Jazz Ensemble Original Arrangements

This is the Harry James version of You Made Me Love You, and, as you might expect, it is a Trumpet feature. Harry James recorded this version a couple of times. Once in the early 40's and again in the...

Fred Norman wrote and arranged this tune for the Miller band, and we have transcribed this chart from Miller's 1941 Hollywood recording. The opening Piano solo and later Trumpet and Tenor solos are fu...

Glenn Miller's version of Star Dust is hauntingly beautiful, and a Miller 'must-have' chart. Lovingly transcribed from the original Miller / Finegan arrangement by Alan Glasscock, our version contains...

Serenade In Blue is another classic from the Glenn Miller Orchestra with the Modernaires, and Alan Glasscock's transcription is a true reflection of the original.The chart is written for Male vocalist...

Here is the lovely ballad The Nearness of You, as performed by the Glenn Miller Orchestra, with vocal by Ray Eberle. Another lush ballad with the trademark Miller sax sound of Clarinet lead over 2 Alt...

Skylark is a lush male vocal ballad from the Glenn Miller Orchestra, and it naturally makes use of Miller-voiced Saxes. The voicings and harmonic structure of this arrangement are simply stunning, and...

Here is Glenn Miller's beautiful vocal ballad, At Last. The Miller band had several versions of this chart, and ours is drawn from the version in the film 'Orchestra Wives'. Whilst it is not the compl...

This arrangement of the Andrews Sisters version of Apple Blossom Time shows a more sentimental side of the trio's repertoire. Unusually, the chart is only scored for 3 voices, 4 Trombones and 4 Rhythm...

Harry James and The Skylarks vocal group briefly joined forces in 1949-50, and came up with this gem of a chart. Don'cha Go 'Way Mad is all about a guy begging forgiveness for cheating on his girlfrie...

This is our transcription of Glenn Miller's 'Jukebox Saturday Night', scored for big band and a 5 piece vocal group (Girl & 4 Boys). It is as played by Miller, except that we have included the full 10...

Here is the 1944 hit version of Accentuate the Positive, performed by Johnny Mercer (who wrote the lyrics) and the Pied Pipers, with the Paul Weston Orchestra. The arrangement is scored for full big b...

Tampico is a fun latin vocal chart from the Stan Kenton Orchestra, originally sung by June Christy and the boys in the band. The chart opens with a powerful intro and moves immediately into the vocals...

Here is Frank Sinatra's take on The Best Is Yet To Come, as recorded with the Count Basie Orchestra under the direction of Quincy Jones. This chart is a real Sinatra trademark, and of all the singers...

This is the Stan Kenton & Anita O'Day version, though we have modified it to play with 8 brass, rather than the original 10. This chart is unusual, in that the band gets to sing the choruses and the g...

Lovingly transcribed by Alan Glasscock from Miller's October 1940 New York recording, originally arranged by Bill Finegan and sung by Ray Eberle, this lush chart is classic Miller, full of tonal colou...

A Tommy Dorsey / Sy Oliver classic, beautifully transcribed by Alan Glasscock from the 1945 Dorsey / Oliver / Sentimentalists recording. This chart features Trombone, Trumpet, Clarinet and Tenor, and...

Lullaby of Birdland was written by the great English born pianist George Shearing, and this chart has been transcribed from the Ted Heath book by Mogens Hobel. The original Reg Owen arrangement was on...

Well, we just had to have an arrangement of Lush Life in our catalogue, and here is our favourite. This version is an out-and-out Trumpet feature from the Harry James book. It is as the name suggests...

Zing Went the Strings of My Heart was recorded by Frank Sinatra in December 1960 for the Ring-a-Ding album, but remained unreleased until 1990 when the master tapes of the original recording were redi...

Beautifully transcribed by Jon Harpin from the Neal Hefti chart written for the Sinatra Basie album, I Only Have Eyes For You is pure crooning Sinatra, yet with enough in the chart for the band to shi...

Hard Hearted Hannah is a showstopper of a female vocal. Big, brassy and with real punch, this chart has been exquisitely transcribed and adapted by Jon Harpin from the Julie London original. Although...

Frank Sinatra and Count Basie combined brilliantly on their 1962 album 'Sinatra-Basie', of which this chart was the title track, arranged by Neal Hefti. From Basie's opening intro right to the last no...

This haunting tune was written by Meredith Willson for the 1957 show 'The Music Man'. Our transcription is of the Helen O'Connell version, originally recorded in 1963 on the Cameo record label for the...

Transcribed by Jon Harpin from the original Billy May arrangement, this is Frank Sinatra's version of the Gershwin classic. The chart is scored for 5444, and we have written the original string lines...

Here is our take on the Nelson Riddle chart for Frank Sinatra. The original chart was written to include strings, and some orchestral woodwind, so we have removed these and scored the chart for a regu...