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Tommy Dorsey first recorded a version Clarence Smith's Boogie Woogie in the late 1930's. This chart is not it. It's his much better effort which is known as TD's Boogie Woogie, and is an excellent dev...

Chloe was originally a chart made famous by the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, thanks to a stunning arangement by Bill Finegan. Structurally and harmonically it was probably ahead of its time, and certainly...

This is the Stan Kenton & Anita O'Day version, though we have modified it to play with 8 brass, rather than the original 10. This chart is unusual, in that the band gets to sing the choruses and the g...

Transcribed from the 1956 recording, the Peanut Vendor remains one of Stan Kenton's most enduring hits, and is a feature chart for lead Trombone (who solos for the first minute of the chart), the Trum...

Written in 1920 by Jolson & DeSylva, this song was a favourite of Nat King Cole, and later featured by Natalie Cole on her 'Unforgettable' album. Ours is a transcription of her Bill Holman chart. It m...

Here is Part 1 of Artie Shaw's stunning Concerto for Clarinet, written by the great man himself. Following a big tutti opening comes a stylish Clarinet cadenza intro, with band backing and solo Piano...

Here is Part 2 of Artie Shaw's stunning Concerto for Clarinet. The chart opens with four stylish Clarinet cadenzas, after which the drummer picks up the tempo with a floor-tom solo, joined by solo Cla...

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...

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...

Once in a while there comes along a chart which just makes you want to listen and weep with joy. This Ted Heath version of Memories of You is one of them. A fabulous feature for two Trumpets , the arr...

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...

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...

This is pure Woody Herman, and a transcription of the original Nat Pierce chart. The Jazz Me Blues is an old dixieland tune of the 1920's, and this arrangement lifts it into a new sphere altogether. W...

Darktown Strutters Ball is well known to Trad Jazz audiences, but it's a bit of a rarity to have a chart for Big Band. This version is a transcription of the Ken Moule chart which was written for the...

This arrangement was written by Ben Homer for the Les Brown Orchestra, and is a quirky and fun chart to play. Everything is as per the original recording - the dixie trio; the piano solo written out;...

Here is our transcription Brahms' Hungarian Dance Number 5, another excellent Billy May chart done for the Casa Loma Orchestra as part of a series of classical works arranged for big band. The chart f...

One of Woody Herman's less well known works, La Cucaracha is nevertheless a great latin arrangement by Billy May which develops this simple tune into a fine chart. The reeds are scored for CTTTB, but...

March of the Toys is a rarely heard, yet exquisite chart, originally scored by Dean Kincaide for the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. The tune itself is from the second act of Victor Herbert's 'Babes In Toylan...

Sinatra recorded this song a number of times during his career, but the most swinging version was the Billy May arrangement that John Ferguson has transcribed here. In typical May style, it is punchy,...

Benny Carter wrote this piece and recorded it with his band in 1933, and it became one of the defining swing charts of the era. He later scored this arrangement for the Gene Krupa Orchestra, and it is...

Here is Glenn Miller's hit chart 'I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo', as originally recorded with Tex Beneke and the Modernaires. The only adjustments that we have made to the studio version is to add in an...

When you say Intermission Riff, the first name that pops up is usually Stan Kenton. However, other bands also covered this Ray Wetzel tune, and we offer you the Ted Heath version here, originally arra...

Together Again is another Hefti chart from Basie's 1962 album 'On My Way and Shoutin' Again', transcribed by Jon Harpin. This chart has stylistic similarities to Flight of the Foo Birds (from 'The Ato...

Written by band member Kenny Graham for Ted Heath's 1956 Australian tour, Kings Cross Climax is a big drum feature. The chart opens at a rapid speed, with a drum solo and a big pyramid build-up from t...

Written by band member and English Trumpet legend Kenny Baker, this up-tempo swinger features the Trumpets. After the opening chorus and bridge there is a Tenor solo (written out, but can be ad-lib fr...