Jon Harpin

Here is our transcription and adaptation of Nelson Riddle's chart done for Sinatra's 'Strangers in the Night' album. Sinatra often referred to this song as his first hit - a reference to his time with...

This creamy version of If I Had You is taken from 'A Swingin' Affair', Sinatra's 12th studio album, conducted and arranged by Nelson Riddle. We have transcribed and adapted this chart to remove the or...

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...

Shine On Harvest Moon has been transcribed and adapted by Jon Haprin from the Nelson Riddle chart written for Rosemary Clooney's 1961 album 'Rosie Solves the Swingin' Riddle'. The string lines have be...

You Took Advantage of Me has been transcribed and adapted by Jon Haprin from the Nelson Riddle chart written for Rosemary Clooney's 1961 album 'Rosie Solves the Swingin' Riddle'. It is a relaxed swing...

We are pleased to offer Rosemary Clooney's hard-swingin', foot-tappin' version of Get Me To The Church On Time. Lovingly transcribed and adapted by Jon Harpin from the Nelson Riddle original, this cha...

This chart has been lovingly transcribed and adapted by Jon Harpin from Frank Sinatra's 1964 Reprise album 'Days of Wine and Roses'. The original arrangement was penned by Nelson Riddle. It included s...

This fine tune was first popularized by Vaughn Monroe and his orchestra in 1945. Monroe's version included his vocal group, the Moon Maids, to add backings to his own vocal performance. In our adaptat...

This chart has been artfully transcribed by Jon Harpin from the original Nelson Riddle arrangement for Sinatra's 'Swing Easy' album, released in 1962 by Capitol Records (W-1429) though originally reco...

This chart has been transcribed from Frank Sinatra's 1961 album 'Swing Along With Me', released on the Reprise label. Billy May wrote the original arrangements for the album. As you might expect from...

This beauty of a chart has been artfully transcribed by Jon Harpin from the historic 1962 Sinatra-Basie album. The original arrangement was by Neal Hefti, and Jon has kept faith with it, whilst adapti...

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...

This chart has been transcribed from Frank Sinatra's 1961 album'Swing Along With Me', released on the Reprise label. Billy May wrote the original arrangements for the album. As you might expect from a...

Well, we just had to have an arrangement of Lush Life in our catalogue, and here is our favourite. This version is an out-and-out Trumpet feature from the Harry James book. It is as the name suggests...

Zing Went the Strings of My Heart was recorded by Frank Sinatra in December 1960 for the Ring-a-Ding album, but remained unreleased until 1990 when the master tapes of the original recording were redi...

Beautifully transcribed by Jon Harpin from the Neal Hefti chart written for the Sinatra Basie album, I Only Have Eyes For You is pure crooning Sinatra, yet with enough in the chart for the band to shi...

Hard Hearted Hannah is a showstopper of a female vocal. Big, brassy and with real punch, this chart has been exquisitely transcribed and adapted by Jon Harpin from the Julie London original. Although...

Frank Sinatra and Count Basie combined brilliantly on their 1962 album 'Sinatra-Basie', of which this chart was the title track, arranged by Neal Hefti. From Basie's opening intro right to the last no...

This haunting tune was written by Meredith Willson for the 1957 show 'The Music Man'. Our transcription is of the Helen O'Connell version, originally recorded in 1963 on the Cameo record label for the...

Transcribed by Jon Harpin from the original Billy May arrangement, this is Frank Sinatra's version of the Gershwin classic. The chart is scored for 5444, and we have written the original string lines...

Here is our take on the Nelson Riddle chart for Frank Sinatra. The original chart was written to include strings, and some orchestral woodwind, so we have removed these and scored the chart for a regu...

Here is a rare chart from the Stan Kenton orchestra, with June Christy as the vocalist. This chart is a dual feature; vocals and sax section, and has very limited contributions from the brass which on...

As recorded with Count Basie, from the album 'Sinatra at the Sands'.

Orange Coloured Sky was covered well by Natalie Cole several years back, and our version sticks to the structure of this version, though in the key of F, making it more singer-friendly. It opens with...

That's My Style is the late, great Peggy Lee at her laid back best. This tune is so relaxed it is almost horizontal, yet the band's support of the vocalist is just perfect. Loud and snappy where it ne...