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Big Band MIDI Song Files

A list of the best web sites hosting MIDI files for big band music.
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Just Jazz - This extensive and informative site by Al Massari has a MIDI/WAV player at the very top. To explore the site and find the MIDI files you want, scroll down the page past the "awards and quotes" section to the starred "Jazz MIDI File Archive" and click to get to the MIDIs. There are instructions for downloading the files. Don't miss the links to other sections of the website, though, to learn about the jazz composers, see their pictures, and learn about the MIDI performers who made the MIDI files on this site possible. Well organized, with excellent quality MIDI files.

bTd Big Band MIDI Archive - A small but well-done collection of big band tunes. The list is in alphabetical order - just click the title to download the file.

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Cool Jazz at Midiworld - This page has a set of "Cool Jazz Sequences" at the top of the page as well as lots of standards, and the files are easily downloaded by clicking on the text links. Most of these files are multi-instrumental.

Big Band/Jazz/Swing - This site by Les Gorven has some really nicely done MIDI files. The songs are listed alphabetically, with the composer noted underneath the song titles. Simply click the title to download the file.

Big Band Music from Victor James - An alphabetical listing of some very well done sequences. Click the title to download the file.

Big Band Music - A small collection of well-done big band MIDI files sequenced by Henry Polk, who was a jazz trombonist and staff arranger. This site is maintained by his son, Bryan. These songs are the "hits", and are not listed in any particular order, but are easily downloaded by clicking the song title.

The Jazz Page - This site offers a wide variety of genres in the jazz tradition. In the right hand frame, scroll down to the link titled "MIDIs/High Quality and selected MIDI files" and click it. This will bring you to the scrolling alphabetical list of songs available here. The list is eclectic and comprehensive, with short descriptions of each song. Download the file by clicking on the title. He also takes some requests for sequences - see the bottom of the page.

After Eight Swing/Jazz/Big Band - A nice collection of well done MIDI files, listed alphabetically. To download the file, click the title.

D & D's Music Hall - This website has two pages of MIDI files that are dedicated to Big Band, Blues,Rag, Polkas, and Jazz. Those would be page 6 and page 7. The files are in alphabetical order by title on each page.

Also see our Jazz and Latin pages.

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