Combo Charts and Short versions of tunes

Big Band/Jazz Orchestra Charts - Studio recordings & Finale Realizations

Some of the jazz tunes (and tunes influenced by jazz idioms)I've written over the last 40 years or so.

Jazz Tunes (Swing, Fusion, & "Show tunes")

There is a glitch in the Finale file for this - the tempo periodically slows down and then returns to normal. I originally wrote this as a big band chart for the second semester of Jazz Arranging and Composing with Dominic Spera at IU back in 1981.

Lucky 13

One Day At A Time 2021 Draft

The working title had been "From the Void", but I'm not sure that really works with what this has become. I'm now thinking about "The Four Winds". The solos are for Flute, Flugelhorn, and Violin.

From The Four Winds for Contemporary Jazz Ensemble

Big Band Chart using Garritan Samples. I wrote this last fall (2012) sometime.

Trying to Bop

ISU Jazz Combo performance -  a couple of wrong notes and a couple people missing the D.S. - but overall an enjoyable version.

Con Fusion (Live Performance)

03 - Blues For Porter - The Tom Johnson Virtual Jazz Orchestra - Playing Alone Together

04 Make It So - Tom Johnson Virtual Jazz Orchestra: Playing Alone Together

05 - With You All The Way - The Tom Johnson Virtual Jazz Orchestra - Playing Alone Together

06 - Cats And Mouses - The Tom Johnson Virtual Jazz Orchestra - Playing Alone Together

07 Last Song Of Summer - The Tom Johnson Virtual Jazz Orchestra: Playing Alone Together -

Wrote this last week for my Jazz Composition class via Berklee on line.

3 For 3

A modal tune - E Dorian in the A sections and G Phyrgian in the B section. No solos, just the head.

En la Casa del Perro (Head only)

Draft of a combo chart on a tune I wrote in the 80s. The inspiration was a log drum patch on my DX-7. I started with the log drum riff (which is what piano is playing here)and wrote the horn line to go over the top of it.

Tolba - Version 8- Trumpet Trombone & Tenor

Trying to practice getting a lot out of something simple, in this case, four minor ninth chords. For variation I use different "melodies", vary one of the melodies, reverse the chord sequence, change the tempo (double time), and use some diminished chords in a canonical section. This version also transposes the riffs up a whole step in two of the solo sections

From The Four Winds for Contemporary Jazz Ensemble

Tom J Johnson