Advanced Swing Sheet Music

Sy Oliver wrote a number of memorable charts for the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, such as Opus One and Swanee River. However, Well Get It is one of his finest, and yet not best known. A thumping swing char...

This arrangement of Bugle Call Rag, originally scored for the band by Jimmy Mundy, was one of the charts that helped launch the Benny Goodman Orchestra into the swing era that fateful August day at th...

Transcribed from Ted Heath's 'Swing is King Vol. 2' album, this version of Apple Honey closely follows the form of the Woody Herman original, though the solo spaces are less cluttered, allowing for mo...

The Good Earth was written by Neal Hefti for the Woody Herman Orchestra and is a blistering swing chart. Our transcription is taken from the 1963 Basin Street West studio session in Hollywood. The ori...

Mel Powell wrote this piece for Benny Goodman, and in some ways it points the way for Mel Powell's later switch from jazz to classical music. The chart is full of rich, flowing texture and has a super...

Written by Jack Mattias (of Trumpet Blues & Cantabile fame) for the Harry James Orchestra, James Session is a big swing chart that features Trumpet, Drums, Trombone and Alto Sax. HJ recorded his chart...

A ground breaking chart from the Tommy Dorsey / Sy Oliver stable, Quiet Please was a huge hit in its day, and the first major success for Buddy Rich in his stay with the Dorsey band. This chart is a b...

An up swing feature for the 2 tenors. A great vehicle to show off the soloists. Trpt high D.

Very up-swing starts out with a three piece be-bop group who play the head & solos before the big band joins in. Again lots of ensemble & plenty of places to blow.

Funk rock head that alternates into up swing. This chart is a great mesh of rock horns & Cookin' big band. Lots of funk syncopation's. Trpt to D.

Medium swing chart w/a lot of ensemble all the way through. Based on the changes of another Dixie tune w/approx. the same name. Nice spot for the tenor to play the solo. Trpt. To D.

Hard kickin' jazz blues shuffle with plenty of room for the jazz tenor to solo. Composed by Steve Allen, arr by Tom Kubis. his is one of Steve's favorites and opens the new Tom Kubis/Steve Allen Big B...

Medium to up jazz swing starting with a very challenging sax line. Lot's of meaty ensemble leaving room for the trumpet to stretch his wings (providing he has wings KFC). Composed by Steve Allen, arr...

A very cool melody in an up tempo Jazz waltz style. Composed by Steve Allen, arr by Tom. This starts by featuring the flugels (which you already know because you have the new Kubis/Allen CD Keep Swing...

Steve wrote a cute little tune that features the trombones and the bass player in a Thadish kind of unison line (Trey Henry is featured on the Kubis/Allen CD, insidentally called Keep Swingin on Sea B...

This is a pretty flugel ballad (featuring Stan Martin-formerly with Pancho Sanchez). This is a very haunting solo and arrangement on the Keep Swingin CD on Sea Breeze Jazz. Again, another great ballad...

Up tempo swing. 1/4 note = 200. Solo changes in 2nd trumpet. Difficult sax soli. No doubles.

Great up-tempo swing chart. Can be used as a concert opener or closer. Written for Bill Holman. Extensive ensemble writing. Solos for Trpt, Alto & short Drum solo.

Very up tempo swing [ 1/4 note=300 approx.] in that great Florence style. Changes are based on How Deep is the Ocean. Solo space for Alto sax & trpt. Lots of ensemble writing. No dbls. Recorded by Bob...

Based on a 3/4 feeling in various tempos and style. Up tempo 3/4 swinger. Lower instruments have the melody. Some sax dbls. Part one of One, Two, Three.

Straight ahead medium swing featuring both tenor saxes. No doubles.

A waltz. Baritone solo melody and flugelhorn solo. Very gentle for most of the way through. Quarter note = 72 (swing 8th notes). Recorded by the Bob Florence Limited Edition on Serendipity 18 on MAMA...

The old 1920's song done as a bright samba and fast swing (half note = 132). Solos are tenor and trumpet.No score.

A medium-fast, hard driving, swinging piece with lots of ensemble and solo space for Trumpet and Alto Sax. Piano intro followed by the whole ensemble leads to the Saxophone section stating the theme....