Intermediate Original Arrangements Sheet Music

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...

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...

This is one of a series of arrangements written by Nelson Riddle for Ella Fitzgerald focusing on the Gershwin songbook. These arrangements constitute some of the most famous settings of classic songs...

In April of 1962 Ella Fitzgerald returned to the studio with Nelson Riddle to record material for the Verve album Ella Swings Gently with Nelson. This arrangement of the Victor Young/Sam Lewis standar...

This is one of a series of arrangements written by Nelson Riddle for Ella Fitzgerald focusing on the Gershwin songbook. These arrangements constitute some of the most famous settings of classic songs...

This Buddy Bregman arrangement, written for the 1956 album 'Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook,' provides an interesting contrast to several of the other well-known covers of this long-sta...

Blues In The Night has become one of the most well-recognized pop songs of the 1940s due to its appearances in media ranging from television commercials to classic Looney Tunes cartoons. This Marty Pa...

This is one of the classic Nelson Riddle arrangements recorded by Ella Fitzgerald for the 1961 Verve album 'Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson.' This arrangement was modified in the studio to begin with...

Although Marty Paich's arrangement of 'Moonlight On The Ganges' (written for the 1958 Ella Fitzgerald album 'Ella Swings Lightly') starts off in a conventional manner, the multiple tempo shifts over t...

It should come as no surprise that Marty Paich was chosen to write the arrangements for the 1958 album 'Ella Swings Lightly.' Paich's 'dektette' writing for Mel Tormé had brought him some of hi...

Arguably the most famous chart from the Bunny Berigan band, 'I Can't Get Started' is scored as a lush ballad featuring, in equal part, your singer and Trumpet soloist. The Trumpet part is quite tricky...

Written by Bobby Troup (of Route 66 fame) and arranged by Sy Oliver, this tune was a hit for the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and Pied Pipers. Our chart is scored for a four piece vocal group and full 5444...

Vocal Group or Solo with Group Here is another Andrews Sisters classic vocal trio chart, and our only change to the original is to augment the band parts up to a full big band line up. The chart opens...

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...

Written by the then relatively unknown duo of Styne & Loesser for the 1942 movie 'Sweater Girl', this version is from Ella Fitzgerald's 1966 album 'Whisper Not', with the original arrangements all by...

At Long Last Love has been transcribed from Sinatra's 1962 album 'Sinatra and Swingin' Brass', the original arrangement being by Neal Hefti. The chart swings hard from start to finish, yet has a light...

The Very Thought of You is the Ella Fitzgerald version. Originally arranged by Nelson Riddle, it is transcribed and adapted by Jon Harpin. This chart featured on the 'Ella Swings Gently With Nelson' a...

This chart has been transcribed from Keely Smith's album'Keely Sings Sinatra' recorded with the Frankie Capp orchestra on Concord CCD 4943. The original arrangement was penned by Billy May and, in com...

Taken from 'Ella Swings Gently With Nelson', Call Me Darling is pure Ella at her silky best. This chart has been lovingly transcribed and adapted from the original Nelson Riddle version by Jon Harpin....

Once in a while an album is made which simply brims with class. This chart is from such an album - 'Ella Swings Brightly With Nelson' - and it not only oozes class, but swings like crazy too. Nelson R...