Jim Harter

If you're familiar with the great chart on "I Can't Stop Loving You" that was created for the Basie Band, then you know what this one is about. This tune is set in a heavy shuffle feel, with lots of B...

As commissioned (and recorded) by the SWR Big Band of Stuttgart, Germany, this chart is another superb Curnow arrangement of the music created by the Pat Metheny Group. This piece is a study in the us...

The Stan Kenton Orchestra was always ahead of its time! This chart was based on the music of Blood Sweat and Tears. It is a trombone feature throughout and is a wild and very exciting rock/fusion char...

RECORDED BY BENNY CARTER ARRANGED BY BENNY CARTER, EDITED BY JEFFREY SULTANOF Here is Benny Carter's fabulous sax ensemble arrangement first recorded on the 1961 Further Definitions album and then re-...

Recorded by Benny Carter Arranged by Benny Carter, Edited by Jeffrey Sultanof Here's Benny's great Bossa Nova arrangement from the 'Additions to Futher Definitions' album of 1966. This arrangement is...

Here is a most unusual chart, set in a celtic style, with shades of bag pipes and Scottish overtones. It is an extremely clever piece that opens and closes with the celtic sounds and has a roaring, sw...

Although Movin' Uptown has some technical difficulties (range and tempo), it shouldn't present too much of a musical challenge for your students. The style and content are very similar to a number of...

Bob Curnow has taken this great tune of Benny Carter's and scored it very much in the style of the Count Basie Orchestra. The chart is set in a slow swing tempo and is warm and soulful. There is space...

Bob took the wonderful small group recording of this fun tune (on the CD 'Jazz Giant' - Contemporary) and turned it into a very special big band arrangement. He also took Benny Carter's alto saxophone...

Commissioned by the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Guild of Organists (AGO), the Fred J. Cooper Organ Book celebrates the tenth anniversary of the Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ in Verizon Hall a...

Written by an attorney with over 30 years of experience in the music industry, Music Publishing: The Complete Guide is the definitive manual on music copyright. Whereas many books on the subject are a...

The New Imperial Edition stellt eine chronologisch angelegte Lied-Anthologie dar, die bei den lautebegleiteten Liedern der Renaissance anfängt und bis in unsere heutigen Tage reicht. Da es andere Samm...

The New Imperial Edition ist eine Sammlung von 30 Liedern, die vor über 50 Jahren das erste Mal erschienen ist und seitdem eines der wichtigsten Werke für ein klassisches Gesangsstudium darstellt. Für...

The New Imperial Edition ist eine Sammlung von 30 Liedern, die vor über 50 Jahren das erste Mal erschienen ist und seitdem eines der wichtigsten Werke für ein klassisches Gesangsstudium darstellt. Für...

Janácek ist einer der bedeutendsten Opernkomponisten der 1. Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts und es ist daher aufschlussreich, auch seine nicht realisierten Projekte für Bühnenwerke kennen zu lernen. Der B...

Country super star Maren Morris teamed up with Hozier to more clearly portray the romantic relationship between two lovers. The title, Bones is a metaphor for the emotional foundation of their relatio...

Country super star Maren Morris teamed up with Hozier to more clearly portray the romantic relationship between two lovers. The title, Bones is a metaphor for the emotional foundation of their relatio...