Count Basie Jazz Ensemble Sheet Music

It should come as no surprise that bringing together the arranging prowess of Benny Carter and the iconic sound of the Count Basie Orchestra resulted in some of the greatest big band jazz ever capture...

Frank Foster's contributions to the Count Basie orchestra of the 1950s cannot be underestimated. Whether serving as the band's star tenor saxophone soloist or one of its definitive arrangers, Foster p...

This brilliant Frank Foster arrangement was written for the Count Basie Orchestra and recorded live in Detroit in 1992 for their Telarc CD 'Basie's Bag.' Foster takes this 1974 Cedar Walton tune and t...

Red Bank, New Jersey native William 'Count' Basie usually spent more time calling attention to the many wonderful musicians in his fabulous bands. This Neal Hefti arrangement, originally recorded for...

AS WRITTEN FOR FRANK SINATRA WITH COUNT BASIE ARRANGED BY BILLY BYERS Here is a Billy Byers chart that was arranged for the 'Sinatra Live at the Sands' performance and recording with the Count Basie O...

Better known within the jazz community by its instrumental title 'Robbins' Nest,' Quincy Jones' arrangement of 'Just When We're Falling In Love' was written for Ella Fitzgerald and the Count Basie Orc...

You Can Have It is the result of a collaboration between legendary saxophonist/arranger Frank Foster and Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter Morgan Ames. This arrangement was specifically crafted to f...

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...

Elegantly transcribed by Jon Harpin from Basie's 1962 Verve album 'On My Way and Shoutin' Again', this Neal Hefti chart has a real gospel feel to it, and swings like crazy from start to finish. The op...

This Frank Foster chart was first recorded in the mid 1950's on Basie's'April In Paris' album released on the Verve label. Our transcription is true to the original except that we have augmented the T...

Here is our transcription of Frank Sinatra's great rendition of 'Learnin' the Blues', as performed with the Count Basie band. The original arrangement was by Neal Hefti. Aside from Sinatra's vocal int...

This version of 'I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan' was recorded by the great Tony Bennett with the Count Basie Orchestra and is a laid back swinger in true Basie style. Our only change to the Ralph...

Another flat-out swing chart from the earlier days of the Count Basie band. Every Tub is a quick swing chart featuring Tenor sax, Trumpet and Piano, with loads of visual possibilities too, as much of...

As part of our expanding Basie series, we are delighted to offer you the very rarely heard Aces & Faces, a medium swing tempo chart from the Basie band of 1945, featuring the Trumpet section. There ar...

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...

This arrangement is based on a 1960's Basie instrumental version, in the Neal Hefti style. It is a laid-back, relaxed swinger, mostly in ensemble but with nice counterpoint passages of unison Altos an...

First recorded in September 1939, in the same session as Dickie's Dream, Lester Leaps In is a milestone chart which showcased the phenominal talent of Lester Young. The arrangement evolved over time,...

Here is Avenue C in all its glory. A rousing flat-out swing chart, written by Buck Clayton for the Basie band. This chart powers from start to finish and is great for both concert work and swing danci...

Another very rare chart from the Count Basie book. Pound Cake is Basie doing what he did best - pumping out swinging blues-based riff charts. This chart also features a rarity - a longish solo spot fo...

Here is our take on the Foster classic, taken from Basie's 1981 Carnegie Hall concert, with Sonny Cohn on Trumpet. We have written out the first half of Cohn's solo and left your player to improvise t...

This version of April in Paris has been lovingly assembled from a number of recordings done by the Basie band of this fabulous Wild Bill Davis chart, and has a richer, lusher, more authentic feel than...

Rock-a-Bye Basie is a lovely little riff chart from the earlier days of the Basie band, written by Basie and Lester Young. We have written out the first (Alto) sax solo, though this can be improvised...

Here is a fabulous swing dance chart from the Count Basie orchestra of 1941, and if you play to a dance crowd, then this chart is a must-have number. After a punchy opening, the tune itself is just so...