Timothy Lee Miller | composer

Jazz Big Band

BIG BAND | TRIOS | QUARTETS | QUINTETS | SEXTETS | SEPTETS | OCTETS | NONETS

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Grade 3 — Medium

Baby Jams (arr. 2018)

Big band: 5 4 4, guitar, piano, bass, drums

Duration:  5'

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Billie Jean (arr. 2023)

Big band: 5 4 4, guitar, piano, bass, drums

Duration:  c. 6'

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City Streets (2004)

Big band: 5 4 4, guitar, piano, bass, drums

Duration:  5'

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Kiss From A Rose (arr. 2021)

Big band: 5 4 4, guitar, piano, bass, drums

Duration:  6'30"

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Letter From Home (arr. 2021)

Big band: 5 4 4, guitar, piano, bass, drums

Duration:  6'

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Light My Fire (arr. 2019)

Big band: 5 4 4, guitar, piano, bass, drums

Duration:  6'

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Moondance (arr. 2021)

Big band: 5 4 4, guitar, piano, bass, drums

Duration:  6'

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Music To Watch Girls By (arr. 2018)

Big band: 5 4 4, guitar, piano, bass, drums

Duration:  6'

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Shenandoah (arr. 2018)

Big band: 5 4 4, guitar, piano, bass, congas, drums

Duration:  5'

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Winter (2012)

Big band: 5 4 4, guitar, piano, bass, drums

Duration:  7'

Premiered in August 2012 by the Vermont Jazz Ensemble at Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, Vermont.

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Grade 4 — Medium-Advanced

Bright Morning Star (2015)

Big band: Solo alto sax feature: 6 4 4, guitar, piano, bass, drums

Duration:  6'

Premiered June 8, 2016, by Diane Moser's Composers Big Band at Trumpets Jazz Club, Montclair, New Jersey.

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Bright Size Life (2022)

Big band: 5 4 4, guitar, piano, bass, drums

Duration:  4'30"

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Giant Steps (arr. 2024) NEW!

Big band: 5 4 4, guitar, piano, bass, drums, vibraphone

Duration:  6'

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Poochie's Waltz (2015)

Big band: 5 4 4, guitar, piano, bass, drums

(also available for jazz trio and quintet)

Duration:  7'

Premiered on June 8, 2016, by Diane Moser's Composers Big Band at Trumpet's Jazz Club in Montclair, New Jersey.

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Serengeti Waltz (2001)

Big band: 5 4 4, guitar, piano, bass, marimba, drums

(also available for octet)

Duration:  5'

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Up, Up and Away (arr. 2022)

Big band: 5 4 4, guitar, piano, bass, drums

Duration:  4'

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Western Light (2013)

Big band: 5 4 4, guitar, piano, bass, drums

(also available for octet)

Duration:  5'

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White Christmas (arr. 2023)

Big band: 5 4 4, guitar, piano, bass, drums

(also available for wind ensemble)

Duration:  c. 4'

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Grade 5 — Advanced

Chorale (2018)

Big band: 5 4 4, guitar, piano, bass, drums

Duration:  6'

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Floatin' on an iceberg (2022)

Big band: 5 4 4, guitar, piano, bass, drums

Duration:  5'

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Giant Steps (arr. 2019)

Big band: 5 4 4, guitar, piano, bass, drums

Duration:  6'

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Harlem River Blues (2011)

Big band: 5 4 4, guitar, piano, bass, drums

(also available for jazz trio and octet)

Duration:  6'

Premiered February 2012 by the Vermont Jazz Ensemble at Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, Vermont.

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Hot Miami Nights (2001)

Big band: 5 4 4, guitar, piano, bass, drums, congas & bongos

(also available for septet)

Duration:  5'

Premiered July 2014 by Diane Moser's Composers Big Band at Trumpets Jazz Club, Montclair, New Jersey.

Recorded in Havana, Cuba, in November 2015 and released by PARMA Recordings on ABRAZO: The Havana Sessions.

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Jordu (arr. 1989)

Big band: 5 4 4, guitar, piano, bass, drums

Duration:  5'

Premiered in May 1989 by the University of Miami Big Band under the direction of Whit Sidener.

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On An Autumn Day (1990/2015)

Big band: 5 4 4, guitar, piano, bass, drums

(also available for sextet)

Duration:  5'

Premiered as a sextet in August 2011 by the VCFA Jazz Ensemble at Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, Vermont.

Recorded in Havana, Cuba, in November 2015 and released by PARMA Recordings on ABRAZO: The Havana Sessions.

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What Child Is This? (Greensleeves) (arr. 2011)

Big band: 5 4 4, guitar, piano, bass, drums

Duration:  5'

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Grade 6 — Difficult

Circus On Parade (arr. 2019)

Big band: 5 4 4, guitar, piano, bass, drums, percussion

Duration:  5'

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Kid's Play (2020)

Big band: 5 4 4, guitar, piano, bass, drums

Duration:  6'

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Miles From Home (2012)

Big band: 5 4 4, guitar, piano, bass, drums

Duration:  6'

Premiered on June 8, 2016, by Diane Moser's Composers Big Band at Trumpet's Jazz Club in Montclair, New Jersey.

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Ruff Stuff (arr. 2019)

Big band: 5 4 4, guitar, piano, bass, drums

Duration:  5'

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Scarborough Fair (arr. 2016)

Big band: 5 4 4, guitar, piano, bass, drums

Duration:  6'

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Traffic Jam (2014)

Big band: 5 4 4, guitar, piano, bass, drums

Duration:  5'

Premiered on July 30, 2014, by Diane Moser's Composers Big Band at Trumpets Jazz Club in Montclair, New Jersey.

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Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah (arr. 2020)

Big band: 5 4 4, guitar, piano, bass, drums

Duration:  5'

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