Originally featured in Martin Scorsese's 1977 film of the same name, 'New York, New York' has perhaps become the song most associated with Frank Sinatra in the public eye. This version has been heard...
Recorded in several different versions and contexts over the years, this version of Billy Strayhorn's 'Snibor' is taken from the Ellington band's 1967 posthumous tribute album '...And His Mother Calle...
Originally written and arranged for trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie's big band in 1956, this version of Benny Golson's tribute to the late Clifford Brown, 'I Remember Clifford,' has become a favorite ballad...
Clair de Lune (Debussy) * Hungarian Dance No. 5 (Brahms) * Prelude (Op. 3, No. 2) (Rachmaninoff) * Pachelbel's Canon in D and others.
Although 'Tin Tin Deo' is usually associated with trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, it was actually co-composed by Gillespie's original arranging partner Gil Fuller and conguero Luciano 'Chano' Pozo. T...
Horace Silver's iconic blues received the big band treatment courtesy of arranger Ernie Wilkins for Dizzy Gillespie's big band in 1956. By and large, the arrangement sticks fairly close to Silver's or...
This Buddy Bregman arrangement was recorded by Ella Fitzgerald for what became the first entry into her songbook series: The Cole Porter Songbook. The arrangement begins with the seldom heard verve ac...
AS RECORDED BY CHARLIE PARKER WITH STRINGS ARRANGED BY JIMMY CARROLL, EDITED BY JEFFREY SULTANOF Though Charlie Parker received quite a bit of criticism during his lifetime for making his 'with String...
This swinging chart of the holiday standard was arranged by Frank DeVol for Ella Fitzgerald's 1960 album 'Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas.' This was arranged to feature a solo vocalist along with...
