Lush Life Jazz Ensemble Sheet Music

Here is Tony Bennett's great version of As Time Goes By. The chart opens with the rarely heard verse, colla voce, backed by the Piano, (though you can start the chart at the chorus if you prefer) and...

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...

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...

This is the Basie Band doing what it did best - Swinging The Blues. An up tempo chart that swings from beginning to end, with solo space for Trumpet, both Tenors, Piano and Drums. All solos and the Pi...

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...

Flight of the Foo Birds is one of the great tracks from the Basie band of the 1950's, and one of a series done for the band by Neal Hefti, to be found on The Atomic Mr Basie album. This is a transcrip...

This version of Two O'Clock Jump is from the Harry James band of the 1950's, and has a much more relaxed and laid back feel then the original version. This number is great for swing dancing and groove...

One of the more famous tunes from the Les Brown Orchestra, Leap Frog is one of those charts that gets feet tapping and dancers dancing. It simply bounces from start to finish. Technically, this is a s...

Here is Benny Goodman's 1947 hard swinging version of Fred Fisher's enduring classic. (Please don't confuse it with the earlier, and more predictable, 1934 Henderson chart). This later version, whilst...

In a Mellow Tone was written by Duke Ellington and was a hit for his and Count Basie's band. The Basie chart was scored by Frank Foster, and our version is closely modelled on this. It has the same le...

Thunderbird is another chart from the Ray Anthony / George (the Silver Fox) Williams partnership, and is a classic of its time. It is a completely ensemble chart, and has some great sectional writing....

Here is the Perez Prado version of Patricia, scored as a swing Cha Cha. As the song was written by Prado, this version is as the composer intended it to sound. The Piano part is played on Organ, but a...

Glenn Miller recorded this chart in July 1942 Victor 20-1509-B, as the B-side to Juke Box Saturday Night. The original arrangement is credited to George Williams who also arranged extensively for Lunc...

Ultra, written by Harry James is not your ususal 'just another swing chart'. After a punchy opening the Baritone takes the first chorus as a solo, backed by alternating Trombones & Trumpets. The chart...

This arrangement of Jive at Five has been transcribed and adapted from Basie's 1939 recording. We have scored the chart for a full 5444 band line-up and have given it a definite ending, as opposed to...

Originally written in 1915 for solo Piano, Hors D'Oeuvre became a huge hit for both Sid Phillips and Bert Ambrose. The chart was also revived by Billy May in his Time Life Swing Era recordings. This c...

Whilst almost everyone knows the Miller version of this Jerry Gray tune, not so many are familiar with the Benny Goodman chart arranged by Mel Powell for Goodman in 1942. It is taken more up-tempo and...

The Benny Goodman Orchestra performed a similar version of this chart at the Carnegie Hall concert, with Martha Tilton the featured vocalist. This is an easy but effective arrangement, opening after a...

Originally written in 1994 for Linda Eder by Frank Wildhorn, this song is a great swinger. Starting with just vocal and rhythm section it builds and builds as more instruments are overlaid behind the...

Bobby Darin had a big hit with this tune, and other singers hae also covered it very successfully, the latest being Robbie Williams on his Swing when your Winning album with a version very similar to...

Made famous by the Monroe film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend is a sure crowd pleaser. This arrangement is a straight ahead Female swing vocal, though not the Monroe versi...