Myles Collins: Easy Sheet Music

Count Basie recorded this tune several times over several decades. Our version has been transcribed from Giants of Jazz - CD 53043 - Atomic Baise 1960. The chart features Tenor, Piano, Trumpet and Cla...

Here is our transcription of Ray Anthony's version of Charles Warfield's well known jazz standard as played on his 1994 Dream Dancing II album. This arrangement is somewhat unusual, in that this song...

The Trombone section in most big bands rarely gets a chance to show off their collective talent, so we have scored Ella Fitzgerald's version of this fine Cole Porter tune for just Vocal, Trombones and...

Transcribed from Julie London's 1961 Liberty Records album 'Whatever Julie Wants', this is a nice, laid back swing chart and is classic Julie London. Whilst it is a vocal feature, the 16 measure instr...

This arrangement of Anything goes is scored as a female vocal, very much in the style of Ella Fitzgerald. The intro features the rarely heard verse before moving into swing tempo at a medium 120 beats...

Whilst this song is usually associated with Peggy Lee and the Benny Goodman band (also available in our catalogue - LLM2081), this Julie London version is a refreshing alternative. It suits a singer w...

This great railway tune was originally written for the 1948 film 'The Harvey Girls'. The version that we offer here was recorded by Rosemary Clooney with the Harry James Orchestra in 1952 and, aside f...

Recorded by Doris Day with the Lou Bring Orchestra in 1947, this chart is a really laid-back, bluesy swing ballad. The band supports the vocalist beautifully, and the underlying harmonies are rich and...

This tune was recorded by Ella for her Harold Arlen songbook album, with the original arrangement scored by Billy May. We have adapted the chart to a full 5444 line-up (from the original 5114) though...

Here is the classic Vaughan Monroe version of this chart, written during the darker days of WWII and sung as a beacon of hope for better times ahead. This is a straight ahead chart with no particularl...

Once In a While is scored as an easy to play vocal feature in the key of Ab, making it singable by most Alto or Baritone voices. After a short intro the vocalist takes the first chorus, backed by reed...

Indian Summer is a hauntingly beautiful melody from the pen of Victor Herbert. Written in 1919 under the original title of 'An American Idyll', the lyric was added in 1939 by Al Dubin. The version tha...

Ella Fitzgerald recorded her version of this chart with the Marty Paich Dek-tette on the 1958 'Ella Swings Lightly' album. The Dek-tette line-up was 3 Saxes, 2 Trumpets, Trombone, French Horn (TS), Pi...

A hauntingly beautiful number from the Glenn Miller book. Ours is a faithful reproduction of the original arrangement, with correct Miller voiced saxes throughout. Lead Trumpet takes the solo line, an...

Straight from the Miller book, the Story of a Starry Night was originally arranged for the Miller band by Bill Finegan. Based on Tchaikovsky's Pathetique Symphony #6, this arrangement is one of a numb...

Co-written by Les Brown for his own Orchestra, Sentimental Journey was a great hit for Doris Day, and this version remains as the definative standard for the tune. It has to be played bluesy, laid bac...

Another nostalgic song from the early WWII years, We'll Meet Again remains as popular as ever. It is a particularly good closing number for a nostalgia gig or concert as it is not a long arrangement,...

Immortalised by Vera Lynn in the 1940's, this tune came to symbolise hope in troubled times, though it is also a lovely melody in its own right. Our arrangement is a smooth, flowing ballad in the '40'...

Here is another original Helen O'Connell chart as played by her on her many concert tours. This is not a transcription. To the best of our knowledge this chart was not commercially recorded, hence the...

La Rubia was written by Perez Prado, and is an Alto Sax feature latin chart in F minor. Although an easy chart to play, it is nevertheless very effective and has the trademark Prado unison sax lines w...

A straight-ahead Waltz in a stock style. No solos apart from a short Piano solo, just good sectional interplay and use of brass mutes for tonal colour.

A straight-ahead Waltz in a stock style. A short ad-lib Piano solo in the middle. Good sectional interplay and use of brass mutes for tonal colour.

A straight-ahead Waltz in a stock style. A short Trumpet solo and good sectional interplay. All Saxes double Clarinets.

A straight-ahead Waltz in a stock style. No solos, just good sectional interplay. Lead Alto doubles Clarinet, Baritone doubles Alto.