Advanced Sheet Music from Lush Life Music

Transcribed from the original Billy May arrangement which features on Sinatra's 'Come Dance With Me' album, Too Close for Comfort is a ripper of a chart that kicks and swings hard from start to finish...

Swing @ 125 b.p.m. Here is our interpretation of Roger Holmes' great chart for Natalie Cole, from her 'Unforgettable: With Love' album. We have written this transcription for a standard 5/4/4/4 big ba...

Originally from Verdi's Il Trovatore, Anvil Chorus was a big hit for the Glenn Miller band, thanks to the fabulous arrangement by Gerry Gray. We have faithfully restored the original version here, com...

Many bands played Jersey Bounce, and the two most remembered are those from the Miller and Goodman Orchestras. This is the Benny Goodman version, meticulously transcribed by Alan Glasscock. For us it...

Serenade In Blue is another classic from the Glenn Miller Orchestra with the Modernaires, and Alan Glasscock's transcription is a true reflection of the original.The chart is written for Male vocalist...

This is our transcription of Glenn Miller's 'Jukebox Saturday Night', scored for big band and a 5 piece vocal group (Girl & 4 Boys). It is as played by Miller, except that we have included the full 10...

Here is Frank Sinatra's take on The Best Is Yet To Come, as recorded with the Count Basie Orchestra under the direction of Quincy Jones. This chart is a real Sinatra trademark, and of all the singers...

Well, we just had to have an arrangement of Lush Life in our catalogue, and here is our favourite. This version is an out-and-out Trumpet feature from the Harry James book. It is as the name suggests...

This is Frank Sinatra at his best. This chart is a transcription of Sinatra with the Count Basie Band, taken from Sinatra at the Sands. It features the original band into - big, punchy and nearly a mi...

Transcribed by Jon Harpin from the original Billy May arrangement, this is Frank Sinatra's version of the Gershwin classic. The chart is scored for 5444, and we have written the original string lines...

Here is Glenn Miller's Chattanooga Choo Choo, adapted from the version in the film Sun Valley Serenade. Essentially this is the same structure as the vocal version, except that we have modified the ch...

Bob Carleton penned a little 16 bar tune in 1918, whilst still a club pianinst in Illinois. The tune was briefly famous, then spent 35 years in obscurity until Sonny Rollins 're-invented it' using the...

Here is Glenn Miller's Chattanooga Choo Choo in all its glory. This is the extended version from the film Sun Valley Serenade scored for Boy & Girl vocal with 4-piece backing group and it is four and...

Drum Boogie was a big hit for the Gene Krupa band, featuring Irene Daye on vocals (rather than his regular Anita O'Day). We have made a couple of minor changes to the original - the reeds are now AATT...

Birmingham Bounce is a postwar chart from the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, featuring the singing and fiery Trumpet of Charlie Shavers. This is a very good dance chart and it has a lot of nice features in t...

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 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,...

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 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...

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,...

A wonderful chart from the pen of Neal Hefti for the Basie Band of the late 1950's, along with such well known charts as Cute, Flight of the Foo Birds and many more. Scoot is almost all muted and flut...

Ray Anthony used this chart in much the same way as Harry James used Trumpet Blues - as a rousing sectional feature. It storms from start to end, and plays just as well at a slightly reduced tempo too...

Another Glenn Miller classic, Sun Valley Jump was one of a long line of hit tunes written by Jerry Gray. We have reproduced the original chart here, complete with the Trumpet, Tenor and Clarinet solos...

This is one of Artie Shaw's most memorable charts, and simply a joy to play. Opening with a short 6 measure half time statement, the drums then double the tempo and away we go. The arrangement has gre...