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Anthropology was written by Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. Evans arranged the line in 1947, and it was recorded for Columbia Records and for radio transcriptions. The instrumentation calls for 5...

RECORDED BY CLAUDE THORNHILL ARRANGED BY GIL EVANS In 1941 Gil Evans went to New York to write for the Claude Thornhill orchestra, which won two successive Billboard polls in the 'sweet band' category...

(From the notes by Jeffrey Sultanof) Background: The period from 1948-49 was a period of tremendous growth for Gerry Mulligan. Living in New York City right in the thick of modern jazz pioneers and in...

Jazz Big Band Arrangement. Full Score, 2 Alto Saxophones, 2 Tenor Saxophones, Baritone Saxophone, 4 Trumpets, 3 Trombones (3rd is Bass Trombone), Piano, Bass, Drums Here is Med Flory's arrangement of...

AS RECORDED BY HELEN O'CONNELL ARRANGED BY MARION EVANS This is a tremendous chart from master arranger Marion Evans, recorded by Helen O'Connell for her 'Here's Helen' album. This is not a transcript...

This classic Sinatra arrangement from the pen of Quincy Jones comes from 'It Might As Well Be Swing' album, recorded in 1964 with the Count Basie Orchestra. This song, along with Luck Be a Lady; My Ki...

This swinging Nelson Riddle arrangement comes from Frank Sinatra's 'Swingin' Session and More' record. In typical Riddle fashion, the chart begins with a memorable introduction and then the vocals ent...

RECORDED BY FRANK SINATRA WITH DUKE ELLINGTON ARRANGED BY BILLY MAY We are thrilled to present our first offering from the classic meeting between Francis A. and Edward K. Frank Sinatra, at the tail e...

AS RECORDED BY SUPERSAX ARRANGED BY MED FLORY Supersax was a Charlie Parker tribute band formed by Med Flory and Buddy Clark that debuted in 1972. Their music consisted of harmonized arrangements of C...

Supersax was a Charlie Parker tribute band formed by Med Flory and Buddy Clark that debuted in 1972. Their music consisted of harmonized arrangements of Charlie Parkers music played by a saxophone sec...

Here is the Supersax version of 'Confirmation' as recorded on the 1988 'Stone Bird' record (it was also previously recorded in 1974 on 'Salt Peanuts'). Like the other Supersax arrangements that we pub...

Here is Med Flory's arrangement of 'Dewey Square' This arrangement features an original Charlie Parker solo transcribed in full by Med Flory, and harmonized to be played by a standard big band sax sec...

AS RECORDED BY SUPERSAX ARRANGED BY MED FLORY Here is the Supersax version of 'K.C. Blues' as recorded on the 1988 Stone Bird record. Like the other Supersax arrangements that we publish this is not a...

AS RECORDED BY SUPERSAX ARRANGED BY MED FLORY Here is the Supersax version of Moose the Mooche as recorded on the 1988 Stone Bird record. Like the other Supersax arrangements that we publish this is n...

RECORDED BY SUPERSAX ARRANGED BY MED FLORY Here is the Supersax arrangement of 'Scrapple from the Apple' as recorded on the 1974 'Salt Peanuts' record. Like the other Supersax arrangements that we pub...

Winner of the 2010 Ithaca College Jazz Composition Contest, Transcen-dance is a colorful piece featuring tenor 1 and trumpet 2. The ensemble and tenor soloist take an exciting and mysterious journey u...

Winner of the 2010 Ithaca College Jazz Composition Contest, Transcen-dance is a colorful piece featuring tenor 1 and trumpet 2. The ensemble and tenor soloist take an exciting and mysterious journey u...

Bess, You Is My Woman Now' is a crucial plot point in George and Ira Gershwin's opera 'Porgy and Bess;' it serves as the moment when the title characters admit and embrace their love for one another....

Gil Evans's arrangement of 'Here Come Da Honey Man' is the shortest track on Miles Davis's 1958 version of 'Porgy and Bess.' In the original opera, it serves as a brief but effective introduction of P...

Much like 'Bess, You Is My Woman Now,' 'I Loves You Porgy' serves as a declaration of love between the title characters of the Gershwin/Heyward opera 'Porgy and Bess.' Gil Evans's arrangement for Mile...

This beautiful ballad by the legendary trumpeter Freddie Hubbard was originally recorded on his 1970 album The Black Angel in small group form. This big band arrangement is courtesy of trombonist John...

Written in 1953 for Nat 'King' Cole, Billy May's arrangement of Angel Eyes does a wonderful job of both capturing and expanding upon the dark and sensual melody of what has become one of the most freq...

W.C. Handy's 'St. Louis Blues' had already entered the pantheon of classic blues melodies when Gil Evans wrote this arrangement in 1958. The album that it appeared on, 'New Bottle, Old Wine,' was a co...

Arranged by Frank Foster and recorded by Diane Schuur with the Count Basie Orchestra in 1987, Deedles' Blues features an infectious melody with some appropriately sultry lyrics by Los Angeles-based vo...

In June 1984, Mulligan completed and performed his first orchestral commission, Entente for Baritone Saxophone and Orchestra, with the Filarmonia Venetia. He went on to perform this symphonic work sev...