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This chart has been transcribed and adapted from the original Nelson Riddle arrangement written for Ella's Gershwin Songbook album. We have removed the string lines and written the chart for a standar...

Transcribed and adapted by Jon Harpin from the original Nelson Riddle chart, this chart is an out-and-out vocal feature, with no instrumental chorus. The backing lines from the band are solid and rhyt...

American Patrol? - but everybody's got that in their library. Well, yes and no. There are many bands using a 'stock' dance band arrangement originally written for 5 saxes and 5 brass, and possibly the...

This is the true Glenn Miller version, complete with written out trumpet solos for 2nd and 3rd trumpets. The solos are cross-cued to the 1st and 4th parts too, giving your other players the chance to...

Another rare chart from the Hefti days of the Basie band. This is NOT the Hefti stock chart that was issued many years ago. It is the complete Basie version, and a nice Trombone sectional feature. We...

Big Spender was written by Cy Coleman & Dorothy Fields for the 1966 musical 'Sweet Charity'. Peggy Lee's version was the original 'pop' version of the tune and set the standard that other artists, suc...

Transcribed from her Harold Arlen songbook album, this stunning Ella Fitzgerald chart was originally arranged by the late, great Billy May and is an absolute classic. We have simplifies the sax lines...

This chart has been transcribed and adapted from the Frank DeVol arrangement written for Ella's 1960 Verve album 'Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas'. We have removed much of the orchestral woodwind...

This song is one of Tom Jones' most famous hits, and will get any crowd onto any dance floor anywhere! Our arrangement follows the form and structure of the original recording, except that we have wri...

First performend and co-written by Edith Paif though later made famous by Louis Armstrong, this French song has a stunningly beautiful melody line that just glides. Our arrangement is an original, fro...

Here is a really unusual take on a well known Christmas carol. The chart opens in a 'Baroque' allegro with the reeds and brass in call and response and then shifts to an 8 funk groove led by the saxes...

For the first time ever, here is an authentic version. In the Mood? Surely everyone has this in their library we hear you cry. This tune is one of the most requested songs for bands to play, yet the s...

This chart is a transcription of the Billy Byers chart as performed by Frank Sinatra backed by Woody Herman at Madison Square Gardens in 1974. The opening is thunderingly brassy and establishes a grea...

Written by Count Basie and his vocalist, Jimmy Rushing, this tune was a staple of the early Basie band. The chart that we offer here is a later vocal version written for Peggy Lee by Quincy Jones. It...

'Moonlight Serenade' was Glenn Miller's most famous composition, served as the theme tune for his band and is probably the definitive example of the 'Miller' sound - tightly scored Clarinet-led reeds...

A classic Cole Porter song from 1932, Night and Day was a 'must-have' number for the great Big Bands of the era. Our version is based on that used by Ella Fitzgerald, and is a good example how to scor...

Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree was another of the Andrews Sisters big hits and sold very well, despite the success that the Glenn Miller band achieved with the same tune. The chart opens with a half t...

This happy tune was originally written and performed by Bobby Darin and has been recently re-done by Robbie Williams and Jane Horrocks on the 'Swing When You're Winning' album. Our version is very muc...

The Andrews Sisters produced a huge number of hits, and Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy is one of their finest. Alan Glasscock has scored a cracking version here, and has notated the Vocal Trio parts with exc...

A Tisket A Tasket was a hit for Ella Fitzgerald during her time with the Chick Webb band, and remains one of her most memorable charts. Klaus Lessmann has produced a classy transcription of this chart...

Another rousing up-tempo swing chart from the Artie Shaw band. Originally scored by Jerry Gray, this chart has been lovingly transcribed by Alan Glasscock. The only variation from the original is the...

A Soul vocal take on Zawinul's Mercy Mercy Mercy, performed with style by Nancy Wilson. The emotions behind this vocal are pure Soul - a mix of pleading, despair, hope and frustration. The arrangement...

Let's Twist Again is another fine chart to have in your library if you play at mixed audience gigs. The dads are almost guaranteed to want to get up and dance. Our arrangement includes the opening spo...

This chart has been transcribed and adapted from Bette Midler's 'Some People's Lives' album. This song has been recorded by many artists, many times and has been generally done as a slow, mournful bal...

This great swing chart was originally recorded by Les Brown and his Band Of Renown in October 1952 and released on the Coral record label (9-60820). Our research suggests that the original arrangement...