Count Basie: Intermediate Sheet Music

Flight of the Foo Birds is one of the great tracks from the Basie band of the 1950's, and one of a series done for the band by Neal Hefti, to be found on The Atomic Mr Basie album. This is a transcrip...

Here is a transcription of the original (and best) Cute, as written by Neal Hefti for the Basie Band. It is not the 'standard' Hefti stock chart. The only change we have made is to score the chart for...

This arrangement of Jive at Five has been transcribed and adapted from Basie's 1939 recording. We have scored the chart for a full 5444 band line-up and have given it a definite ending, as opposed to...

Duet is one of the great tracks done for the Basie band by Neal Hefti, from The Atomic Mr Basie album. This is a wonderfully laid back chart featuring two of your Trumpet players. Hence the title of t...

One of the all-time classics recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra, here's a great-sounding chart scored in the 6-horn format. Staying true to the sound of the original, Mark's arrangement is easy to...

Here is our take on Basie's seminal version of Moten Swing, recorded in 1959 and originally arranged by Ernie Wilkins. Aside from the Piano solo intro, all solos (Piano, Trumpet 2 & Tenor 1) are impro...

This fine big band ballad from the pen of Neal Hefti was featured on the 1958 album 'Basie plays Hefti'. It is a Trumpet feature, originally written for Snooky Young. We have made a couple of adaptati...