Big Band Charts Available for Purchase
It's been my privilege to compose and arrange music for an amazing band these past twenty years. If you'd like to have a composition or arrangement of mine for your band, send me an email at hensonjazz@gmail.com or call me and we'll make it happen.
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of my big band charts, some of which are listed below.
INDEX OF MUSIC (all compositions mine unless noted)
26-2 (John Coltrane) med swing, features band trading 8's between the sections
33 West med swing, soprano sax/trombone solos
Four in One (Thelonious Monk) med swing, in the tradition of Thad Jones
Freedom Jazz Dance (Eddie Harris) 7/4 funk groove
Farewell a tribute to my father, straight 8th ballad
Hmmmm... med swing, blues in B concert, ala Monk and Coltrane
Wait warm med slow 3/4 ballad
Nutty (Monk) 7/4 funk to 4/4 med swing, features an epic sax soli
Reflections (Monk) ballad, woodwind soli feature
The Flip Flopper (Steve Fidyk) hard rocking groove, minor blues
Gaffe (Steve Fidyk) funk to med up swing, another epic sax soli
I Love You (Cole Porter) 5/4 funk-ish rendition of an old standard
Limehouse Blues (Philip Braham) fast swing
On the Verge med slow funk groove, some mixed meter
Evangelon straight 8th 3/4, exciting shout section
Highlander med swing
Paradox med up D minor, "Elvin's mambo" groove
Dance of the Stargazer med up 3/4, cosmic mood
Utopia a Wayne Shorter-like composition, Latin feel
With Gratitude med slow 3/4 lots of band writing
Back of the Line this will remind you of Eddie Harris, drum and bass groove, funk