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Scored for 5 Saxes, 3 Trumpets, 2 Trombones and 4 Rhythm. Some arrangements of these series have cross-cued lead parts, making them playable by a reduced front line. Standard orchestrations, for stric...

Scored for 5 Saxes, 3 Trumpets, 2 Trombones and 4 Rhythm. Some arrangements of these series have cross-cued lead parts, making them playable by a reduced front line. Standard orchestrations, for stric...

Scored for 5 Saxes, 3 Trumpets, 2 Trombones and 4 Rhythm. Some arrangements of these series have cross-cued lead parts, making them playable by a reduced front line. Standard orchestrations, for stric...

Here is Buddy Morrow's thundering rendition of Night Train. What is unusual is the speed of the chart - a slowish 85 bpm - and as a result the arrangement has a solid, rumbling momentum that carries a...

This Dorsey classic is based on a 1944 version, when the Dorsey band was at its height. The arrangement went on to be used by the later Dorsey band under the direction of Warren Covington. It is longe...

Cherry is a classic from the Harry James Orchestra and a great chart for showcasing one of your Trumpet players. The original arrangement was done with strings, but we have replaced the string lines w...

Roll 'Em was a hugely popular number for the Goodman band, and its infectious boogie feel will have dancers flocking to the floor. Our version is true to the Goodman original, with a couple of modific...

Here is Glenn Miller's ridiculously fast and difficult version of Runnin' Wild. A great chart, but please be warned - it's tough. Our only adaptation has been to score the brass for 8 rather than 6 pi...

A superb original composition from Jon Harpin, featuring your Pianist and Trombone. Basie's Blues is a really laid-back number, but with plenty to interest all your players and any audience. This char...

Here is the quirky Billy May version of You're Driving Me Crazy from 1950, full of wonderfully humourous musical invention. The arrangement seems to be moving along at a nice steady 2-in-the-bar pace,...

Billy May wrote many fine charts during his illustrious career, and this is one of them. Written for the talented, and often underrated Casa Loma Orchestra, this arrangement of Franz von Suppe's Poet...

This chart is very clever in its concept, as it is both big band and an 8-piece bebop all rolled into one. Both the Gene Krupa and Woody Herman bands played this chart regularly. The front line is a q...

This version of I Know Why is adapted from our vocal version and is from the film Sun Valley Serenade. It includes an additional instrumental chorus not found in the earlier Miller recorded version. A...

A lovely original composition from Carl Fritsche, Kitty's Waltz is a really relaxed, laid back piece, with great harmonic and melodic structure. Sometimes Jazz Waltzes are over complicated and lose th...

Benny Goodman's famous opening number has been faithfully re-created by Bob Martin and comes complete with the original Clarinet and Alto solos fully written out. This arrangement is scored for 8 bras...

920 Special is a song covered by many of the great Big Bands. Ours is the Basie version taken from the 1960's and forms part of our Basie series ready for his Centenary in 2004. It features some great...

This is simply a great jump jive number, made famous by the Glen Gray Orchestra, and to the best of out knowledge has never been published before, anywhere. If your band plays to a dance crowd then th...

Tenderly has been a standard for Trumpet players for a long time. This is the Ray Anthony version from his huge-selling album, 'Dream Dancing', from the early 50's, and is in 4:4 time. Ray played a li...

A ripsnorter of a number, based on the original Woody Herman version. A brief punchy start introduces a piano solo - a real opportunity for your pianist to show off a little. The sequence is repeated,...

The Sorcerer is another original composition from Carl Fritsche, and is very different from most of our offerings. It is a relaxed, laid-back groove, with an ethereal, almost modal quality to it. Tech...

There have been many arrangements of Wave done over the years, and many suffer from being over-arranged. Wally Menard has produced a truly elegant piece of Latin scoring, and the result is an absolute...

Cherokee was the first big hit for Charlie Barnet and his Orchestra, though when Billy May arrived for the 1939 recording session and handed out the parts nobody seemed that impressed with it! This is...

A rare and unusual song from the Ted Heath book, Heading North is a 1957 composition and is a medium tempo (at 130 bpm) minor blues chart. It kicks off with a solo piano 12 bar lick (written), joined...

One Note Samba has been done many a time, usually in a straight-ahead slightly dull gentle latin feel. Not this version! Wally Menard has pulled off a really creative job of writing to give this chart...

Moonlight Sonata is a much underrated chart from the Glenn Miller book but one that makes the hair stand up on the back of your neck. It naturally features your pianist. The arrangement builds on Beet...