Count Basie Jazz Ensemble Sheet Music

Basie Boogie is, as its name might suggest, an up-tempo Piano feature that swings from top to toe. Like many of Basie's charts, the arrangement evolved over time, but this version is from the original...

Blues on the Double is a very rare Count Basie chart. Written by Buck Clayton and generally more associated with the Ellington band, this Basie version swings harder and offers more solo opportunities...

Red Bank Boogie is a classic Basie piano feature, and we have written out the Piano part in full. This chart evolved over time, as many of CB's charts did. The original was possibly a little stilted,...

Li'l Darlin' is one of the great tracks from the Basie band of the 1950's, and is one of a series written and arranged for the band by Neal Hefti to be found on The Atomic Mr Basie album. This chart i...

Here is our version of Basie's timeless One O'Clock Jump which opens and closes in the style of the Basie original, with loads of solo space in between. All of the recognisable elements are there, inc...

Shorty George was first recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra in 1938, proved to be one of his early big hits, and has become a 'must-have' tune for Basie fans. It is up-tempo swing chart which featur...

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...

This chart has been transcribed from the 1944 Lang-Worth radio aircheck that the Basie Band did, though the band also recorded an early 1940's version too. We have adapted the chart to a full 5444 lin...

A timeless, classic swing chart from the Basie band that sits in the groove from start to finish. The chart features solos for Tenor, Trumpets 2 & 3 and Piano. All solos are written out in full 'as pl...

It's Sand Man has been transcribed from the 1942 Count Basie chart. Originally arranged by Buck Clayton, we have expanded the brass to 8 voices to suit a full 5444 big band line-up. This chart is a pu...

Down For Double is another up-tempo swinger from the Basie Band of the early 1940's. The original arrangement was by Spud Murphy and we have taken his original concept and expanded the brass to 8 voic...

Fantail has been transcribed from the Neal Hefti chart written for the Basie bands' 'Atomic Mr Basie' album. It is an up tempo swinger that features Piano, Alto and Drums. We have written out Basie's...

Magic is an absolute cracker of a swing chart, written by Frank Wess. It is essentially a blues, but a blues with a lot of bite, featuring solo solo space for Piano, Tenor and Trombone. Aside from the...

Midnite Blue is a smooth, relaxed swing ballad from Basie's 'Atomic' album. The tune was written and arranged by Neal Hefti and contains wonderful harmonies plus great interplay and contrast between P...

Count Basie recorded this chart in 1959 on the Roulette label, featuring Frank Wess on Flute. The song itself formed the basis of Hefti's 'Flight Of The Foo Birds', though the changes are not identica...

Transcribed from Basie's 1941 recording (Okeh Records 6365) Diggin' For Dex is a fine up-tempo swinger featuring solo space for Tenor, Trombone, Piano and Drums. The Piano solos are written out and we...

This chart has been transcribed from Roulette SR-52081 'The Best Of Basie' (1962). We have expended the brass to 8 voices, to suit a standard 5444 big band line-up. The two Piano solos are written 'as...

Count Basie recorded this tune several times over several decades. Our version has been transcribed from Giants of Jazz - CD 53043 - Atomic Baise 1960. The chart features Tenor, Piano, Trumpet and Cla...

This tune was written and arranged by Buck Clayton. Our chart has been transcribed from Basie's 1947 Victor recording (20-2003). It is a fast tempo swinger featuring improvised solos from Piano, Tenor...

Originally written and arranged by Buck Clayton, our chart has been transcribed from Basie's 1952 Clef recording (89085). It is an up-tempo swinger featuring improvised solos from Clarinet (Alto 2), T...

Written by Milton Ebbins and arranged by Jimmy Mundy, Coming Out Party was first released by Count Basie's band in 1942 on Okeh 6564. as the b-side to Harvard Blues. We have transcribed the original c...

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...

A great little Charlie Hathaway blues-based chart from the Basie band of 1938, with Jimmy Rushing taking the vocal. The chart opens with a short Basie piano solo and a quick unison riff from the reeds...

Splanky is one of the great tracks from the Basie band of the 1950's, and one of a series written and arranged for the band by Neal Hefti to be found on The Atomic Mr Basie album. This is the original...