Myles Collins

Ciribiribin is perhaps the solo Trumpet chart by which all others are measured. It is certainly a very challenging piece for your soloist, though can also be used as a solo vehicle for Clarinet or Sop...

We are pleased to offer you the much requested Count Basie version of Jumpin at the Woodside. It's fast, it's furious and it's fun. We have written out all of the original solos 'as-played', though yo...

Taken down from the original 1936 Fletcher Henderson chart for the Benny Goodman Orchestra, our transcription is faithful to the BG chart except that we have augmented the brass to 8 voices from the o...

Here is a very different take on Cole Porter's Night and Day. This Ted Heath (Vocalion CDLK 4228) chart features Drums, the Trumpet section and two Trombones. The Trumpet section takes the opening ver...

Here is our transcription of the Bob Crosby bands' theme tune, Summertime. Featuring solos by Trumpet and Tenor, this wonderfully rich and moody chart rarely strays from Gershwins' haunting melody and...

Gene Krupa recorded over eighty tracks for Capitol Records in 1946-1947. These sessions were later released, along with over sixty Harry James tracks, as the Capitol Vaults Jazz Series. Included in th...

In 1994, just four short decades after recording his 'Dream Dancing' album, Ray Anthony took his band back into the studio to record Dream Dancing II. This transcription of As Time Goes By is from tha...

This song was written by Alan Lerner & Frederick Loewe for the 1956 Broadway production of My Fair Lady and has been covered by many singers including Doris Day, Peggy Lee and Bobby Darin to name but...

Transcribed from Julie London's 1961 Liberty Records album 'Whatever Julie Wants', this sultry swing chart will suit any vocalist who has a laid-back vocal style. The Buddy DeSylva lyric is suitably s...

Transcribed from her 'Rare Gems & Hidden Treasures' album, this sultry chart shows off Peggy Lee's relaxed, almost drawling vocal style at its best. The arrangement is laid back, cool, very hip for it...

Another jewel of a chart from the Sinatra Riddle 1954 album 'Swing Easy'. After just a three note intro we're right into the chart, with the rhythm section providing a very structured backing to the f...

Here is our transcription of the Anita O'Day version if Cole Porter's 'I Love You'. The original arrangement was by Billy May, from the 1959 'Anita O'Day Swings Cole Porter with Billy May' album. Thou...

Transcribed from Ella's Cole Porter Songbook album, this chart features your vocalist, Rhythm and Trombone sections only. The Saxes and Trumpets sit this one out. All of the background supporting figu...

Nina Simone recorded her now famous version of this tune in 1958, though it took nearly thirty years for it to achieve chart success, having been used by Chanel in a fragrance commercial in 1987. We h...

Don't Be That Way was recorded by Frank Sinatra on his 1961 'Sinatra Swings' album and the original arrangement was by Billy May. Our transcription is faithful to the original, which swings with a nic...

But Not For Me is a transcription from Sam Cooke's great RCA Victor 1961 album 'My Kind of Blues'. Sammy Lowe wrote the original arrangement and conducted the studio orchestra. The Gershwins wrote the...

The Goodman orchestra performed a similar vocal version of this chart at the Carnegie Hall concert, with Martha Tilton the featured vocalist. This is an instrumental version of the chart offered in ou...

Here is Glenn Miller's version of Johnson Rag, transcribed from the original Bill Finegan chart with all of the solos (both Tenors, Trombone 1 and Trumpet 2) written out. This tune features many of Mi...

Corner Pocket was written by the unsung hero of the Count Basie band, Freddie Green, and it's title is a reference to the place that Green called his own - the corner pocket of the rhythm section. We...

Oh Johnny! was another early hit for the Andrews Sisters and we have reproduced it here for you. We have adapted the chart by expanding it to full big band form, up from the smaller band which was use...

This wonderful version Hot Toddy is from the Ted Heath band, and features your Baritone player and second Trumpet. The chart opens with a rumbling Bari line backed by hand claps from the band. The Tro...

This song is another of Tom Jones' most famous hits, and will get any crowd onto the dance floor. It is just one of those great party songs. Our arrangement follows the form and structure of the origi...

Made famous by the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, our instrumental version of Sunny Side of the Street is taken from our Vocal version. The form and structure is based on the original Dorsey version, includi...

Mr Anthony's Boogie is a rousing up-tempo swing Boogie Woogie which features the Trumpet section, and a solo 3rd Trumpet in particular. This chart is really powerful, and great for a jitterbug dance c...

Taken from Ella's 'Harold Arlen Songbook' album, this transcription of Billy May's original arrangement is a snarling swing chart, balancing punch and up-tempo power with soulful gospel interludes. Th...