Lush Life Jazz Ensemble Sheet Music

Our chart of Desafinado is written as a smooth bossa, featuring your two tenor saxes. The sax solo lines are written out, so no improvisation is needed. The brass have limited ranges, with trumpets on...

Following many requests for straigh-ahead, no-nonsense latin charts, we are pleased to bring you Tea For Two as a classic Cha Cha. This version is from the Joe Loss Orchestra, arguably the kings of Br...

Here is Estrellita, as played by Perez Prado and his orchestra. This chart is a lovely combination of melodic Trumpet feature and big band latin, in a style that only Prado can achieve. The Trumpet so...

'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...

Russian Patrol, also known as the Red Cavalry March and Meadowlands, was arranged by Jerry Gray for the Glenn Miller Orchestra and later played under the title of Meadowlands by Tex Beneke's band. Mil...

March of the Toys is a rarely heard, yet exquisite chart, originally scored by Dean Kincaide for the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. The tune itself is from the second act of Victor Herbert's 'Babes In Toylan...

Sinatra recorded this song a number of times during his career, but the most swinging version was the Billy May arrangement that John Ferguson has transcribed here. In typical May style, it is punchy,...

Boom Shot is a rare gem of a chart from the Glenn Miller book, co-written by Mr. Miller himself. It swings with a lilt (if not played too fast) and features your 2nd Trumpet as well as solos (written)...

Chicken Reel is a rare chart from the Glenn Miller band, originally penned by Bill Finegan. The arrangement opens with a unison rhythm riff, backed by band calls, and from there it builds in layers -...

This arrangement of The Continental is not a transcription. It has been engraved from a set of original TD band parts. Other than the addition of dynamics and articulations, the only change we have ma...

A classic chart from the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Hawaiian War Chant is a punchy swinger which features Tenor, Trumpet and Drums. We have written all of the original solos out in full, though your play...

Benny Carter wrote this piece and recorded it with his band in 1933, and it became one of the defining swing charts of the era. He later scored this arrangement for the Gene Krupa Orchestra, and it is...

Written and arranged in 1946 by Bill Finegan for the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Pussy Willow was a really progressive chart for its time, and hints at the sort of writing style that Finegan would later e...

Transcribed from the 1940 Will Bradley / Ray McKinley arrangement, this is one of the most requested swing dance charts ever written. It is just perfect for the dance crowds. The chart features solos...

This chart has been lovingly transcribed by Alan Glasscock from the original Jerry Gray arrangement written for the Glenn Miller Orchestra. This chart is quite tricky to play, and requires good sectio...

Originally conceived as little more than a riff chart by Bennie Moten, this tune would later become a firm favourite of the Basie band. This version of Moten Swing features Piano for the opening choru...

A rare, and very challenging chart from the Glenn Miller band, written by George Williams and Jerry Gray. This chart is quick, at 240+ beats per minute, and is best played in 2. There are ad-lib solos...

We like to offer the rare and slightly obscure chart form time to time, and this is a great one from the Glenn Miller band. Written by Jerry Gray and Miller's long-time pianist, Chummy MacGregor, 'Sol...

This is Will Bradley's interpretation of Florian Hermann's melody, Valse Hommage, which set music to the old Ukranian romance 'Ochi chyornye' way back in 1884. This chart is a hard swinging one, full...

The Charts from the Glenn Miller band are always popular, and most bands have the majority of the Miller classics in their libraries. However, from time to time we like to offer something a little rar...

Here is the Glenn Miller Orchestra's take on the US Navy song 'Anchors Aweigh'. It's up-tempo and bouncy, with a driving rhythmic feel. Alto 1 doubles Clarinet (and takes the Clarinet solo). Trumpet 2...

Oh! So Good is a rarely heard up-tempo swing chart from the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Written by Jerry Gray, the chart features solos for Trumpet 2, Tenor, Trombone Piano and Drums. The initial opening...

Made famous by Clyde McCoy, this gently swinging 2-beat chart features Trumpet 2. We have included all of the plunger articulations and 'wah-wah' indications, so that your player can give an authentic...

Jerry Gray wrote A String of Pearls for the Miller band in 1941, and in 1954 he re-visited and re-worked the concept into a new chart entitled 'Re-stringing the Pearls'. Rhythmically, it contains many...

Conversation Piece is a beautifully crafted medium tempo chart written around September 1940 by Bill Finegan for the Miller band. The saxes are scored for 3 Altos and two Tenors, with Alto 2 taking a...