Intermediate Sheet Music from Lush Life Music

Here is a really unusual take on a well known Christmas carol. The chart opens in a 'Baroque' allegro with the reeds and brass in call and response and then shifts to an 8 funk groove led by the saxes...

For the first time ever, here is an authentic version. In the Mood? Surely everyone has this in their library we hear you cry. This tune is one of the most requested songs for bands to play, yet the s...

The Andrews Sisters produced a huge number of hits, and Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy is one of their finest. Alan Glasscock has scored a cracking version here, and has notated the Vocal Trio parts with exc...

Written by Count Basie and his vocalist, Jimmy Rushing, this tune was a staple of the early Basie band. The chart that we offer here is a later vocal version written for Peggy Lee by Quincy Jones. It...

Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree was another of the Andrews Sisters big hits and sold very well, despite the success that the Glenn Miller band achieved with the same tune. The chart opens with a half t...

This wonderful version Hot Toddy is from the Ted Heath band, and features your Baritone player and second Trumpet. The chart opens with a rumbling Bari line backed by hand claps from the band. The Tro...

Artfully transcribed by Jon Harpin from the original Fank DeVol arrangement, this Ella Fitzgerald chart swings hard from start to finish. Much use is made of unison Sax & Trombone riffs which add buck...

This great swing chart was originally recorded by Les Brown and his Band Of Renown in October 1952 and released on the Coral record label (9-60820). Our research suggests that the original arrangement...

Here is Flying Home, transcribed by Alan Glasscock from the original Steve Steck arrangement scored for the Glenn Miller USAAF band. The chart is written at a bouncy 165 b.p.m. and features solos for...

String of Pearls? - but everybody's got that in their library. Well, yes and no. There are many bands using a 'stock' dance band arrangement originally written for 5 saxes and 5 brass, and possibly th...

Little Brown Jug was an early classic for the Miller band, first recorded in 1939, with the original arrangement done by Bill Finegan. This is an accurate transcription of that version, complete with...

Originally entitled 'Tonight', Perfidia came into its own when given the Glenn Miller treatment, as a fabulous vocal showcase for the Modernaires. Our arrangement is true to the original, except that...

Tickle Toe is a real Tenor sax feature. Hardly surprising, as it was written by Lester Young! This chart, with the usual basie combination of flowing sax lines and punchy brass, is written in a minor...

A Soul vocal take on Zawinul's Mercy Mercy Mercy, performed with style by Nancy Wilson. The emotions behind this vocal are pure Soul - a mix of pleading, despair, hope and frustration. The arrangement...

Perhaps one of Frank Sinatra's most memorable hits, this version of Witchcraft was originally arranged by Nelson Riddle. We have adapted the original concept by removing the strings and orchestral woo...

Jon Harpin has done a great job of transcribing and adapting the Ernie Freeman chart (written for Sinatra's 1966 'That's Life' album) to suit a regular 5444 big band line-up, whilst managing to retain...

Here is the great Woodchoppers Ball. Co-written and first performed by Woody Herman, this chart became a mainstay in the repertoire of all Herman's bands. Our version is based on Woody's, though resco...

Artie Shaw recorded this classic many times over the years. Initially he used 4 saxes - 2 Altos and 2 Tenors, and latterly with a regular AATTB section and himself on solo Clarinet. Our transcription...

Nina Simone recorded her now famous version of this tune in 1958, though it took nearly thirty years for it to achieve chart success, having been used by Chanel in a fragrance commercial in 1987. We h...

Here is Kay Starr's Christmas classic, (Everybody's Waitin' for) the Man with The Bag. The song was written in 1950 and released in the same year on Capitol 1256. The original arrangement was scored b...

Transcribed from her 'Unforgettable' album, here is Natalie Cole's stylish rendition of the Rodgers and Hart tune, This Can't Be Love. This chart swings like crazy from start to finish and moves smoot...

This is a great little chart, originally performed by Joe Thomas with the Jimmie Lunceford orchestra. We have made a few adaptations to the original Sy Oliver arrangement. The brass is now scored for...

Gene Krupa recorded over eighty tracks for Capitol Records in 1946-1947. These sessions were later released, along with over sixty Harry James tracks, as the Capitol Vaults Jazz Series. Included in th...

'Where or When' was a Frank Sinatra favourite right back in his early days with the Tommy Dorsey band. This version is a transcription of the Billy Byers chart that he used with the Basie band 'Live a...

This song was written by Alan Lerner & Frederick Loewe for the 1956 Broadway production of My Fair Lady and has been covered by many singers including Doris Day, Peggy Lee and Bobby Darin to name but...