Sheet Music for Jazz Ensemble

Transcribed from Billy May's chart written for Anita O'Day, this chart takes a song that is more usually played as a very slow ballad into slow swing territory, where it sits very nicely. It is an out...

Who's Sorry Now is taken from the version performed by the late, great Kate Smith, and it is bold and bluesey too. The band backings give the vocalist great support without ever getting in her way, an...

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...

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...

Recorded by Helen Forrest with the Artie Shaw band, this is an accurate transcription of the original Jerry Gray concept, complete with the intro Piano solo and Shaw's silky first chorus solo line. We...

Here is the classic Vaughan Monroe version of this chart, written during the darker days of WWII and sung as a beacon of hope for better times ahead. This is a straight ahead chart with no particularl...

Once In a While is scored as an easy to play vocal feature in the key of Ab, making it singable by most Alto or Baritone voices. After a short intro the vocalist takes the first chorus, backed by reed...

Here is Bobby Darin's great take on My Gal Sal, a song normally associated with a more trad / dixie setting. This version is a mid-tempo swinger that features the vocalist all the way. Unusually, the...

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...

This version of Cole Porter's classic tune is from Peggy Lee with the Benny Goodman band of 1941. We have augmented the brass to 8 voices and scored Goodman's short Clarinet solo on the Alto 2 part. I...

Transcribed from a live performance and adapted to suit a full 5444 band line-up, this Bobby Darin chart swings from top to toe. It opens with only vocal, bass & drums and the full band only enters mi...

Indian Summer is a hauntingly beautiful melody from the pen of Victor Herbert. Written in 1919 under the original title of 'An American Idyll', the lyric was added in 1939 by Al Dubin. The version tha...

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...

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 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...

This chart has been transcribed from Nat King Cole's 1964 album'Let's Face the Music' on the Capitol label. The original arrangement was penned by Billy May. This chart is an out-and-out vocal feature...

This old tune was made semi-famous by Billie Holiday with the Teddy Wilson Orchestra back in 1935. Our new arrangement of Twent Four Hours a Day is written as a bouncy, up-tempo vocal with a 1930's fe...

This charming swing chart was scored by Sy Oliver for the Jimmie Lunceford band and later re-used by Oliver for his own outfit. Our transcription is taken from the latter. The instrumental chorus of t...

Yes Sir has been transcribed from Nelson Riddle's chart written for Sinatra's 1966 'Strangers in the Night'' album. It is sassy, punchy, not overly long and fun to play and perform. The structure is:...

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...

Transcribed from Sy Oliver's chart for Frank Sinatra on his 1961 'I Remember Tommy'' album, East of the Sun is a laid-back swing chart taken at a relaxed pace that, after a four measure into, features...

This cool, relaxed chart has been transcribed from Julie London's 1960 album 'Around Midnight' (Liberty LST 7164) with the Dick Reynolds Orchestra. Many singers (such as Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra...

Solid Potato Salad is a great vocal swing chart from the versatile Ella Mae Morse, recorded with the Freddie Slack Orchestra in 1943 when Ella Mae was only eighteen years old. There has been some spec...

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...