Typical brass section for pop or jazz?

[Argle]

I'm wondering if there is a typical makeup (numbers-wise) of players in a non-orchestral brass section. Like how many trumpets, trombones, etc. I'm making a template in my DAW and want to have something that is plausible and realistic.

[timaeus222]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_band

Maybe this? I would think you already looked at this though.

[Argle]

Surprisingly, no. XD. but that 'splains it well.

[Kanthos]

That'd be for a big band in jazz. Smaller horn sections can be any number of combinations, from just a trumpet and a tenor to an alto, tenor, two trumpets, and a trombone. Outside of big band writing, I don't think there's any standard template to follow, and what instruments you use will largely be dictated by the sound you want, or, in a live band setting, by who you actually have in the band (eg. you might prefer the sound of a trumpet and tenor, but if you can only find an alto player, you take what you can get.)

[Skyline Drop]

I think bare minimum would be a trumpet and either a tenor or alto sax (preferably a tenor because they're both in Bb, so you'd really only need to write one horn part if you wanted). A brassier, more aggressive section might have two trumpets, a tenor, and a trombone. That would be a bit brassy sounding, though; you could sub out a trumpet for another saxophone without losing much volume but giving a more balanced sound. I think that's what Chicago used back in the day.

[Kanthos]

(preferably a tenor because they're both in Bb, so you'd really only need to write one horn part if you wanted).

That's the slacker reason (especially when writing in a DAW or notation program when you can write everything in concert pitch and transpose if needed). I'd choose a tenor and trumpet because a tenor has a nicer sound (IMO) than an alto - it's more mellow and warmer - and a tenor doesn't overlap as much, pitchwise, with a trumpet.