This is my early 1980s 'Triangle Jazz Band', which played in the style of Lu Watters,Turk Murphy & Tom Baker's San Francisco Jazz Band.
Rear, L-R: Tony Howarth, Cliff Parsons, Eric Holroyd, Mickey Maher
Front, L-R: Paul Leman and Nick Hidden
The arrangements were all fully written out for Clarinet, Trumpet, Trombone, Banjo, Tuba & Drums - with lots of room for soloing all round.
Many top jazz bands use written charts to get a great 'pro band' sound, playing from a chart long enough to learn it, then playing it from memory - thus 'loosening up' and sounding very polished.
To help keep the music alive I've converted the old charts to Acrobat PDF format, and they're now available on a single CD all ready to be printed out and played.
If you're missing Page 2 of Chimes Blues (Clt) please click HERE
If you need the Bb Tuba part for Chimes Blues it's HERE
If you need the Bb Tuba part for Mood Indigo it's HERE