Jazz Ensemble Original Arrangements

This is the original Helen O'Connell version of Time Was, from her 1957 album 'Green Eyes', as recorded with the Marion Evans Orchestra, and it opens as a beautifully scored lush ballad which switches...

This is the original Helen O'Connell version of Green Eyes, from her 1957 album 'Green Eyes', as recorded with the Marion Evans Orchestra. It is not a transcription. We have adapted it slightly, by ad...

I Had The Craziest Dream was another big hit for the Harry James Orchestra, in his 'band that swings with strings' period. It is a romantic, floaty ballad, sung by Helen Forrest, and which also featur...

Transcribed from Julie London's 1961 Liberty Records album 'Whatever Julie Wants', this is a nice, laid back swing chart and is classic Julie London. Whilst it is a vocal feature, the 16 measure instr...

This is an optional String Pack for our arrangement of 'I've Got You Under My Skin', and comprises Violins A, B & C (3 copies each), Violas (2 copies) and Chelli (2 copies), plus a condensed score of...

Here is a hard-swinging vocal chart of Best Things In Life Are Free as performed by Jo Stafford and backed by the Paul Weston Orchestra. The chart opens with a punchy vocal verse, then a full vocal ch...

Taken from the album 'Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook' this chart is a punchy up-tempo swinger, and an out-and-out vocal feature, with no solo space in the band backings, aside from f...

This chart has been transcribed from the Nelson Riddle arrangement as performed by Frank Sinatra on 'Sinatra's Swingin' Session', and is very true to the original. We have made a couple of minor adjus...

Whilst this song is usually associated with Peggy Lee and the Benny Goodman band (also available in our catalogue - LLM2081), this Julie London version is a refreshing alternative. It suits a singer w...

Top Hat' is a transcription of the original Paul Weston chart, as recorded on Ella's 'Irving Berlin Songbook' album, and it is a really cool, swingin' chart. We have scored the vocal 'as sung' by Ella...

Transcribed from the original Billy May arrangement which features on Sinatra's 'Come Dance With Me' album, Too Close for Comfort is a ripper of a chart that kicks and swings hard from start to finish...

This is a transcription of Charlie Barnet's original version, which also featured Bunny Briggs doing a scat vocal solo over the band in the first chorus. We have NOT included a part for this scat, pre...

Swing @ 125 b.p.m. Here is our interpretation of Roger Holmes' great chart for Natalie Cole, from her 'Unforgettable: With Love' album. We have written this transcription for a standard 5/4/4/4 big ba...

Many big bands of the 30's & 40's performed novelty numbers, and most of them were very forgettable. However, some endured, simply because they were so well written and arranged. Kay Kyser's version o...

Massachusetts is a classic chart from the Gene Krupa band, featuring Anita O'Day on vocal. It is a high energy, up-tempo swinger that is full of great sectional work and hard swingin' lines. We have w...

A great little Charlie Hathaway blues-based chart from the Basie band of 1938, with Jimmy Rushing taking the vocal. The chart opens with a short Basie piano solo and a quick unison riff from the reeds...

Here is a great little swing dance number from the relatively early days of Doris Day with the Les Brown Orchestra. Whilst the vocal lyric is not exactly Shakespearean, it is bouncy and quite infectio...

Although this chart was made famous by Vaughn Monroe in its own right, it is perhaps more widely recognised as the main theme in the Bruce Willis 'Die Hard' series of movies. The opening unison Trumpe...

Transcribed from Neal Hefti's outstanding chart written for Sinatra's 1962 album 'Sinatra and Swingin' Brass'', this chart is a fast-paced, high energy, hard-swinging beauty. We have notated the vocal...

Transcribed from Billy May's chart written for Anita O'Day, this chart takes a song that is more usually played as a very slow ballad into slow swing territory, where it sits very nicely. It is an out...

Who's Sorry Now is taken from the version performed by the late, great Kate Smith, and it is bold and bluesey too. The band backings give the vocalist great support without ever getting in her way, an...

Gene Krupa recorded over eighty tracks for Capitol Records in 1946-1947. These sessions were later released, along with over sixty Harry James tracks, as the Capitol Vaults Jazz Series. Included in th...

Here is the classic Vaughan Monroe version of this chart, written during the darker days of WWII and sung as a beacon of hope for better times ahead. This is a straight ahead chart with no particularl...

We are proud to offer you our transcription of one of Ella Fitzgerald's most memorable charts. Originally scored by Nelson Riddle for Ella's Johnny Mercer Songbook album, this chart exemplifies his tr...

This is a transcription of Nelson Riddle's lovely chart written for Ella Fitzgerald's Johnny Mercer Songbook album. It is taken at a relaxed 80 bpm and is a perfect vehicle for showcasing the bluesy s...