Dan Cavanagh

Dan Cavanagh's arrangement of 'Packt Like Sardines In A Crushd Tin Box' is a powerful big band techno-rock chart that your audience will love as much as your band will. It features a constantly drivin...

Lengthy (~9:30). Up-tempo driving ECM feel/free. Rhodes piano (opt. piano). Woodwind doubles (soprano sax, clarinet/bass clarinet). Commissioned by the University of Oregon Jazz Ensemble and premiered...

Mineyo (Samba Min) was written by saxophonist Tim Ishii for his daughter. The arrangement remains faithful to the playful nature of the original tune, with solo space for anyone in the band. Beginning...

Commissioned by the Westwinds Jazz Orchestra in Calgary, Gozar is a high-energy chart with a 12/8 Afro-Cuban feel. Starting with open solo space for percussion or drumset, the bass enters with an osti...

Pulse was commissioned by the jazz program at Virginia Tech. Although this chart is a guitar feature, the solo part will work well for vibraphone, saxophone, or trumpet as well. This chart starts with...

Good Morning to All is the original melody from which 'Happy Birthday' comes. Although 'Happy Birthday' is still under copyright, this arrangement of the original melody will be instantly recognizable...

The centerpiece of Dan's big band CD, Pulse, this three-movement suite with narrator features the poetry of acclaimed poet Timothy Young. A metaphor of a trip to the underworld, the poem examines them...

This chart was commissioned by the Univ of Texas at Arlington Jazz Orchestra for their performance featuring trumpet player Ron McCurdy and drummer Adonis Rose at the 2008 Texas Music Educator's Conve...

Up-tempo swing. This high-energy big band piece starts off with a full ensemble shout and drops its energy down into a short piano solo. The band then enters with fragments of the main melody, using b...

Medium tempo. straight eights in 3/4. Woodwind doubles (clarinet/bass clarinet). One of Dan's most popular (and most performed) pieces! Starting off with pedal point C in the bass, this lush piece dev...