Combo Charts and Short versions of tunes

The Tom Johnson Virtual Jazz Orchestra - Playing Alone Together

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

All of Tom's Jazz Orchestra Tracks

Contemporary Jazz & Fusion

Kitchen Set

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)

01 Uno - The Tom Johnson Virtual Jazz Orchestra: Playing Alone Together

02 - The Serpent - The Tom Johnson Virtual Jazz Orchestra - Playing Alone Together

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 -

File: 20230810 Luck13 Mix.01.limited
Composed: 1981
This version copyright 2023
Style: 70s-80s jazz fusion (essentially in 13/4)
Solos Joel Tucker, Garrett Fasig, Joseph Trahan, Sam Butler, Alex Wignall, Brendan Keller-Tuberg

Lucky 13 (From "Big 80's Suite")

File: 20231122 SimpleSong Mix.01.limited
Composed: 2022
This arrangement copyright 2023
Style: Contemporary - Diatonic melody harmonized in various ways
Soloists: Alex WIgnall, Sam Butler, Francis Basset-Dilly, Joel Tucker

Simple Song

File: 20231122 NaughtWon Mix.2.limited
Composed 2018
Style: Contemporary Big Band (uses 0157 pitch set)
Soloists: Nick Recktenwald, Chance Davis, Francis Basset-Dilley, Andrew Danforth

Naught Won

File: 20231122 BookOne Mix.01.limited
Copyright 2018, 2023
Style: 80’s prog rock (ala Genesis)
Solos: Garrett Fasig, Sam Butler, Joel Tucker

Book One (From "Big 80's Suite")

File: 20231122 OneMoreTime Mix.02
Original copyright 1985 by Tom Johnson & Cindy Formella
This arrangement copyright 2023
Style: 80s Power Ballad (words & music by Tom Johnson & Cindy Formella)
Soloists: Garrett Fasig, Andrew Danforth

One More Time (From "Big 80's Suite")

File: 20231122 EnLaCasaDeLosPerritos Mix.01.limited
Composed: 2017
This Version copyright 2023
Style: Modal, riff based, somewhat like a Snarky Puppy chart
Solos: Tom Johnson, Clark Hunt, Sam Butler, Garrett Fasig

En La Casa De Los Perritos

File: 20231122 CatsAndMouses Mix.01.limited
Written: 1985, 2012, 2020
This version copyright 2023
Style: Contemporary non-tonal (a bit like a Tom & Jerry soundtrack, but with jazz solos)
Soloists: Francis Basset-Dilley , Ana Nelson, Garrett Fasig, Andrew Danforth, Joseph Trahan

Cats And Mouses

02 - Simple Song

07 - Well You Better

08 - Ballad For The A1 Band

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

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

Tom J Johnson