Jazz Ensemble with Vocal Solo

AS RECORDED BY HELEN FORREST WITH HARRY JAMES TRANSCRIBED AND ADAPTED BY MIKE HENEBRY Recorded in 1942, this classic Harry James ballad featured singer Helen Forrest. The arrangement is very 'modern'...

AS RECORDED BY FRANK SINATRA WITH THE COUNT BASIE ORCHESTRA ARRANGED BY BILLY BYERS Here is another classic arrangement by Billy Byers from the Frank Sinatra 'Live at the Sands' recording with the Cou...

AS RECORDED BY GLENN MILLER ARRANGED BY JOE PRINCE Here is the classic Miller version of Indian Summer as recorded on November 5, 1939 with vocalist Ray Eberle. This is an especially sweet version of...

RECORDED BY FRANK SINATRA WITH DUKE ELLINGTON ARRANGED BY BILLY MAY Here is another classic Billy May arrangement from the Francis A. and Edward K. record from 1967. Frank Sinatra, at the tail end of...

This is one of a series of arrangements written by Nelson Riddle for Ella Fitzgerald focusing on the Gershwin songbook. These arrangements constitute some of the most famous settings of classic songs...

This is one of a series of arrangements written by Nelson Riddle for Ella Fitzgerald focusing on the Gershwin songbook. These arrangements constitute some of the most famous settings of classic songs...

This is one of a series of arrangements written by Nelson Riddle for Ella Fitzgerald focusing on the Gershwin songbook. These arrangements constitute some of the most famous settings of classic songs...

This sultry and lush arrangement was written by Nelson Riddle for Ella Fitzgerald's 1962 album 'Ella Swings Gently with Nelson.' This is a studio orchestra arrangement featuring a string section along...

This is one of a series of arrangements written by Nelson Riddle for Ella Fitzgerald focusing on the Gershwin songbook. These arrangements constitute some of the most famous settings of classic songs...

Written in 1953 for Nat 'King' Cole, Billy May's arrangement of Angel Eyes does a wonderful job of both capturing and expanding upon the dark and sensual melody of what has become one of the most freq...

Released on Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington's 1965 collaboration 'Ella At Duke's Place,' this brief but lovely arrangement is a wonderful treatment of one of Billy Strayhorn's most tender and disar...

This lovely, heart-felt Christmas ballad medley was arranged by Frank DeVol for Ella Fitzgerald's 1960 album 'Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas.' Featured are the holiday standards We Three Kings a...

My Prayer is a typically sweet Miller vocal from his early years, transcribed for you here by Alan Glasscock. Saxes are scored CAATT, with Tenor 1 also doubling Clarinet in the intro. We have adapted...

White Cliffs of Dover is a lovely vocal swing ballad from the Glenn Miller book. We have kept this chart true to the original, though have augmented the brass to full 8 voicing. The sax section is sco...

The original Ella Fitzgerald chart was scored for a big band, augmented with a lot of orchestral woodwind. Jon Harpin has skillfully adapted the original concept to make the chart playable by a regula...

You'll Never Know is an enchanting Female vocal ballad, scored by US arranger Dick Burlant. Written with stunning simplicity the vocalist is perfectly complimented by the band backing which is never o...

Here is a really rich and lush arrangement of Cole Porter's beautiful ballad. Written for female vocal, the chart was in part inspired by Ella Fitzgerald's rendition in her Songbook album, but is not...

Taken from Barry Manilow's 1978 album 'Even Now', this chart is a great lounge ballad with a really bluesy feel. Opening with solo piano, the vocal enters backed by just the rhythm section. The Saxes...

Here is our take on Nelson Riddle's beautiful chart written for Ella Fitzgerald. We have adapted this chart to make it playable with a regular 5444 big band line-up, whilst keeping the feel and flavou...

This superb arrangement of the Glen Miller classic with lyrics added by Mitchell Parrish is featured on Carly Simon's 'Moonlight Serenade' album and on the DVD of her concert aboard QEII. Our chart is...

A ballad for your male baritone singer, this song evokes all the great romance of the 1940s. A short flugelhorn introduction is later followed by a brief tenor solo. All saxes double on flutes, and al...

Style: ballad with double time swing middle section/ Tempo: quarter =80/ scored for: 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, 5 saxes (flute and clarinet doublings) alternate parts provided with no doubling, female v...

Recorded by Barbara Morrison with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra for The L. A. Treasures Project, this powerhouse arrangement is a study in contrasts. The sparse and quiet opening gradually build...

Recorded by Barbara Morrison with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra for The L. A. Treasures Project, this powerhouse arrangement is a study in contrasts. The sparse and quiet opening gradually build...