Lush Life Music

This chart of the Blue Danube has been transcribed from a version by Joe Loss, and is played at Viennese Walts tempo. Saxes are scored for AAATT in Miller style, with 1st Alto doubling Clarinet. The a...

A bouncy vocal from Anita O'Day and the Gene Krupa band, with an unreasonably long title! This chart was one of the most requested of O'Day's repertoire, and we have faithfully recreated it for you he...

This version of Why Don't You Do Right was recorded in 1942 by Peggy Lee during her stay with the Benny Goodman band and Peggy made this song her own. We have faithfully transcribed Goodman's chart, i...

Calling all male vocalists! Clementine is simply great fun. This Bobby Darin version is in a similar style to his more well known Mack the Knife, with successive half-step modulations, and a band back...

That Ole Devil is a wonderful torchlight ballad which was made famous by Billie Holiday, and latterly by Alison Moyet. Ours draws from the best of both, and we have added extra depth and richness to t...

Cole Porter penned some fabulous songs. My Heart Belongs to Daddy was written for the 1938 musical, Leave it to Me, and has a wonderfully naughty lyric where 'daddy' means 'sugar daddy'. Our arrangeme...

This is the theme tune for the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, and perhaps the definitive solo vehicle for Trombone, where the melody brings out the best of the instrument. This arrangement is true to the ori...

A straight-ahead Waltz in a stock style. Good sectional interplay and use of brass mutes for tonal colour, with a written Trumpet 2 solo and written Piano fills.

A straight-ahead Waltz in a stock style. No solos apart from a short Piano intro, just good sectional interplay and use of brass mutes for tonal colour.

Made famous by Dean Martin, ours is close to the Rosemary Clooney version which she recorded with the Perez Prado Orchestra. This is a relaxed vocal with simple backings from the band, in true Prado s...

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...

Written by Bill Finegan for the Glenn Miller Orchestra, this number is a great example of his arranging skill. He took a simplistic tune (Yo Ho Heave Ho) and turned it into a memorable piece, famous f...

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...

Sunday Girl was one of Blondie's biggest hits, written for her by band member Chris Stein. Our arrangement is written as a pop rock chart, with a similar feel to the Debbie Harry original. After a bol...

Here is a grooving latin version of One Mint Julep from the Xavier Cugat band which features your Piano / Keyboard player on rock organ. The arrangement is fairly straightforward, with no great surpri...

Here is Jon Harpin's transcription of the Shorty Rogers chart written for June Christy's 1962 'Big Band Specials' album. This is an unusual arrangement which switches between a Rock and Swing feel, an...

This arrangement of Jailhouse Rock is easy, yet very effective in performance, and being such a well known song, will have the dancers taking to the floor straight away. The chart opens in Elvis style...

This version of 'You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby' has been transcribed and adapted by Jon Harpin from the version Peggy Lee recorded in 1967 on the Capitol album 'Something Groovy!', and it's writ...

This version is a transcription of Basie's performance from the 'Sinatra at the Sands' album, and it differs slightly from the great Billy Byers studio version of the chart. It opens with a floating P...

My Girl, written by Smokey Robinson and Ronald White, was a huge hit for The Temptations, and this tune has become a Motown classic. Our arrangement is written with the original 60's version in mind,...

My Prayer is a typically sweet Miller vocal from his early years, transcribed for you here by Alan Glasscock. Saxes are scored CAATT, with Tenor 1 also doubling Clarinet in the intro. We have adapted...

White Cliffs of Dover is a lovely vocal swing ballad from the Glenn Miller book. We have kept this chart true to the original, though have augmented the brass to full 8 voicing. The sax section is sco...

This is a great transcription by Jon Harpin of a beautifully concieved Neal Hefti composition written as a ballad solo feature for Marshal Royal. If your band has an Alto player that you would like to...

The original Ella Fitzgerald chart was scored for a big band, augmented with a lot of orchestral woodwind. Jon Harpin has skillfully adapted the original concept to make the chart playable by a regula...

This version of Harlem Nocturne is an Alto feature from the Maynard Ferguson book and has an altogether much cooler feel to it than the ever-present and much played standard stock swing chart. Our cha...