Mike Steinel

Here's a terrific piece for beginning bands to learn to play together in a light rock style. This is also an excellent teaching tool for major scale based improvisation. Your band will sound great in a hurry with this one!

Providing a great workout for basic blues scales and riffs Bubbert demonstrates a relaxed swing style with this Mike Steinel original. With solid ensemble writing and a laid back feel this is a perfect chart for teaching swing.

Finally our hero finds love. This medium/slow swinger features short solo passages for trumpet and alto. The harmonies and textures in this piece provide excellent material for teaching balance blend and tuning. With a tunefulmelody and nice swing feel this is a great addition to any program.

This Basie style swinger is a great tool for teaching balance blend dynamics and swing feel. Solo space is based on a B-flat scale and is very accessible to beginning players.

Written in a Latin style this moderately paced chart includes a creative harmonic structure in minor and a flowing melody with counterlines. Nicely scored for the entire ensemble this will make even inexperienced bands sound great.

Bubbert must have been a cool cat! This original by Mike Steinel is written in a medium shuffle style and uses the blues scale for the easy improvisation section.