Intermediate Sheet Music from Lush Life Music

A rare and unusual song from the Ted Heath book, Heading North is a 1957 composition and is a medium tempo (at 130 bpm) minor blues chart. It kicks off with a solo piano 12 bar lick (written), joined...

One Note Samba has been done many a time, usually in a straight-ahead slightly dull gentle latin feel. Not this version! Wally Menard has pulled off a really creative job of writing to give this chart...

Moonlight Sonata is a much underrated chart from the Glenn Miller book but one that makes the hair stand up on the back of your neck. It naturally features your pianist. The arrangement builds on Beet...

Another very rare chart from the great Count Basie Orchestra, Dickie's Dream, named after Basie's outstanding Trombonist Dicky Wells, was first recorded in 1939 as a 7-piece featuring Wells, Buck Clay...

Here is the rousing King Porter Stomp -from the Fletcher Henderson arrangement for the Benny Goodman Orchestra, featuring solos for Trumpet, Trombone and Clarinet. We have written out all of the origi...

In many ways this Sy Oliver chart written for the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra was ahead of its time, with its floating tonality and dissonant voicings. It has an almost ethereal feel to it, with huge contr...

Written by Thomas 'Fats' Waller in 1942, not much more than a year before his untimely death, Jitterbug Waltz is one of only a few known jazz waltz tunes first recorded prior to the 1950's. The melody...

A very rare chart from the Artie Shaw Orchestra, I'm Coming Virginia features Clarinet, with cameo Tenor and Trombone solos. We have scored this chart for 5 reeds and 8 brass (instead of the original...

Adapted from the 1956 recording, El Manisero (the Peanut Vendor) remains one of Stan Kenton's most enduring hits, and is a feature chart for lead Trombone (who solos for the first minute of the chart)...

Here is Artie Shaw's version of the old Hickman & Williams tune, Rose Room, though we have adapted it for 8 brass from the original 6. The chord progressions of this tune were later used by Ellington...

God Bless the USA is a patriotic vocal choral piece with a reduced instrumental line up of 2 saxes, 2 trombones, 2 trumpets, strings and rhythm section. The vocal is scored in the key of C for male so...

Sunday Girl was one of Blondie's biggest hits, written for her by band member Chris Stein. Our arrangement is written as a pop rock chart, with a similar feel to the Debbie Harry original. After a bol...

White Cliffs of Dover is a lovely vocal swing ballad from the Glenn Miller book. We have kept this chart true to the original, though have augmented the brass to full 8 voicing. The sax section is sco...

The original Ella Fitzgerald chart was scored for a big band, augmented with a lot of orchestral woodwind. Jon Harpin has skillfully adapted the original concept to make the chart playable by a regula...

Taken from Barry Manilow's 1978 album 'Even Now', this chart is a great lounge ballad with a really bluesy feel. Opening with solo piano, the vocal enters backed by just the rhythm section. The Saxes...

Mention the words Route 66 and many people think 'Johnny B-Goode', Rock and Roll, guitar bands etc. Well, think again. Our version is written as a bouncy, but not fast, swing-shuffle that has a laid-b...

Mambo Jambo is another fine composition from Perez Prado, and is a powerful Mambo chart that has an all pervading swing feel. The usual Prado trademarks are here, with unison Saxes in the first chorus...

Chicken Reel is a rare chart from the Glenn Miller band, originally penned by Bill Finegan. The arrangement opens with a unison rhythm riff, backed by band calls, and from there it builds in layers -...

Here is Bobby Darin's famous version of this Cahn & Van Heusen classic tune, transcribed in full. It swings gently at around 120 beats per minute and is instantly recognisable. The brass ranges are mo...

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...

A classic Glenn Miller chart from the early days of the band, with vocals by Ray Eberle, and featuring the Miller trademarks of Clarinet-led reeds over brass in plungers, a great modulation to the voc...

Here is Ella Mae Morse's Blacksmith Blues, written for her by Jack Holmes. This song was originally the flipside to Love Me or Leave Me, issued in 1952 by Capitol Records, and it became her biggest hi...

Expertly transcribed by Alan Glasscock from the original Bill Finegan chart for Tommy Dorsey, this catchy and bouncy tune was lifted by the writers from Charlie Parker's 'Now's the Time', so will be i...