Intermediate Sheet Music for Jazz Ensemble and Big Band

AS PERFORMED BY HELEN O'CONNELL ARRANGED BY HAL MOONEY, ADAPTED BY ROB DUBOFF This is the first chart in our new Jazz Lines Publications 'Big Band Classics' library! Arranged by Hal Mooney and perform...

AS PERFORMED BY HELEN O'CONNELL ARRANGED BY HAL MOONEY This bluesy chart by Hal Mooney was arranged for Helen O'Connell to be recorded for Capitol Records in 1951. However, we believe this was never r...

AS PERFORMED BY HELEN O'CONNELL ARRANGED BY HAL MOONEY Here is a lovely vocal version of the famous standard as arranged by Hal Mooney and performed by Helen O'Connell. There is nothing complicated ab...

AS RECORDED BY HELEN O'CONNELL ARRANGED BY HAL MOONEY This is a simple, but lovely light swing chart from master arranger Hal Mooney, recorded by Helen O'Connell for Capitol Records in the early 1950s...

From the final recording by trumpet icon Maynard Ferguson (Maynard Ferguson - The One And Only Maynard Ferguson), this bright swing chart opens with a sizzling intro that tells everyone right away tha...

Originally conceived as little more than a riff chart by Bennie Moten, this tune would later become a firm favourite of the Basie band. This version of Moten Swing features Piano for the opening choru...

This outstanding version of a timeless standard was scored by Nelson Riddle for the 1962 studio album Ella Swings Gently With Nelson (Verve V4055). The chart has been lovingly transcribed by Jon Harpi...

We are pleased to offer you our transcription of a classic chart from the Sinatra / Riddle collaboration album 'A Swingin' Affair'. Unlike many Riddle charts, this one does not follow the time honoure...

Here is our transcription of the Nelson Riddle chart from Frank Sinatra's 'Swingin' Session' album, and it certainly does swing hard. Riddle makes great use of repeated riffs and phrases that give sol...

Here is our transcription and adaptation of Nelson Riddle's chart done for Sinatra's 'Strangers in the Night' album. Sinatra often referred to this song as his first hit - a reference to his time with...

Shine On Harvest Moon has been transcribed and adapted by Jon Haprin from the Nelson Riddle chart written for Rosemary Clooney's 1961 album 'Rosie Solves the Swingin' Riddle'. The string lines have be...

When Buddha Smiles was originally recorded by Goodman in 1935 when his band had a 5 piece brass section. We have augmented the chart up to a full 5444 line-up and have retained the original CAATT reed...

Swingin' Down The Lane is a very rare chart from the Benny Goodman band. We have transcribed this one from his February 7th, 1939 Camel Caravan broadcast from the State Theatre, Hartford, Connecticut,...

Here's a great swinging chart from the Ted Heath Orchestra, full of punch and power. It opens with unison Trumpets carrying the melody call, with a band response phrase from Don't Get Around Much Anym...

Quickstep Transcribed and adapted from a fine version by the Joe Loss Orchestra, You're the Cream makes for a great quickstep for dancing, or a fine concert piece. The chart features an improvised Pia...

Recorded by Anita O'Day in 1955 this supercool chart oozes class and style. It is a vocal feature from top to bottom and the vocal lines are skillfully supported by just a rhythm section and 4 Trombon...

This chart has been transcribed from the Nelson Riddle arrangement as performed by Frank Sinatra on 'Sinatra's Swingin' Session', and is very true to the original. We have made a couple of minor adjus...

This song was written by Cole Porter for his 1941 musical 'Let's Face It' and featured in Ella's Cole Porter Songbook album. It is an up-tempo swinger with a predominantly minor feel, and we have stay...

We think that the Trombone section in most big bands rarely gets a chance to shine and show off their collective talents, so we have taken Ella Fitzgerald's version of this fine Cole Porter tune and s...

This is a transcription of Charlie Barnet's original version, which also featured Bunny Briggs doing a scat vocal solo over the band in the first chorus. We have NOT included a part for this scat, pre...

Transcribed from Neal Hefti's outstanding chart written for Sinatra's 1962 album 'Sinatra and Swingin' Brass'', this chart is a fast-paced, high energy, hard-swinging beauty. We have notated the vocal...

Here is Bobby Darin's great take on My Gal Sal, a song normally associated with a more trad / dixie setting. This version is a mid-tempo swinger that features the vocalist all the way. Unusually, the...

Medium fast modern swing chart with lots of unison and ensemble passages making this very playable.

Here's a great Basie Style Swing chart! Starts off with a (written) piano solo, and then saxes take the theme before the rest of the band kicks in. Familiar Basie-style ending modulating upward, creat...

Fun, lightly swinging, angular melody with modern harmonies. 5 Reeds, 4 Trombones, 4 Trombones, Piano, Guitar, Bass, Drums. Altos double on flute, Tenor 1 doubles on soprano, Trumpet 1 up to written E...