Ray Anthony

Here is our transcription of Ray Anthony's take on the Gershwins' classic tune, Someone To Watch Over Me, as played on his 1994 Dream Dancing II album. The only change we have made from the original i...

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...

Skokiaan (South African Song) composed by August Msarurgwa with English words by Tom Glazer, arranged for voice and piano with guitar chords.

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...

Thunderbird is another chart from the Ray Anthony / George (the Silver Fox) Williams partnership, and is a classic of its time. It is a completely ensemble chart, and has some great sectional writing....

'How High The Moon' is a fast paced, hard-swinging, rip-roaring chart from the Ray Anthony band that will make a great showcase for soloists in your band. The chart opens Db with alternating sectional...

The Fox is a real beauty of a swing-dance chart, perfect for the Jitterbug and Lindy dance crowd. This tune has a totally infectious bounce to it, and swings like crazy from start to finish. The arran...

Here is our transcription of Ray Anthony's version of Harry Warren and Mack Gordon's well known standard, The More I See You, as played on his 1994 Dream Dancing II album. The only change we have made...

Here is our transcription of Ray Anthony's version of the jazz classic, Body and Soul, as played on his 1994 Dream Dancing II album. The only change we have made from the original is to reduce the bra...

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 Again is from that album. T...

Transcribed from Ray Anthony's 1960 Arthur Murray Foxtrots album (Capitol Records T1371), Dardanella is a really bouncy swing chart that is full of great licks and riffs, played at a tempo that is jus...

Here is our transcription of Ray Anthony's version of Charles Warfield's well known jazz standard as played on his 1994 Dream Dancing II album. This arrangement is somewhat unusual, in that this song...

This version of Blue Moon is transcribed from Ray Anthony's 'Arthur Murray Foxtrots' album. It is a really solid, no nonsense, medium tempo swing vocal that is suitable for Female Alto or Male Bariton...

Ray Anthony used this chart in much the same way as Harry James used Trumpet Blues - as a rousing sectional feature. It storms from start to end, and plays just as well at a slightly reduced tempo too...