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This swing chart for beginning groups is based on the chord changes to Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise by Sigmund Romberg, and made famous by clarinetist/ big band leader Artie Shaw. The solo section...

Based on the chord changes to Bye Bye Blackbird by Ray Henderson, this swinging chart is a workout for the full ensemble. Written for beginning groups, it's a great chart to introduce swing figures on...

This bright swing for beginning groups is based on the chord changes to Lullaby Of Birdland by George Shearing. The open solo section (written or ad lib) features any soloist, with solo sheets provide...

Based on the chord changes to Stella By Starlight by Victor Young, this swinging chart is a workout for the full ensemble. Written for beginning groups, everyone gets a turn at the melody, and there a...

This new advanced level edition is taken directly from the original ink parts that were on the stands at the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra (now the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra) debut performance in...

Great writing in the Basie tradition is presented here for developing jazz musicians, featuring accessible brass ranges, notated rhythm section parts, and flexible instrumentation requirements. It eve...

Set in a moderately slow swing, this big band vocal feature draws its strength from straight-ahead figures and full, rich voicings. There is no improvised solo chorus; instead a wonderful sax soli pro...

First released in 1954, this easy-level setting of the 19th-century folk song popularized by Glenn Miller in 1939 begins with an 8-bar marcato intro before settling into the familiar medium swing groo...

Il filo delle perle? - ma tutti lo hanno nella loro biblioteca. Beh, sì e no. Ci sono molti gruppi che utilizzano un arrangiamento "di serie" per bande da ballo, originariamente scritto per 5 sax e 5...

Ecco la grande Woodchoppers Ball. Scritto ed eseguito per la prima volta da Woody Herman, questo brano è diventato un pilastro del repertorio di tutte le band di Herman. La nostra versione si basa su...

Artie Shaw ha registrato questo classico molte volte nel corso degli anni. Inizialmente utilizzava 4 sax - 2 contralti e 2 tenori - e in seguito una sezione AATTB regolare e lui stesso al clarinetto s...

Flatbush Flanagan è un brano di Harry James del dopoguerra, che si mantiene su un groove fresco per tutta la durata. Presenta assoli per Tromba 2 (improvvisati) e Tenore 1 (come scritto o improvvisato...

Questa è l'Habanera dalla Carmen di Bizet, trascritta dalla registrazione di Nat King Cole / Quincy Jones. Si tratta di un brano up-tempo, ritmico e swingante, che mette in risalto sia la voce che il...

Neal Hefti original arrangment. There is no full score with this arrangment, though a Conductor lead sheet is included. One of the great tracks from the Basie band of the 1950s.

Moondance

A Robbie Williams Big Band Chart by Duke Ellington & Bob Russell, arranged by Shaun Byrne. Moderate Swing. Key G.

Ella Fitzgerald Big Band Girl Vocal Chart. From the Irving Berlin Song Book a relaxed swing ballad as recorded by Ella Fitzgerald. Our Cy Payne arrangement includes optional flute and synth. strings.

The Irving Berlin standard in a bright straight ahead arrangement by Cy Payne. A full band intro gives a firm lead for the vocalist. Usual big band line up,plus optional 3 Flutes, 3 Bb Clarinets and H...

A medium tempo 'Basie Style' swing tune that really captures the idiom. Written trumpet and tenor sax solos. Andy Farber is our newest writer who is currently writing for the Lincoln Center Orchestra...

As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on Contemporary Concepts, this publication completes the goal of getting this entire watershed recording into print. It is the quintessential feature for alto...

Here is a slow, swinging, lovely, warm, relaxed composition. The arrangement is subtle and easy to play. There are not a lot of pieces by Pat Metheny that swing in this way. The arrangement suggests f...

Bob Curnow continues to add the music of Pat Metheny to the Sierra Music catalog with another of Pat's unforgettable melodies, 'Et Si C'Etait La Fin' (originally recorded on the album Secret Story). S...

Much like Neil Hefti's Li'l Darlin', this Billy Byers original exemplifies quiet, warm ensemble writing at its finest. There is also the contrast of a strong shout section before returning to the quie...

I grandi organici spesso necessitano di modifiche per mantenere la loro freschezza e attualità. Abbiamo inserito questo classico in Finale, lo abbiamo ridotto a 8 ottoni e ora forniamo una partitura c...