Jazz Ensemble Original Arrangements

The original big band recording of Duke Pearson's 'Amanda' was significantly trimmed down from the arrangement's actual manuscript, likely for time purposes. The melody is only stated once at the end,...

One of Woody Herman's less well known works, La Cucaracha is nevertheless a great latin arrangement by Billy May which develops this simple tune into a fine chart. The reeds are scored for CTTTB, but...

Transcribed from the original Johnny Keating chart, Ol' Man River is an absolute screamer of a chart, from the time when the Ted Heath band was at its height. Heath recorded two slightly different ver...

'Wheels' is a neat little Cha-Cha dating from the early 1960's. Joe Loss and his Orchestra had minor chart success with their version of it. Our chart, whilst not a transcription, retains much of the...