Big Band Original-Arrangements

Sierra continues to find the lost treasures from Maynard Ferguson's Birdland Dream Band Library. Willie scored this Miles Davis classic to feature four different saxophone players. A typical chart for...

As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra and Jean Turner, this chart used to be Jean's opener when she sang with the Kenton Band. Holman sets the mood right from the top, and things swing on from ther...

If there is one chart which seems to capture the essence of Stan's mid-fifties bands, this is the one! The chart swings like mad from downbeat to the end. This is one of Holman's best early charts, an...

A fun-filled, exciting chart on the old tune. Commissioned as a surprise birthday present for Stan. Trumpet and Trombone solos, and a very clever Holmanesque treatment. Every jazz library should have...

This is another of the many wonderful charts arranged by Lennie for the Stan Kenton Orchestra. He is able to capture the Kenton sound without a lot of high-range problems or difficult concerns for the...

The flutes state the melody in this pretty bossa nova, which demands your best soloist to elegantly negotiate it's appealing chord changes. Sax doubles. As recorded by the Gordon Goodwin Big Phat on '...

From the Mingus Big Band CD Gunslinging Birds here is an unpredictable romp for mature bands. Exploring a wide mix of seemingly unrelated sections, the genius and eccentricity of Mingus is apparent as...

Monk was a master of composing unconventional and angular melodic lines. John Clayton provides a jagged yet stimulating chart that features dueling trumpets and an exciting full band shout chorus. Fro...

Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra - Grade 5 Originally arranged and premiered by the WDR Big Band in Cologne, Germany, this powerful chart was recorded by the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra on their CD...

As recorded by James Darren and arranged by Sammy Nestico, here is a masterful swingin' chart on this Ellington favorite. Featuring wonderful interplay between singer and ensemble, this will be a joy...

As recorded by the Big Phat Band on the CD That's How We Roll, this swing chart features the trombone section. It's not crazy hard to play, but will require some endurance from the 'bones. Solo change...

Here it is exactly how Count Basie and his orchestra played it! Every detail of this jazz standard has been transcribed and reconstructed by Jeff Hest. What better way to learn about the Basie style t...

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...

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...

Aus dem Album Basie-Straight Ahead. Solo für Klavier. Die Stimmen der Rhythmusgruppe sind nicht vollständig notiert (z.T. nur Akkorde).

Die Höhepunkte dieses schnellen Swings sind die improvisierten Soli für Klavier, Tenor-Saxophon und Schlagzeug.

With improvised solos for soprano sax (or piano) and trumpet, this medium-tempo swinger for capable players features plenty of soli writing for the sax section, a shout chorus for the whole band, and...

Recorded by the Mel Lewis Orchestra on the album 20 Years At The Village Vanguard, this solid bop swinger at a medium tempo gives solos to tenor and piano, with the drummer adding two shorter solos in...

As recorded in 1966 by the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra on their debut album, The Jazz Orchestra (Solid State Records), this swingin' classic features a sax soli, solos for trumpet (or flugelhorn) a...

Dies ist die Ellington-Version von Strayhorns großartigem Stück aus dem Jahr 1966, in der das Trompetensolo von Cootie Williams (auf der 4. Stimme) vollständig transkribiert ist. Diese Version enthält...

Diese Melodie von Jimmy Van Heusen und Sammy Cahn wurde ursprünglich für den Rat-Pack-Film "Robin and the Seven Hoods" geschrieben. Wunderbar melodisch und visuell aufregend im Konzert, war es Sinatra...

Hier ist Jon Harpins Transkription von "Just One Of Those Things", dem ersten Stück auf dem Album "Swing Easy" von 1954, dem ersten Capitol-Album mit den Arrangements von Nelson Riddle. Eine Besonderh...

Dieser Chart, der auf Ella Fitzgeralds Johnny Mercer Song Book von 1964 zu finden ist, wurde von Jon Harpin aus dem Original-Chart von Nelson Riddle transkribiert und angepasst, um ihn für eine regulä...