Ella Fitzgerald

Lovingly transcribed by Jon Harpin from the 'Ella Swings Brightly With Nelson' album, here is Ella Fitzgerald's version of the Goodman standard, Don't Be That Way. Nelson Riddle's concept is flawless,...

Here is the Ella Fizgerald / Nelson Riddle version of I Only Have Eyes For You, transcribed and adapted by Jon Harpin from the 'Ella Swings Brightly With Nelson' album. The original version contained...

Taken from 'Ella Swings Gently With Nelson', Call Me Darling is pure Ella at her silky best. This chart has been lovingly transcribed and adapted from the original Nelson Riddle version by Jon Harpin....

Once in a while an album is made which simply brims with class. This chart is from such an album - 'Ella Swings Brightly With Nelson' - and it not only oozes class, but swings like crazy too. Nelson R...

Soon has been beautifully transcribed and adapted by Jon Harpin from the original Nelson Riddle chart featured on Ella Fitzgerald's Gershwin Songbook album.The strings have been removed and rescored i...

This chart is one of fifty seven arrangements written by Nelson Riddle for the 1959 album 'Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book'. The project marked the first time that Fitzgera...

The Trombone section in most big bands rarely gets a chance to show off their collective talent, so we have scored Ella Fitzgerald's version of this fine Cole Porter tune for just Vocal, Trombones and...

Another first rate chart from the Ella Fitzgerald / Nelson Riddle team, transcribed from the 'Ella Swings Brightly With Nelson' album, and full of lush harmonic structure. Whilst it is a real vocal fe...

This song was written by Cole Porter for his 1941 musical 'Let's Face It' and featured in Ella's Cole Porter Songbook album. It is an up-tempo swinger with a predominantly minor feel, and we have stay...

Written by Cole Porter for his 1953 musical 'Can-Can', this Ella Fitzgerald chart is an up-tempo, hard swinging version (originally scored by Buddy Bregman for her Cole Porter Songbook album) with a c...

We think that the Trombone section in most big bands rarely gets a chance to shine and show off their collective talents, so we have taken Ella Fitzgerald's version of this fine Cole Porter tune and s...

Let Yourself Go is a transcription of the original Paul Weston chart, as recorded on Ella's 'Irving Berlin Songbook' album. The pace is a relaxed swing at 160 beats per minute, and Weston's original i...

Top Hat' is a transcription of the original Paul Weston chart, as recorded on Ella's 'Irving Berlin Songbook' album, and it is a really cool, swingin' chart. We have scored the vocal 'as sung' by Ella...

This tune was written by the Gershwins for the 1932 film 'Girl Crazy'. Ella Fitzgerald revisited the song on her 1959 Gershwin Songbook album, the arrangement being written by Nelson Riddle. We have t...

This tune was recorded by Ella for her Harold Arlen songbook album, with the original arrangement scored by Billy May. We have adapted the chart to a full 5444 line-up (from the original 5114) though...

We are proud to offer you our transcription of one of Ella Fitzgerald's most memorable charts. Originally scored by Nelson Riddle for Ella's Johnny Mercer Songbook album, this chart exemplifies his tr...

This is a transcription of Nelson Riddle's lovely chart written for Ella Fitzgerald's Johnny Mercer Songbook album. It is taken at a relaxed 80 bpm and is a perfect vehicle for showcasing the bluesy s...

Ella Fitzgerald recorded her version of this chart with the Marty Paich Dek-tette on the 1958 'Ella Swings Lightly' album. The Dek-tette line-up was 3 Saxes, 2 Trumpets, Trombone, French Horn (TS), Pi...

This chart has been transcribed from Ella Fitzgerald's 1962 album 'Ella Swings Gently With Nelson'. We have removed the strings, making the chart playable by a regular 5444 big band line-up. The chart...