Alan Glasscock

This chart is an absolute vocal classic from Ray Eberle and the Modernaires with the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Alan Glasscock's fine transcription of Jerry Gray's chart is true to the original in every...

This is a faithful transcription of the 1941 Billy May arrangement as recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra, with Paula Kelly and the Modernaires. The chart is scored for 5444, Girl vocalist and 4 pi...

This arrangement of Don't Fence Me In is the version recorded by Bing Crosby with the Andrews Sisters in 1944. We have faithfully reproduced this chart, even down to the level of correctly detailing t...

Here is Ella Mae Morse's Blacksmith Blues, written for her by Jack Holmes. This song was originally the flipside to Love Me or Leave Me, issued in 1952 by Capitol Records, and it became her biggest hi...

Ida' is an early Billy May chart for the Glenn Miller orchestra which shows May's fine early writing stye at its best. We have scored the male vocal independenly from Beneke's original Tenor part, the...

Boy/Girl & vocal backing group Billy May wrote many outstanding charts for the Miller band, and this is one of his finest. The writing is moody, sometimes dark, but harmonically rich and full. It cont...

Expertly transcribed by Alan Glasscock from the original Bill Finegan chart for Tommy Dorsey, this catchy and bouncy tune was lifted by the writers from Charlie Parker's 'Now's the Time', so will be i...

Snowfall was the theme tune of Claude Thornhill, and as you would expect, it is a Piano feature. We have transcribed Thornhills' chart in full, and this call for all 5 Saxes to double Clarinets for th...

Here is the lush and lovely Danny Boy (a.k.a Londonderry Air) as played by the Miller Band. Another excellent transcription from the pen of Alan Glasscock, this chart features Miller-voiced saxes, bea...

Originally from Verdi's Il Trovatore, Anvil Chorus was a big hit for the Glenn Miller band, thanks to the fabulous arrangement by Gerry Gray. We have faithfully restored the original version here, com...

Many bands played Jersey Bounce, and the two most remembered are those from the Miller and Goodman Orchestras. This is the Benny Goodman version, meticulously transcribed by Alan Glasscock. For us it...

Although composed originally as a waltz, this version from the Harry James orchestra is firmly in 4:4 time. Alan Glasscock has transcribed and adapted this chart beautifully, and has removed the strin...

Bill Finegan wrote the original version of this arrangement for Glenn Miller's civilain band, and adapted it for Miller's USAAF band. This is the version that we offer here. Transcribed beautifully by...

Tommy Dorsey first recorded a version Clarence Smith's Boogie Woogie in the late 1930's. This chart is not it. It's his much better effort which is known as TD's Boogie Woogie, and is an excellent dev...

Chloe was originally a chart made famous by the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, thanks to a stunning arangement by Bill Finegan. Structurally and harmonically it was probably ahead of its time, and certainly...

My Guy's Come Back is the Mel Powell arrangement for the Miller USAAF band, and is an extended version compared to the civilian band chart which we have transcribed from a radio air check. It is at he...

This is the Harry James version of You Made Me Love You, and, as you might expect, it is a Trumpet feature. Harry James recorded this version a couple of times. Once in the early 40's and again in the...

Fred Norman wrote and arranged this tune for the Miller band, and we have transcribed this chart from Miller's 1941 Hollywood recording. The opening Piano solo and later Trumpet and Tenor solos are fu...

Glenn Miller's version of Star Dust is hauntingly beautiful, and a Miller 'must-have' chart. Lovingly transcribed from the original Miller / Finegan arrangement by Alan Glasscock, our version contains...

Serenade In Blue is another classic from the Glenn Miller Orchestra with the Modernaires, and Alan Glasscock's transcription is a true reflection of the original.The chart is written for Male vocalist...

Here is the lovely ballad The Nearness of You, as performed by the Glenn Miller Orchestra, with vocal by Ray Eberle. Another lush ballad with the trademark Miller sax sound of Clarinet lead over 2 Alt...

Skylark is a lush male vocal ballad from the Glenn Miller Orchestra, and it naturally makes use of Miller-voiced Saxes. The voicings and harmonic structure of this arrangement are simply stunning, and...

Here is Glenn Miller's beautiful vocal ballad, At Last. The Miller band had several versions of this chart, and ours is drawn from the version in the film 'Orchestra Wives'. Whilst it is not the compl...

This arrangement of the Andrews Sisters version of Apple Blossom Time shows a more sentimental side of the trio's repertoire. Unusually, the chart is only scored for 3 voices, 4 Trombones and 4 Rhythm...

Harry James and The Skylarks vocal group briefly joined forces in 1949-50, and came up with this gem of a chart. Don'cha Go 'Way Mad is all about a guy begging forgiveness for cheating on his girlfrie...