Jazz Sheet Music from Molenaar Edition

A fine swinging typical big band number with a powerful rhythmical and melodic percussion and also the electrical bass guitar. A piece that will turn you on and give you a mind to start dancing. The s...

Another stirring arrangement by Peter Kleine Schaars; this time he choose the famous song 'On the Sunny Side of the Street', performed by all great crooners and jazz singer. It was written by Jimmy Mc...

Dámaso Pérez Prado defined the mambo as 'merely an Afro-Cuban rhythm with a flavour of American swing'. In the 1950's he became also a star in the USA where he was considered as 'The Mambo King'.

'Birds flying high, you know how I feel' as performed by Michael Bublé!

The Brasilian composer Antonio Carlos Jobim wrote some very famous tunes, such as 'Wave'. Though complex in melody and harmony, the bossa nova's real innovation was the radical change of the rhythmic...

This successful tune composed by Mills and Ellington belonged to the repertoire of the Duke Ellington Band, the complete title being It don't mean a thing if you ain't got that swing. All jazz fans ce...

As performed by Robbie Williams on 'Swing when you're winning'!

Walking the Dog is one of the many songs George Gershwin wrote for the film "Shall We Dance. " George Gershwin at the height of his powers. Instead of the bustling, complex symphonic scores he was now...

One of the most famous tunes in entertainment music, composed by Errol Garner, the pianist with the immediate recognizable style. Marcel Peeters wrote this fine arrangement. The trombone solo is only...

April in Paris is the high water mark for Count Basie's legendary orchestra. A great arrangement from our number one arranger, Marcel Peeters

La Mer' (Beyond the sea) is a song written by French composer, lyricist, singer and showman Charles Trenet (1913 - 2001). Trenet wrote the lyrics of 'La Mer' on the train in 1943 while travelling alon...

Cry Me A River is an American standard, written by Arthur Hamilton in 1953, and in the first instance made known by Julie London's performance. Cry Me A River was also the opening track on the CD 'Cra...

'Fly Me to the Moon' was originally titled 'In Other Words', and was introduced by Felicia Sanders in cabarets. The song became known popularly as 'Fly Me to the Moon'.

Ain't Misbehavin' is a 1929 song written by Fats Waller. He recorded the original version and also later performed the song in the 1943 film Stormy Weather. In a 1941 interview with Eddie 'Rochester'...

Children of Sanchez is the sixteenth overall album by jazz artist Chuck Mangione. It is also the soundtrack to the 1978 film Children of Sanchez, directd by Hall Bartlett starring Anthony Quinn. Chuck...

Latte Macchiato literally means stained milk. This coffee beverage consists of layers of milk foam and espresso, which are formed by adding a shot of espresso to frothed milk. In the middle section of...

Glenn Miller's influence can hardly be denied in this Dick Ravenal composition. Mind the drum break in the middle of this most popular work.

When I Fall in Love is a popular song, composed by Victor Young with text by Edward Hyman. The song was first used in the film 'One Minute to Zero' (1952). Since then it has become a standard, and has...

In the series Real Big Band Sound this is a new hit with some optional solo's for skilled instrumentalists. A fine swinging boogie-woogie with possible improvisations that will please young and less y...

Here you have a swinging 'up-tempo' Boogie, the predecessor of rock and roll. The Boogie Woogie is a dance that was introduced in Europe by the American soldiers in the forties. This is an ideal piece...

This famous jazz theme with the melancholic lyrics 'Bill Bailey won't you please come home, I'm feeling sad and lonely' is on the repertoire of many famous (female) jazz singers and is also a favourit...

If there is one single jazz tune known by old and young people alike all over the world, it is undoubtedly 'Oh when the saints go marching in'. It has been played and recorded in every imaginable way...

In 1890 'The High School Cadets', a popular drill team attached to the very first high school in Washington D.C., asked John Philip Sousa to write a march for the group. They requested a 'better' marc...

In this fantasy, the band develops itself starting from a flute cadenza and an oboe solo and then develops through a slow blues in the woodwinds, a big band passage and a tango into a sparkling swing...