Thomas Salwey

Written by French composer Leo Delibes in 1874, 'The Maids of Cadiz' was mostly known as a vocal piece before arranger Gil Evans heavily reworked it for inclusion on his 1957 collaboration with trumpe...

By the time Mary Lou Williams composed 'Aries Mood,' she had all but completely retired from the public spotlight, instead working behind the scenes as one of jazz's first great educators. On the few...

This is one of a series of arrangements written by Nelson Riddle for Ella Fitzgerald focusing on the Gershwin songbook. These arrangements constitute some of the most famous settings of classic songs...

This sultry and lush arrangement was written by Nelson Riddle for Ella Fitzgerald's 1962 album 'Ella Swings Gently with Nelson.' This is a studio orchestra arrangement featuring a string section along...

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...

Released on Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington's 1965 collaboration 'Ella At Duke's Place,' this brief but lovely arrangement is a wonderful treatment of one of Billy Strayhorn's most tender and disar...

This lovely, heart-felt Christmas ballad medley was arranged by Frank DeVol for Ella Fitzgerald's 1960 album 'Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas.' Featured are the holiday standards We Three Kings a...

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...

Known informally as 'the Biggest Little Band in the Land,' the John Kirby Sextet may be more accurately described as 'the biggest little chamber ensemble in the world.' The band's arrangements (most p...

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...