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ARRANGED AND RECORDED BY ROB MCCONNELL Here's Rob McConnell's tour de force arrangement of Just Friends from his 1981 album 'Big Band Jazz, Vol. 1' on Pausa Records. We have used the original manuscri...

Here is a great Billy Byers chart that epitomizes the laid-back Basie sound. This arrangement features written-out piano fills throughout and a harmon-muted trumpet solo (on trumpet 2, also written ou...

AS RECORDED BY COUNT BASIE ARRANGED BY ERNIE WILKINS, TRANSCRIBED BY JONATHAN LORENTZ On a warm, July day in 1961 Ernie Wilkins came to a Count Basie Orchestra gig at Birdland in New York with a newly...

RECORDED BY THE DUKE PEARSON BIG BAND ARRANGED BY DUKE PEARSON Here is one of Duke Pearson's best compositions, exactly as he arranged it for his big band in 1967. This publication has been engraved d...

AS RECORDED BY THE DUKE PEARSON BIG BAND ARRANGED BY DUKE PEARSON Here is another fantastic arrangement from Duke Pearson. The original manuscript has been used to produce this arrangement - this is N...

AS RECORDED BY THE DUKE PEARSON BIG BAND ARRANGED BY DUKE PEARSON Here is another fantastic arrangement from Duke Pearson. The original manuscript has been used to produce this arrangement - this is N...

Thanks to the rediscovery of the original scores and parts of the Bird with strings arrangements, we now know that Joe Lipman did not arrange Autumn in New York. The handwriting on the score is totall...

AS RECORDED BY CHARLIE PARKER ARRANGED BY JOE LIPMAN This famous big band chart was arranged for Charlie Parker in 1951 by Joe Lipman. Lipman had previously worked with Parker on the his recordings wi...

PERFORMED BY CLAUDE THORNHILL ARRANGED BY GIL EVANS, EDITED BY JEFFREY SULTANOF [Notes by Jeffrey Sultanof] Background: The Claude Thornhill Orchestra was an ensemble that had a unique approach: a vib...

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...

Scritto e arrangiato nel 1946 da Bill Finegan per la Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Pussy Willow era un brano davvero progressista per l'epoca, e accenna al tipo di stile di scrittura che Finegan avrebbe uti...

Un brano raro e molto impegnativo della band di Glenn Miller, scritto da George Williams e Jerry Gray. Questo brano è veloce, con oltre 240 battiti al minuto, e va suonato al meglio in 2. Ci sono asso...

Boy/Girl & vocal backing group Billy May ha scritto molti brani eccezionali per la band di Miller, e questo è uno dei suoi migliori. La scrittura è lunatica, a volte oscura, ma armonicamente ricca e p...

Swing @ 76b.p.m. Ecco la nostra trascrizione della versione di Bobby Pratt di Sleepy Time Down South, eseguita con la Ted Heath band. Bobby era un trombettista di talento e un grande suonatore di note...

Si tratta di un grande up-tempo swinger, scritto da Oscar Peterson e, a nostra conoscenza, eseguito solo dalle band di Woody Herman. Inizia con un assolo di hi-hat in apertura con frasi di accompagnam...

Questa canzone fu scritta da Mel Powell quando era pianista dell'orchestra Goodman e fu un successo nel 1942. Glenn Miller, mentre era a capo della banda del Comando di Addestramento dell'Aeronautica...

Sy Oliver scrisse per la Tommy Dorsey Orchestra alcuni brani memorabili, come Opus One e Swanee River. Tuttavia, Well Get It è uno dei suoi brani più belli, eppure non è il più conosciuto. È un brano...