Benny Goodman: Advanced Sheet Music

If there is one chart which seems to capture the essence of Stan's mid-fifties bands, this is the one! The chart swings like mad from downbeat to the end. This is one of Holman's best early charts, an...

Based on the Benny Goodman 1936 version of this jumpin' Fletcher Henderson tune, this authentic edition features swingin' choruses for every section, a transcription of Benny's clarinet solo, and the...

Written by Benny Goodman and Lionel Hampton, this tune was a mainstay of the Goodman Sextet, featuring Charlie Christian. The version that we offer you here is transcribed from the Ted Heath album 'Sw...

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...

Possibly the most famous number from the Benny Goodman Orchestra, our recreation is true to the original, in the original key and with all of the original licks. The only concession that we have made...

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...

A fabulous chart from the Goodman band of the early 1940's, written by Eddie Sauter, and, quite naturally, a Clarinet feature. The chart is harmonically very innovative, and shows glimpses of the sort...

Benny Goodman recorded this chart as an instrumental feature, to which a vocal overlay was added before it became part of the soundtrack for Disney's 1946 Make Mine Music cartoon cinema release. It's...

Co-written by Benny Goodman & Harry James, Life Goes to a Party is a pulsating, energetic and quick minor swing chart. The Goodman band recorded this tune on several occasions, the first in 1937, then...

In 1941 Skippy Martin took the 24th of Niccolo Paganini's variations for solo violin, and turned it into a big swinging chart for the Benny Goodman Orchestra. We have adapted and expanded the chart, s...

Frankie & Johnny is a lovely solo feature for Clarinet, Tenor and Trumpet. This particular version is as played by members of the Goodman orchestra and it bounces from start to finish. The opening cho...

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...

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...