Big Band Original-Arrangements

From the 1997 recording 'Paquito D'Rivera and the UN Orchestra Live at MCG'. Jazz MCG 1003. The mysterious energy created by employing the Afro-Cuban 6/8 rhythm starting pp with the rhythm and percuss...

Recorded by the Cuban band leader Mario Bauza and featured on the 1994 CD 'Latin Jazz'. Nascente NSCD008. Bring the excitement of this lively instrumental salsa to your next concert or club date. Plen...

Phil Collins Big Band Instrumental Chart. A medium Latin Bossa chart by John Clayton featuring a lyrical trombone solo plus an open section for further solos. Top note C for lead trumpet. Tenor 1 doub...

An 'Earth, Wind & Fire' type funk ballad. Open solo section. Four flutes on melody. Not difficult except for tricky sax unison in shout chorus. Dbls, Written for Tonight Show Band.

As you might discern from the title, Over F is inspired by the Brazilian Frevo and uses a lot of F pedal with some F sharps thrown in for a little harmonic crunch. John has included some of the energy...

A lovely feature for your soprano sax soloist, with lush textures and a soft 6/4 latin feel. Sax doubles. As recorded by the Gordon Goodwin Big Phat Band on 'Swingin' For The Fences'. See master Otter...

Hier ist eine stilvolle Transkription von Frank Sinatras Version von Night and Day, die von Jon Harpin aus der ursprünglichen Nelson-Riddle-Tabelle aufgenommen wurde. Der Riddle-Touch ist deutlich spü...

ADAPTED FROM THE RECORDING BY FRANK SINATRA ARRANGED BY NELSON RIDDLE Here's another classic Nelson Riddle arrangement from the Frank Sinatra 1956 Capitol Record 'Songs for Swingin' Lovers.' Like the...

AS RECORDED BY NAT KING COLE ARRANGED BY BILLY MAY We're pleased to publish a fine Billy May arrangement done for Nat King Cole. 'When Your Lover Has Gone' comes from the 1957 May/Cole collaboration o...

Artie Shaw hatte viele großartige Swing-Charts geschrieben, aber nur wenige waren so druckvoll und kraftvoll wie Traffic Jam. Es geht mit 240 Beats pro Minute ziemlich schnell voran, klingt aber nie g...

Hier ist unsere Version von Nelson Riddles Chart, den er für Ella Fitzgerald für ihr Album "Ella Swings Brightly With Nelson" geschrieben hat. Wir haben die Streicher entfernt, um das Stück für eine r...

Dieses Lied wurde ursprünglich von Ella Mae Morse mit dem Freddie Slack Orchestra im Juli 1942 aufgenommen (auf Capitol 115). Der Titel selbst bezieht sich auf Jimmy Rushing, Count Basies Sänger von 1...

From the album 'Buddy Rich at Ronnie Scott's'. This Ellington standard is always a great vehicle for solos. The chart has very playable written out solos for Tenor Sax and Trumpet and also includes dr...

Based on the real flag waving Quincy Jones/Count Basie version from 'This Time by Basie' transcribed by Jerry Sheppard. Basie took this at a cracking 250 beats per minute. However it works equally wel...

The Quincy Jones / Count Basie version. Great section writing, plus written out tenor and piano solos. A superb swing number. Key C minor.

The Bobby Darin version which really swings right from the start. The first four bars can easily be repeated for a great opener. Take a look at the TV recording on YouTube to see how this works-brilli...

The dynamic mid tempo number from the 2016 album 'Nobody But Me'.

recorded by the Pratt Brothers Big Band on Groovy Encounters

recorded by Bobby Watson on Tailor Made