Intermediate Swing Sheet Music

Lo Flame is based on the harmonic progression of All of Me, and features the trumpet section. The theme follows a swinging opening of the rhythm section. Then the trumpets continue with an impressive...

Frank Foster, leader and arranger for the Count Basie band, penned this version of the classic big band tune. Recreate that great Basie sound with your own ensemble, using the same chart they use. Won...

This is hotter than hot! Dave Wolpe's expert adaptation of this tune from the Top 10 album by the Brian Setzer Orchestra really swings hard, and it doesn't let up. (Can you believe a big band CD is ne...

Bob Mintzer paying tribute to Count Basie -- you can't beat that combination! From Bob Mintzer's Big Band's newest CD Homage to Count Basie, this is an outstanding arrangement that is fresh sounding y...

As Recorded By Anita O'Day Jazz Big Band Arrangement With Vocal This Bill Holman vocal arrangement was written and recorded in August 1960. The recording session, featuring singer Anita O'Day with Hol...

Written to honor Maine musician Dale Perkins. Challenge your musicians to achieve that classic big band sound that this chart produces when well executed!

Written to honor Maine musician Dale Perkins. Challenge your musicians to achieve that classic big band sound that this chart produces when well executed!

Written to honor Maine musician Dale Perkins. Challenge your musicians to achieve that classic big band sound that this chart produces when well executed!

Written to honor Maine musician Dale Perkins. Challenge your musicians to achieve that classic big band sound that this chart produces when well executed!

Written to honor Maine musician Dale Perkins. Challenge your musicians to achieve that classic big band sound that this chart produces when well executed!

As recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra on their Basie Big Band album, this easy swing excursion for proficient players has all the ingredients you'd expect from a classic Basie chart -- tasteful pia...

As recorded by the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra on the album New Life, this fast swing 'opus' starts with a full-band statement and a short piano solo before the flugelhorn soloist steps into the sp...

Dedicated to the late Larry Swist, this shuffle chart features solo changes in all the saxophone parts, a stop-time section featuring the trombones, as well as the other two wind sections. An exciting...

Swingin' hard from start to finish, this burner of a chart for proficient groups is a terrific program opener or closer. Featuring effective figures, brilliant orchestration, and a dramatic shout chor...

Bill Holman's Big Bands have always been exciting and fresh, primarily due to his writing. This chart, on one of our best known standards, doesn't fail. It has limited brass ranges, but roars through...

Winner of the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition. A superb piece which moves beautifully from a contemporary straight 8th feel to double-time swing and back again. Absolutely the best you...

Holman has a wonderful knack of taking just about any tune and making it swing like crazy. This one sure does! Recorded on The Fabulous Bill Holman LP, this chart is amazing in its simplicity and effe...

This chart was a staple in the Buddy Rich Big Band library for a long time, spinning off of the incredible excitement of that band. Recorded on the CD Swingin' New Big Band by Buddy, this chart starts...

Sierra continues to find the lost treasures from Maynard Ferguson's Birdland Dream Band Library. Willie scored this Miles Davis classic to feature four different saxophone players. A typical chart for...

As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra and Jean Turner, this chart used to be Jean's opener when she sang with the Kenton Band. Holman sets the mood right from the top, and things swing on from ther...

This may well be the most popular of Hank Levy's scores for the Kenton Band. It is written in 6/8, and is certainly more accessible to most players than other charts of Hank's. It was recorded on the...

Lennie wrote a magnificent dance book for Stan in the early '60's. This chart was from that period, and it is a full blown jazz chart that really cooks! It has been edited so that it can be played by...

The Frank Sinatra classic from the all time classic Frank Sinatra/Count Basie/Quincy Jones album 'Sinatra at The Sands'. Original key G modulating to Ab. With original lyrics. One of the best big band...

This five-part suite stands for life style, fun and emotion: blues, jazz, gospel and soul. The compositions encourage, and call for, ensemble as well as solo playing since every part presents one of t...

A terrific swing-shuffle grove around 150 BPM. This chart is simply fun and hip. Solo space is provided for alto, tenor, bari, trumpet, and trombone with sample solos provided for E-flat, B-flat, trom...