Intermediate Swing Sheet Music

Jerry Gray wrote A String of Pearls for the Miller band in 1941, and in 1954 he re-visited and re-worked the concept into a new chart entitled 'Re-stringing the Pearls'. Rhythmically, it contains many...

Conversation Piece is a beautifully crafted medium tempo chart written around September 1940 by Bill Finegan for the Miller band. The saxes are scored for 3 Altos and two Tenors, with Alto 2 taking a...

'Slip Horn Jive' is a bright, up-tempo, hard-driving swing chart from the Glenn Miller book. The original arrangement was by Eddie Durham and was scored for 6 brass. We have augmented our version up t...

Home for the Holidays is a seasonal vocal chart, written for a Boy / Girl duet, though equally suitable as a solo vocal feature. This classy arrangement from Alan Glasscock moves along with a punchy s...

Transcribed from Ralph Burns' original chart written for Frances Wayne / Woody Herman, Happiness is a Thing Called Joe is a lush swing ballad for female vocal. We have adapted the chart to suit a stan...

Swing @ 210 b.p.m. 'It Happened in Sun Valley' was written for the 1941 film 'Sun Valley Serenade', featuring Sonja Henie, John Payne and the Glenn Miller Orchestra with the Modernaires. We have recre...

My Melancholy Baby is a rare chart from the Glenn Miller Orchestra, originally arranged by Bill Finegan and transcribed here by Alan Glasscock. It is 'as played' by the Miller Band, except that we hav...

This chart is an absolute vocal classic from Ray Eberle and the Modernaires with the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Alan Glasscock's fine transcription of Jerry Gray's chart is true to the original in every...

This is a faithful transcription of the 1941 Billy May arrangement as recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra, with Paula Kelly and the Modernaires. The chart is scored for 5444, Girl vocalist and 4 pi...

Ida' is an early Billy May chart for the Glenn Miller orchestra which shows May's fine early writing stye at its best. We have scored the male vocal independenly from Beneke's original Tenor part, the...

The Lincolnshire Poacher is a traditional English song, given the full swing treatment by the Ted Heath band. This chart is up, bouncy and always a crowd pleaser. The chart itself is very straight ahe...

'How High The Moon' is a fast paced, hard-swinging, rip-roaring chart from the Ray Anthony band that will make a great showcase for soloists in your band. The chart opens Db with alternating sectional...

Elegantly transcribed by Jon Harpin from Basie's 1962 Verve album 'On My Way and Shoutin' Again', this Neal Hefti chart has a real gospel feel to it, and swings like crazy from start to finish. The op...

Frank Sinatra's chart of Day In Day Out was originally arranged by the late, great Billy May, and it has been lovingly transcribed for you here by Jon Harpin. This arrangement settles into a swinging...

Lovingly transcribed by Jon Harpin from the 'Ella Swings Brightly With Nelson' album, here is Ella Fitzgerald's version of the Goodman standard, Don't Be That Way. Nelson Riddle's concept is flawless,...

Here is our interpretation of Nelson Riddle's punchy chart for Frank Sinatra. We have adapted the concept to make the chart playable by a regular 5444 big band line-up, with no strings or tuned percus...

Soon has been beautifully transcribed and adapted by Jon Harpin from the original Nelson Riddle chart featured on Ella Fitzgerald's Gershwin Songbook album.The strings have been removed and rescored i...

This chart has been artfully transcribed by Jon Harpin from the original Nelson Riddle arrangement for Sinatra's 'Swing Easy' album, released in 1962 by Capitol Records (W-1429) though originally reco...

From the pen of Jerry Gray for the Glenn Miller USAAF Orchestra, this up-tempo swing chart features the piano, (originally Mel Powell) as well as the drums in the shout chorus. This chart is essential...

Another flat-out swing chart from the earlier days of the Count Basie band. Every Tub is a quick swing chart featuring Tenor sax, Trumpet and Piano, with loads of visual possibilities too, as much of...

As part of our expanding Basie series, we are delighted to offer you the very rarely heard Aces & Faces, a medium swing tempo chart from the Basie band of 1945, featuring the Trumpet section. There ar...

Flight of the Foo Birds is one of the great tracks from the Basie band of the 1950's, and one of a series done for the band by Neal Hefti, to be found on The Atomic Mr Basie album. This is a transcrip...

Another very rare chart from the Count Basie book. Pound Cake is Basie doing what he did best - pumping out swinging blues-based riff charts. This chart also features a rarity - a longish solo spot fo...

We have given Undecided a fresh feel with this version - a punchy swing quickstep, very rhythmic and eminently suitable for dancing. The chart has solo space for Tenor and Piano, with neat sectional i...

Down for the Counts is an original composition by the talented American arranger Dick Burlant. Written in Basie style, with some Hefti influences, this chart swings from top to tail, and makes a nice...