Lush Life Jazz Ensemble Sheet Music

Puttin' On the Ritz has been transcribed from the original Paul Weston chart, written for Ella Fitzgerald's Irving Berlin Songbook album. The structure of this chart is: intro, full vocal chorus, inst...

This beautiful Jerome Kern song was recorded by Sinatra in 1964 on the Reprise label for the 'Days Of Wine & Roses' album collaboration with Nelson Riddle. We have adapted the chart by removing the st...

Ella Fitzgerald recorded this song many times in her career, and we offer you what we feel to be her finest version, from the 1960 Billy May collaboration album 'Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook'. This...

Transcribed from the original Neal Hefti chart written for Sinatra's sessions with the Count Basie orchestra, The Tender Trap is a fine example of powerful writing which supports Sinatra's crooning vo...

This version of Alright, Okay was done by Joe Williams with the Count Basie Orchestra and it is a very dancable bouncy shuffle that has a solid pulse. There is nothing complicated about the chart and...

Fans of Louis Jordan will instantly recognize this title, and our arrangement is equally singable by most male or female singers. The rhythm section starts it off, and the trumpets blow the dirty 'wah...

Just like the original studio version as scored by the composer. We have faithfully transcribed Plas Johnson's original solo, and have scored the string section lines behind the sax solo onto the elec...

This beautifully laid-back, bluesy ballad has been transcribed from the original Nelson Riddle chart written for Ella Fitzgerald's Gershwin Songbook album. The original studio album included strings,...

Reet Petite is great chart for a mixed audience dance gig. It's one of those songs that gets people up on the floor almost from the very first note. Our version follows the form and structure of the J...

Hound Dog is firmly associated with Elvis, and Clapton did a good cover of it too. However, our version is not really rock'n'roll. It opens as a slightly funk latin in C minor, moving to C major for t...

This arrangement of Ravel's Bolero is somewhat quirky, yet is an interesting swing take on a classical tune. Goodman recorded this chart in 1939 with a band that contained a 6-piece brass section, and...

Here is our transcription of what is arguably Perez Prado's most famous chart, Guaglione. The only adjustment that we have made to the original is to lower the Trumpet ranges in a couple of places, th...

Hey! Ba Ba Re Bop! was performed by Tex Beneke, both while fronting the post-war Miller band, and with his own outfit. In many ways this chart was a portent of things to come, and brifges the gap betw...

Originally entitled 'That's Where I Came In' and first recorded on 8th December 1941, 'Keep 'Em Flying' became a regularly played chart of the USAAF Band under Miller's direction. Taken at such a rapi...

Here is a transcription of the original (and best) Cute, as written by Neal Hefti for the Basie Band. It is not the 'standard' Hefti stock chart. The only change we have made is to score the chart for...

Adapted from the original Billy May arrangement of Sinatra's Reprise recording, Luck Be A Lady kicks off with the slow, almost Colla Voce intro, which picks up into a thumping swing chart. Jon Harpin...

Pick Yourself Up has been lovingly transcribed by Jon Harpin from the wonderful album 'Ella Swings Brightly With Nelson', and the chart shows off the best of both vocalist and arranger. The structure...

Here is our transcription of this great standard as performed by Frank Sinatra on his 1962 Reprise album 'Sinatra and Swingin' Brass'. Neal Hefti wrote the original arrangement and conducted the studi...

Somebody Loves Me has been transcribed by Jon Harpin from the origian Nelson Riddle chart as sung by Ella Fitzgerald on the Gershwin Songbook album. This is a medium tempo swing chart which, aside fro...

This vocal chart is based around Nina Simone's great version. This chart works well even if played by Vocal and Rhythm section only. The Piano part is mostly written out.

The Goodman orchestra performed a similar vocal version of this chart at the Carnegie Hall concert, with Martha Tilton the featured vocalist. This is an instrumental version of the chart offered in ou...

Another classic from the pen of Sy Oliver, and a famous tune for the Tommy Dorsey band, though much copied and adapted by other bands. Anita O'Day recorded a vocal version with Gene Krupa, and Ted Hea...

Possibly the most famous number from the Benny Goodman Orchestra, our recreation is true to the original, in the original key and with all of the original licks. The only concession that we have made...

Arguably the most famous number of the Charle Barnet Orchestra, Skyliner is a really punchy, up-tempo swinger, featuring a Piano intro, unison brass carrying the melodic line, with clarinet-led saxes...

A great swing chart from the pen of Louis Bellson, Skin Deep opens with a big half-time fanfare and them breaks into up-tempo swing. The Saxes lead the first chorus and the brass are loud and punchy b...