Big Band Original-Arrangements

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...

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...

Having long since entered the pantheon of jazz standards, this version of Benny Golson's 'Stablemates' was arranged for trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie's 1956 State Department-sponsored big band. In many wa...

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...

Dieser wunderschön gestaltete Nelson Riddle-Chart, der von Peggy Lees Album Jump for Joy" aus dem Jahr 1959 stammt, swingt von Anfang bis Ende kräftig. Die Bandarbeit ist hervorragend und unterstützt...

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...

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