Garritan is now shipping their Jazz & Big Band collection. Jazz & Big Band offers a complete collection of instruments to create realistic-sounding jazz and big band arrangements.

It features over 50 individual instruments including: a comprehensive saxophone collection (16 different saxes), 5 trumpets (with various mutes plus a scream trumpet), 5 trombones (with various mutes), a complete rhythm section, guitars, a Steinway jazz piano, vintage electric piano, acoustic and electric basses, vibraphone, Latin percussion and more.

The Jazz & Big Band Library features innovative programming for expressive control, dynamics, vibrato control, tongue techniques, slur articulations, jazz shakes, doits, falls, air sound, valve/key clicks, ensemble building from individual instruments, and more.

Garritan Jazz & Big Band is now available for $259.

Powered by the Native Instruments Kontakt Player, it will work on a single computer and/or laptop, Mac or PC platform, Standalone, or plug-in for all major sequencers (VST, DX, AU, RTAS), runs in RAM and works with major notation programs.

More information is available at the Garritan site.