Big Band Arrangements
All bigband arrangements: € 75.- each (send by email as pdf)
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Compleet programs:
Horace Silver (instrumental program)
The Blues (instrumental program, songs of W.C Handy, Mingus, Silver, IR)
Moacir Santos and an Brasilian Affair (Brasilian with vocalist)
Popular music from Soul to R&B (with vocalist)
Chinese songs by Teresa Teng (with vocalist)
Christmas program (with vocalists), from Sinatra to Hatheway and Chris Rea
• And the winner is, (R v/d Berg), samba, baritone sax solo
• Another World (athmospheric piece for trumpet and tenor solo in the section)
• Bahnhof der seele (Soulstation-like IR original, swing, long sax special)
• Besame Mucho (cool 7/4 version of Cuban classic, Cm)
• Blues for Jay (great, slow blues of Rob Pronk, in 2 keys, G/Bb)
• Body and soul (straight ahead arrangement)
• Bolero, bigband version of famous Ravel piece
• Brother Julian (Marius Beets, modern Boogaloo, groovy/easy special)
• Christmas Medley, 6 minutes more than 8 christmas songs
• Cape Verdean Blues, fast 24-bars minor blues, jazz version (H. Silver)
• Changing, (Perigoj), tenor sax feature, modern jazz
• Changing City (modern uptempo band feature, IR)
• Christmas Medley (instrumental, jazzy and soulful medley)
• Coisa nr 6, Moacir Santos, 6/4 brasil
• Conjubial Joy, 80th Scofield style, funk (IR)
• English heart, folk 6/8 with bluesy ending, soprano-sax feature (IR)
• Eyes to Wonder (folky ballad for tenor sax, trumpet or trombone solo) (IR)
• Fables of Faubus (Mingus, arrangement in original form)
• Forel for all (AKA Arhus blus) (7/4 slow funky blues)
• Franken Global, (Frank Mobus), jazzrock/avant garde, guitar feature
• Funky Powwow (Marc Scholten) boogaloo
• Gods of the Yoruba, Horace Silver, 4/4 version, latin, 32 bars minor blues-scheme
• Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (Mingus, classic bluesy arrangement)
• Gregory is here, 7/4 funky version with extended bridge (Horace Silver)
• Hippy, Horace Silver; 2nd line/swing, easy to play, happening score
• Introspection (original), space, ECM song with classical harmonies
• I'm shouting again, Count Basie, up tempo swing, band feature
• Just for my lady (med swing Basie style, Toots Thielemans, F)
• Kathy, Moacir Santos, 5/4 brasil
• Mindless (Simon Richter) Body&Soul changes, med swing, sax-feature
• Mr DJ, (Tom Beek) modern straight eights Jazz, tenor sax feature
• New arrival (modern ¾ even eights) (IR)
• Newborn (Maurice Smit) souljazz
• Nica's Dream, Horace Silver, nice groovy 5/4 in Gmin, trombone solo
• Nice Mess, bluesy ballad, trombone feature (IR)
• Nice Simple Mess, bluesy ballad, medium level, trombone feature (IR)
• No substitute (Monk Award winning title) (IR)
• OP (fast Mingus band piece)
• Old folks (ballad for tenor sax)
• Para Luego Estarde, latinjazz
• Peace, Silver, jazz-ballad, counterpoint special, tpt and bass solo s
• Perfidia (Cuban classic, Salsa, F)
• Peter Gunn, modern boogaloo version with interesting harmonies
• Pocket Soldiers (Marc Scholtem) modern latinjazz
• Portia, Marcus Miller, arrangement of Miles Davis recording
• Screw, jungle up tempo modern groove. (IR)
• 63rd street west (jungle beat for bigband) (IR)
• Sheriff's jail chain gang detail (with and without strings) (IR)
• Sister Sadie, Horace Silver; funky/swing, 2 nice specials
• Slang of Tang (Mingus style minor-blues 24 bars, dedicated to Guus Tangelder)
• Smile (bossa nova)
• Song of the untamed world (heavy arrangement) (IR)
• Speedball, hip blues, version Stanley Turrentine.
• Survive the blues (slow swing, bluesy original)
• The Sweetest Dreams, easy, atmospherical warm pop-ballad (IR)
• The Vine (Mike Stern) modern boogaloo/funky 2nd line
• True Sparrow, second line New Orleans groovy and full tutti (IR)
• Tutu, Marcus Miller, arrangement like Miles Davis performance.
• Why certainly (modern latinjazz) (IR)
• Welcome Home, bossa nova/bolero, trombone feature (IR)
• Yemaya, Cuban 12/8 Latinjazz
• You and the night and the music (latin jazz version)
• Young and fine (steps ahead related version)
Bigband with vocalist:
• A Li Shan De Gu Niang (jungle, drums solo, heavy rock finale, D min)
• Als de hemel valt, original by Dutch vocalist Typhoon
• All about the bass no treble, Meghan Trainer, in a latin cha cha version
• Angelina, key Ab
• April Child, brasil, (Moacir Santos), key C
• Atardi (nice 6/8 Latin original in Papiamento by Rudi Plaate, D)
• Baby it’s cold outside (with two vocalists), key C
• Boogie Wonderland, cha cha version of EW&F hit, D minor)
• Bumaye, original by Dutch vocalist Typhoon
• Bridge over Troubled water, G, nice rock ballad with alternative chords
• Cheeck to cheeck, key F
• Daquilo Que eu sei, modern brasil/fusion (Ivan Lins), key Eb
• De vrijheid is zo mooi (ballad, original Dutch song for jazzband, Fm).
• Dedicated to you (bossa, Db)
• Driving home for Christmas (Db)
• Fascinating Rhythm (Ab to Bb, tempo changes, nice straight ahead Jazz)
• Feliz ano novo (Moacir Santos), key F/Dm
• For all we know (ballad, Db)
• Get Away, salsa/rocky version of EW&F hit, Gminor
• Gone with the wind (Ab)
• Happy, Pharrell Williams, combined with Young and Fine (Zawinul) Fm
• I can’t give you anything but love, key G
• I wish I knew how it feels to be free in G or in Bb)
• I'm going to Jackson (groovy version of Johnny Cash classic, C)
• I'm beginning to see the light (advanced version in odd meter
• I've got my love to keep me warm (Bb)
• It came upon a midnight clear (G)
• It's the most wonderful time of the year (G)
• Knocks me of my feet (Stevie Wonder hit) (Bb - B)
• La bicyclette (French original by Yves Montand, F)
• Laat me (ballad/bolero version of Ramses Shaffy, C#m)
• Lean on me (Eb)
• Lonely town, lonely street (funky version of Bill Withers song, Em)
• Mack the knife (for one or two vocalists) key E, F, Gb, G
• Mi So Den Boso (Latin, Salsa, Celia Cruz version, Gb)
• Misty (medium swing Sarah Vuaghan version, Bb)
• Mr Sandman, key G
• Nana, brasil boogaloo, (Moacir Santos), key Fm
• Ni Zhi Dao Wo Zai Deng Ni Ma (jazz-ballad, F)
• Nv Ren Hua (solid rock/boogaloo, F)
• Omdat ik zoveel van je hou (cha cha version of Dutch classic, duo, Bb)
• Saterday Nite, songo: groovy latin version of EW&F hit, Bb
• Smile (with and without vocalist), key C to Db
• So Eu, samba/brasil (Moacir Santos), key A to Bb)
• Speak low (Latin/bossa version, Am)
• Straighten up and fly right (F)
• Tenderly (straight ahead ballad version, Ab)
• This Christmas (F, Donna Hatheway)
• This one is from the heart, key Eb
• Tian Mi Mi (med up bossa nova/latin groove, D)
• Wake me up, exciting boogaloo version of Avici hit, F
• We zijn er, original by Dutch vocalist Typhoon
• What a difference a day makes (boogaloo version), key G
• What a wonderful world (D to Eb)
• Wan Qiu (afro beat 12/8, Amin)
• Wan Wan De Yue Liang (smooth boogaloo/latin, C)
• Winter wonderland (Db)
• Wo Zhi Zai Hu Ni (pop ballad, tenor sax solo, F)
• Ye Lai Xiang (bossa nova, G)
• Yue Liang Dai Biao Wo De Xin (med popgroove, rich harmonies, Bb)