finish. This chart will sound great even for bands with limited experience, instrumentation, and rehearsal time. Don't Miss The Bus!

SKU: KN.52705

Recorded in 1971 by Buddy Rich on the album A Different Drummer, this beautiful, even-8ths ballad features cameo written solos for trumpet, alto sax, and trombone; lead alto takes the only improvised solo in the chart. When the main solo work ends, the ensemble builds into a strong, dramatic climax before quieting down for a soft solo trumpet flourish and gentle finish. Duration 3:50.

SKU: HL.4007396

UPC: 196288023371. 9.0x12.0x0.049 inches.

Fanfare for an Occasion was written to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the founding of Anglo Music Press, the publishing company dedicated to the works of British composer, Philip Sparke. It is a bright and festive work in which the main theme starts on the tenor instruments of the band before appearing as canonical imitation by all sections in turn. A short, repeated bridge passage leads to a second theme on the saxes that is taken up by the full band and leads back to a return of the main theme and a repeat of the second subject, which brings the fanfare to a brilliant close.