Anyone who has seen the Blues Brothers movie will immediately remember the scene towards the end where John Candy and the Chicago police force are closing in on Jake and Elwood while they're about to...
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...
RECORDED BY FRANK SINATRA WITH COUNT BASIE ARRANGED BY QUINCY JONES, EDITED BY JEFFREY SULTANOF Here is 'You Make Me Feel So Young' as arranged by Quincy Jones for the performance and recording of Fra...
New York, New York stammt aus dem gleichnamigen Film von Martin Scorsese aus dem Jahr 1977 und ist vielleicht das Lied, das in der Öffentlichkeit am meisten mit Frank Sinatra in Verbindung gebracht wi...
Recorded in several different versions and contexts over the years, this version of Billy Strayhorn's 'Snibor' is taken from the Ellington band's 1967 posthumous tribute album '...And His Mother Calle...
This arrangement, first known as Elf, was originally written sometime in 1963. It was first recorded in New York on July 18, 1963. The title had been changed to Isfahan sometime before the Duke Elling...
Jazz Big Band Arrangement. Full Score, 2 Alto Saxophones, 2 Tenor Saxophones, Baritone Saxophone, 4 Trumpets, 4 Trombones, Guitar, Piano, Bass, Drums, Conga This famous arrangement was written by Gil...
RECORDED BY THE COUNT BASIE ORCHESTRA ARRANGED BY NEAL HEFTI Here is Neal Hefti's famous arrangement from the Count Basie Orchestra's album Atomic Basie from 1957. This has been engraved from the orig...
Jazz Big Band Arrangement with Vocal. Full Score, 2 Alto Saxophones (Alto 2 doubles Clarinet), 2 Tenor Saxophones (Tenor 1 doubles Clarinet), Baritone Saxophone, 4 Trumpets, 3 Trombones, Piano, Bass,...
Featured on Woody Herman's 1986 GRAMMY Nominated album, '50th Anniversary Tour,' this John Fedchock arrangement captures the unique elements of Thelonious Monk's composition and couples it with the ex...
Jazz Studio Orchestra Arrangement with Vocal. Full Score, Vocal, 2 Alto Saxophones, 2 Tenor Saxophones, Baritone Saxophone, 3 Trumpets, 3 Trombones, 3 Violins, Viola, 2 Celli, Harp, Guitar, Piano, Bas...
As Recorded By Anita O'Day Jazz Big Band Arrangement With Vocal This Bill Holman vocal arrangement was written and recorded in August 1960. The recording session, featuring singer Anita O'Day with Hol...
Jazz Studio Orchestra Arrangement. Full Score, Alto Saxophone, Oboe, 3 Violins, Viola, Cello, Harp, Guitar, Piano/Celeste, Bass, Drums/Vibes Though Charlie Parker received quite a bit of criticism dur...
Recorded by The Terry Gibbs Big Band Arranged by Bob Brookmeyer, Edited by Jeffrey Sultanof This arrangement was written by Bob Brookmeyer for Terry Gibbs's 1956 EmArcy record titled 'Swingin' with th...
Jazz Big Band Arrangement with Vocal. Full Score, Vocal, 2 Alto Saxophones, 2 Tenor Saxophones, Baritone Saxophone, 4 Trumpets (2 double on Flugelhorn), 3 Trombones, Piano, Bass, Drums Here is another...
This arrangement was written by Billy Strayhorn in 1963 and was first performed in Sweden on March 9, 1964. While on tour in Europe during that year Ellington introduced several pieces as Impressions...
In 1959 Mercer Ellington assembled his dad's working ensemble in a New York studio to record an album for Coral Records that is known as Colors in Rhythm. The idea was to take a few of Mercer's origin...
By 1941, James employed such arrangers as Jimmy Mundy, Gray Rains, Alvin (Leroy) Holmes, and Dave Matthews, but his chief arranger for several years was Jack Matthias. Very little is known about this...
A medium shuffle blues (quarter note = 132) in D-flat scored for the Basie Orch in 1957. This chart was featured in the Jerry Lewis film 'The Errand Boy.' The chart features solos for Tenor (not heard...
RECORDED BY THE MILES DAVIS NONET ARRANGED BY GERRY MULLIGAN, EDITED BY JEFFREY SULTANOF (from the performance notes by Jeffrey Sultanof): Except for a rare few, historians now consider The Miles Davi...
JAZZ BIG BAND ARRANGEMENT WITH FEMALE VOCAL TRIO. This is Vic Schoen's great arrangement of Begin the Beguine that was done for the unstoppable Andrews Sisters. The sisters had a major hit with this a...
Jazz Saxophone Quintet Arrangement with Rhythm Section. Full Score, 2 Alto Saxophones, 2 Tenor Saxophones, Baritone Saxophone, Piano, Bass, Drums Here is the Supersax version of Yardbird Suite as reco...
AS RECORDED BY CARMEN MCRAE ARRANGED BY JACK PLEIS, TRANSCRIBED AND ADAPTED BY SYD POTTER This great cha cha arrangement was recorded by Carmen McRae on February 21, 1955 with the Jack Pleis Orchestra...
RECORDED BY THE TERRY GIBBS DREAM BAND ARRANGED BY MED FLORY, EDITED BY JEFFREY SULTANOF Here is Med Flory's great arrangement of the Benny Goodman/Lionel Hampton standard as recorded by the Terry Gib...
Jazz Big Band Arrangement. Full Score, Alto Saxophone Soloist, 2 Alto Saxophones (3 total Altos), 2 Tenor Saxophones, Baritone Saxophone, 4 Trumpets, 4 Trombones, Guitar, Piano, Bass, Drums This thril...
Recorded by Quincy Jones Arranged by Al Cohn, Edited by Jeffrey Sultanof This Al Cohn arrangement was written for Quincy Jones in 1959 and recorded for his album 'The Birth of a Band.' Cohn's original...
In 1941, Benny Goodman led the second of his great ensembles. Only Teddy Wilson, Irving Goodman, and arranger Jimmy Mundy remained from the 1935-39 band that jump-started the swing era of popular musi...
Jazz Little Big Band Arrangement. Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, 2 Trumpets, Horn in F (or Trumpet 3 or Trombone 3), 2 Trombones, Piano, Bass, Drums In 1959 Art Pepper...
Jazz Big Band Arrangement. Full Score, 2 Alto Saxophones, 2 Tenor Saxophones, Baritone Saxophone, 4 Trumpets, 4 Trombones, Guitar, Piano, Bass, Drums (From the notes by Jeffrey Sultanof): Background:...
Jazz Big Band Arrangement. Full Score, 2 Alto Saxophones, 2 Tenor Saxophones, Baritone Saxophone, 4 Trumpets, 3 Trombones, Guitar, Piano, Bass, Drums This arrangement by Gil Fuller was written to show...
Recorded by Count Basie Arranged by Roy Phillippe Roy Phillippe composed this arrangement of Night Train for the Count Basie band to feature tenor saxophone legend Jimmy Forrest. The arrangement was f...
Here's Nelson Riddle's famous arrangement from Frank Sinatra's classic record 'Song for Swingin' Lovers,' recorded in 1956. The arrangement opens with the guitar playing a little syncopated figure and...
As Recorded by Frank Sinatra Jazz Studio Orchestra Arrangement With Vocal This swinging studio orchestra arrangement was written by Billy Byers in May of 1970 for a concert that Sinatra gave at Royal...
Jazz Studio Orchestra Arrangement. Full Score, Vocal, 2 Alto Saxophones, 2 Tenor Saxophones, Baritone Saxophone, 4 Trumpets, 4 Trombones, 2 Violins, Viola, 2 Celli, Guitar, Piano, Bass, Drums, Synthes...
Jazz Studio Orchestra Arrangement with Vocal. Full Score, Vocal, 2 Alto Saxophones, 2 Tenor Saxophones, Baritone Saxophone, 4 Trumpets, 4 Trombones (4th is Bass), 2 Violins, Viola, 2 Celli, Guitar, Pi...
Jazz Big Band Arrangement with Vocal. Full Score, Vocal, 2 Alto Saxophones, 2 Tenor Saxophones, Baritone Saxophone, 4 Trumpets, 4 Trombones, Guitar, Piano, Bass, Drums This arrangement was written by...
This arrangement was originally sketched by Nelson Riddle for the Nat Cole TV show in either 1956 or '57 and orchestrated by Leo Shuken. The arrangement was then used for the movie St. Louis Blues, fi...
This Nelson Riddle arrangement was written for Ella Fitzgerald and recorded on her 1961 album ''Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson.'' This publication is based on Riddle's original score. Featured is ba...
This Buddy Bregman arrangement was recorded by Ella Fitzgerald for what became the first entry into her songbook series: The Cole Porter Songbook. The arrangement begins with the seldom heard verve ac...
Big Band (vocal with 5/4/4/4) Here is Billy Byers's great arrangement as recorded by Frank Sinatra with Count Basie at the Sands Hotel in 1966. This has been engraved from the original score - this is...
Big Band (6/4/4/4) Here is the definitive arrangement of Skyliner from the original published parts. This is not a transcription. This arrangement, written by Billy Moore, Jr. and recorded in 1944 by...
Jazz Studio Ensemble Arrangement with Alto Saxophone Soloist. Full Score, Solo Alto Saxophone, Oboe, French Horn, 4 Violins, 2 Violas, Cello, Harp, Guitar (Optional), Piano, Bass, Drums This arrangeme...
Jazz Octet Arrangement. Full Score, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone , Trumpet , Trombone, Guitar, Piano, Bass, Drums Here is the Bill Holman swing arrangement for the Dave Pell Octet recorded on t...
Jazz Orchestra Arrangement. Full Score, Trumpet or Flugelhorn Soloist, Reed 1: Alto Saxophone, Reed 2: Flute, Reed 3: Flute, Reed 4: Flute, Piccolo, and Bass Flute, 4 Trumpets, 3 Horns in F, 4 Trombon...
We're all familiar with the famous Charlie Parker with Strings recordings that were made in 1949 and the early 1950s. Parker recorded these in the studio and did many live concerts. At first the recep...
As Recorded by Charlie Parker with Strings Arranged by Neal Hefti, Edited by Jeffrey Sultanof This chart was arranged by Neal Hefti and recorded live at the famous Carnegie Hall concert on September 1...
Written for Charlie Parker with Strings Arranged by John Lewis, Edited by Jeffrey Sultanof This John Lewis arrangement was written for Charlie Parker in 1950. The arrangement was never recorded, and f...
Recorded by Charlie Parker with Strings Arranged by Jimmy Carroll, Edited by Jeffrey Sultanof This arrangement was of Summertime was recorded in 1949 for the first 'Charlie Parker with Strings' record...
Recorded by Charlie Parker Arranged by Jimmy Carroll, Edited by Jeffrey Sultanof This arrangement was done by Jimmy Carroll for the first studio session that Charlie Parker did featuring strings (1949...
Recorded by Supersax Arranged by Med Flory, Edited by Jeffrey Sultanof Here is Med Flory's arrangement of Tempus Fugit as recorded on Supersax's 1980 recording 'Dynamite!'. For this one, he harmonized...
