Powerhouse Orchestrations

As performed by Robbie Williams. Small Band Series by Sammy Cahn & Jimmy Van Heusen, arranged by Shaun Byrne. Instrumentation: Alto, Tenor, Trombone, Trumpet, 4 rhythm vocal and score.

Small Band Vocal Version This was a number one hit ballad for singer songwriter Billy Vera, recently featured by Michael Bublé in his album Crazy Love. Cy Payne has faithfully transcribed this number...

A really great number for a party, with the infectious Latin rhythm plus Kirsty MacColl's entertaining lyrics certain to bring everyone on to the floor. Carefully transcribed by Cy Payne, it includes...

Girl Vocal One of the all time great standards which is always popular with audiences. The full band intro gives a good clear lead into the vocals. No instrumental passages - just plenty of well craft...

A full band setting of the original recording by the unforgettable Amy. Synth strings included.

This Could Be The Start Of Something Big

Basierend auf der Fassung auf Michael Bublés 'It's Time'. Enthält opt. Stimmen: Violine 1 und 2, Viola, Cello, 2 Flöten und 2 Klarinetten

The classic jazz ballad, from Tony Bennett's 'Duets 2' album featuring Amy Winehouse. Cy Payne has transcribed & extended the chart to make it playable as recorded, with full strings or by the usual S...

Sammy Nestico, who wrote many fine scores for the Count Basie Band, has provided this laid-back Basie-style arrangement, starting with the piano and rhythm section, and then gradually building right t...

Phil Collins Big Band Instrumental Chart. A great straight ahead swing arrangement of this Genesis title by John Clayton Jr. with an open section for solos. From the album 'A Hot Night in Paris'.

Der Opener zu Phil Collins Serious Hits Live Tour This is the African style call and response song featured on the video release of his Berlin concert and re-created for the full big band by Harry Kim...

A relaxed 4/4 arrangement, based on the Quincy Jones version from the album 'This Time by Basie' recently re-released on the Reprise label. Mainly featuring the sax section but including muted trumpet...

Surely the ultimate slow rock ballad alto sax feature number - starting dreamily with synth. and woodwind (cued on saxes if doubling not available) with bass guitar then setting the groove allowing th...

Robbie and Guy Chambers back together (at last!) for this opening number on the 'Swings Both Ways' Album. A Perfect and very playable new number for a concert or party night. Key: Bb Vocal range: A -...

The vibrant Tito Puente salsa (mambo) version from the album Party with Puente, CCD-4924-2, extended for full big band by Shaun Byrne. Solos for 1st tenor and 2nd trumpet. Key G minor. Taken down a Mi...

8 brass, 5 saxes and 4 rhythm, plus 3 optional flutes, 2 Bb clarinets and horn in F. Swing band girl vocal. A great fun number to perform. The colla voce introduction for vocal and piano, as recorded,...

Big Band Girl Vocal, transcribed from the superb original 1980's concert performance on youtube.

From the album 'Buddy Rich at Ronnie Scott's'. This Ellington standard is always a great vehicle for solos. The chart has very playable written out solos for Tenor Sax and Trumpet and also includes dr...

The Quincy Jones / Count Basie version. Great section writing, plus written out tenor and piano solos. A superb swing number. Key C minor.

8 brass, 5 saxes and 4 rhythm, plus 3 optional flutes, 2 Bb clarinets and horn in F. Swing band girl vocal. The all time favourite ballad, featured in the 1942 film Casablanca. A full band intro leads...

The Bobby Darin version which really swings right from the start. The first four bars can easily be repeated for a great opener. Take a look at the TV recording on YouTube to see how this works-brilli...

From the album 'Rock Swings' a very effective medium groove version of the 1994 Soundgarden number in the classic Sinatra/Basie style. Available for Augmented Big Band with full strings (POW4330) The...

The dynamic mid tempo number from the 2016 album 'Nobody But Me'.

Glenn Miller. Big Band Instrumental. This can still sound as fresh as ever, with its 12 bar blues sequence theme and linking eight bar sections. The original solos are written out but there is ample s...

A powerful mid-tempo hard-driving number with sections for open solos. Right from bar 1 this chart really shows what excitement can be generated by the sound of the contemporary big band. From the alb...