Big Band Original-Arrangements

Swing @ 195 b.p.m. Was können wir über die Goldene Hochzeit sagen, außer dass sie ein atemberaubendes Konzertinstrument ist, um die Talente Ihres Klarinettisten, Lead-Trompeters und Schlagzeugers zur...

Hier ist unsere Transkription der Erkennungsmelodie der Bob Crosby Bands, Summertime. Mit Soli von Trompete und Tenor weicht dieses wunderbar reichhaltige und stimmungsvolle Stück nur selten von Gersh...

Dieser schwüle Chart, der von ihrem Album "Rare Gems & Hidden Treasures" stammt, zeigt Peggy Lees entspannten, fast schrägen Gesangsstil von seiner besten Seite. Das Arrangement ist entspannt, cool, f...

Ein weiteres Juwel eines Charts aus dem Sinatra-Riddle-Album "Swing Easy" von 1954. Nach einem Intro mit nur drei Noten geht es direkt in den Chart, wobei die Rhythmusgruppe eine sehr strukturierte Un...

Dieses Diagramm wurde aus Ellas Cole Porter Songbook-Album transkribiert und enthält nur die Sängerin, die Rhythmusgruppe und die Posaunengruppe. Die Saxophone und Trompeten spielen nicht mit. Alle un...

Don't Be That Way wurde 1961 von Frank Sinatra auf seinem Album "Sinatra Swings" aufgenommen, und das Originalarrangement stammt von Billy May. Unsere Transkription ist dem Original treu geblieben, da...

But Not For Me ist eine Transkription von Sam Cookes großartigem RCA Victor-Album 'My Kind of Blues' aus dem Jahr 1961. Sammy Lowe schrieb das Originalarrangement und dirigierte das Studioorchester. D...

From the Frank Sinatra/Billy May all time classic album 'Come Fly With Me', transcribed by Cy Payne and in the original recorded key. A mid tempo swing chart with the crisp and careful writing for the...

Chicago is a high-energy, big band bebop arrangement on the popular standard that Mike wrote for Maynard Ferguson's band. It is a bright-swing chart that features solos by alto saxophone, piano, drums...

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...

Anyone familiar with Benny Carter's music knows what to expect ....... the highest quality, lovely melodies or swinging tunes that lift you out of your seat. This piece is a part of the CD 'The Legend...

This is a fast, swing chart that is a feature for tenor saxophone. The soloist gets to blow in a free-form setting, or the soloing can be done in time with the rhythm section. The rest of the band pla...

This great chart is recorded (1999) on the Azica CD 'Swingin' the Blues.' Holman grabs this simple Ellington tune and runs with it. The arrangement is yet another amazing example of Bill Holman's extr...

Tommy takes this old tune and turns it on its head. He has created an outstanding and original version of this extremely popular melody. This chart was arranged for Doc Severinsen and The Tonight Show...

Finally, Slide Hampton's incredible music is in print. This wonderful chart was written for the Maynard Ferguson Dream Band. The chart begins with the full band playing a quasi-Asian motif before char...

The Daily Dance was recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on the CD 'Birthday in Britain.' The piece is a very fast-swing that features solos for alto saxophone, trumpet, piano (written) and drums. Th...

Here is a slow, gutty, 'down-home' type of blues written for and recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on the Adventures In Blues album. There is open solo space for Tenor, Trumpet and Piano. Once the...

As recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra on their album Count Basie's Finest Hour, 'Doodle Oodle' is a barn-burning Billy Byers original. In usual Basie fashion, this chart swings its tail off with in...

Written for the 50th Anniversary of the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival (2017), this chart will get your band and your audience up and swingin'!  There is plenty of solo space for Tenor Saxophone, Piano...

Bill Holman has given us a superb gift on his 90th birthday - his gift of swing, humor, great melody, and his always exciting ensemble passages. Here is his newest original - a buoyant, optimistic, ha...

Can you say 'trip-uh-let'? This fun, down home swingin' chart was recorded by the Les Hooper Big Band on 'Dorian Blue'. With reasonable brass ranges, there is plenty of solo space for baritone saxopho...

This wonderful piece, written by Rich DeRosa, was recorded on 'Lab 2017' by the UNT One O'Clock Lab Band. This 'loose' swinger features a tenor/bass duet melody, beautiful contrapuntal lines that weav...

Of all the arrangements done of this iconic Strayhorn/Ellington standard, Don Sebesky's chart, written for the Maynard Ferguson Orchestra (and recorded numerous times) ranks as one of the best, most c...

As recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra on 'This Time by Basie,' this arrangement by Billy Byers of Cole Porter's melody is pure Basie. Opening with a short Basie-ish figure, the band then swings at...

The Count Basie Orchestra did-does the 'barn burner' charts better than almost any other big band. This Billy Byers original starts out hot and never cools down. The tenor saxophone is the chosen solo...