Combo Original-Arrangements

A brief chorale-like introduction sets up this beautifully mysterious Bob Florence ballad feature for piano. Backgrounds and ensemble figures should remain barely above a whisper. The chorale is re-st...

Gerry Mulligan's composition 'A Ballad,' originally done on the same 1953 session as 'Westwood Walk,' has a George Shearing-esque piano-guitar-bass statement on the theme, which is then handled with w...

True, by Gary Kemp, was the title track on Spandau Ballet's 1980's album of the same name and was a worldwide hit. To just say that this arrangement is 'Basie Style' does not do it justice. It is quit...

2 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Mobley).

3 Horns plus Rhythm (Grade 4-5) (Watson)

This exciting up-tempo composition in the bebop tradition features Trumpet and Alto on the melody with the other horns playing accompaniment figures. From Don Sickler's album Night Watch (Uptown UPCD...

Known informally as 'the Biggest Little Band in the Land,' the John Kirby Sextet may be more accurately described as 'the biggest little chamber ensemble in the world.' The band's arrangements (most p...

AS RECORDED BY MILES DAVIS ARRANGED BY GIL EVANS, EDITED BY JEFFREY SULTANOF Gil Evans set up shop in his small New York apartment above a Chinese laundry acting as an adviser to a group of jazz music...

AS RECORDED BY CHARLIE PARKER [WITH STRINGS] ARRANGED BY GERRY MULLIGAN, EDITED BY JEFFREY SULTANOF (Excerpted from the edition's notes by Jeffrey Sultanof) Background: Charlie Parker with Strings, an...

AS PERFORMED BY CHARLIE PARKER ARRANGED BY JIMMY CARROLL, EDITED BY JEFFREY SULTANOF We're all familiar with the famous Charlie Parker with Strings recordings that were made in 1949 and the early 1950...