Victor López

The theme from Rocky is triumphant, powerful and noble sounding! This rock-style chart is scored for the young player by Victor López with the familiar Maynard Ferguson-flavored solo. The lead trumpet range is to written A above the staff. This chart includes a tenor solo (written) and the usual optional parts. Gonna Fly Now is a great classic that should be in all jazz libraries.

The straight-eighth rock groove is easy for the rhythm section and incorporates the sound of honking taxi horns! A solo section that is written-out for winds with flexibility for one, some, or all wind players. It even has lyrics: “Hey Tax-i!” A clever chart that is fun to play and accessible to all young players.

Latin wizard Victor López delivers once again. The talented composer/arranger provides the opportunity to teach the Latin “two” salsa feel. Extra percussionists? No problem – bring the whole faculty and staff in on this chart. This is pure Latin groove with a happy sound. Flexible and fun. Everybody’s a crazy man on Hola, Senor Loco! (2:08)

Wilson Pickett for your jazz ensemble? Absolutely! Victor López does it best by taking a classic rock song and adapting it for the young jazz ensemble player. What a solid groove tempo for the band—they’ll really dig into this chart, and you’ll need only minimum prep time for a great performance. No individual solos—just ensemble throughout—reasonable ranges, and a really fun bass part. With the addition of the flexible instrumentation and the optional parts, IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR just about plays itself!

La Negra Tiene Tumbao is the Latin Grammy® winner in the Best Salsa category. Cuban-born Celia Cruz is known as the soulful “Queen of Salsa” throughout the world and the arranger, Victor López, former lead trumpet player with the Miami Sound Machine, has performed many times with Celia. The repetitive rhythmic figures provide tremendous drive to this chart. Ranges are modest and the overall chart will take minimum rehearsal time. Optional auxiliary percussion plus all the usual additional parts make this a sure-fire hit with the band and the audience. It is hot!

Ricky Martin fever has gripped the American music-buying public. His LIVIN’ LA VIDA LOCA shot to #1 with a bullet on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and has received amazing radio play. Its driving beat and hot party style has made it an anthem of the younger generation, and now this giant hit is ready for your jazz band in this hot Victor López arrangement!

The mambo is hot! El Rey del Mambo (The King of Mambo), Victor López, does it again—big time. Born in Cuba, Victor knows Latin music—the essence, the feel and, most important, how to write it for you. Combine a classic mambo-style melody, an open solo section with written solo for tenor sax, simple ensemble backgrounds, easy rhythms with clear articulations, very modest brass ranges and dynamic contrasts, and you’ve got yourself a mambo chart. MAMBO HOT will stop the show with the natural energy it produces. Check it out!