Sheet Music by Count Basie at Kendor Music

Recorded in 1967 by Count Basie & His Orchestra on the album Basie Straight Ahead, this beautiful tune featuring alto sax includes written solo lines for players lacking improvisation confidence or ex...

Recorded by Count Basie & His Orchestra in the late 1960's, this classic blues for developing ensembles features written or ad lib solos for trombone and drums. Midway through, shortly after the tromb...

From the 'Basie-Straight Ahead' recording of 1968 featuring the legendary Count Basie, Harold Jones, Grover Mitchell, Marshall Royal and Freddie Green, highlights here include a recurring alto/trumpet...

Bring authentic swing groove to the stage with "The Queen Bee", published by Kendor Music! This outstanding big band arrangement in a laid-back medium swing tempo is built upon a captivating blues pro...

Immerse yourself in a world of elegance and emotion: With "That Warm Feeling," published by the renowned Kendor Music, your big band brings an enchanting swing ballad to the stage that will captivate...

This dynamic blues shuffle offers optional written solos for alto, tenor, trumpet and/or trombone; the piano player has written solos at the beginning and end as well. For this chart to sound its best...

Bring the unmistakable sound of Count Basie to your stage! With this first-class, simplified version of the legendary swing classic "Basie Straight Ahead" published by Kendor Music, developing big ban...

As recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra, this bright swing classic opens with an improvised piano solo backed by rhythm section before the whole band jumps on board 28 bars later. Tenor sax and piano...

As recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra on their Basie Big Band album, this easy swing excursion for proficient players has all the ingredients you'd expect from a classic Basie chart -- tasteful pia...

Bring the unmistakable, timeless sound of the Count Basie era to your stage! "Fun Time", from the legendary album *Basie-Straight Ahead*, is an infectious medium-swing classic that delivers pure joy o...

Bring the unmistakable, sophisticated sound of the Count Basie Orchestra to your stage! "It's Oh So Nice", masterfully arranged by Sammy Nestico, was originally recorded in 1968 for the legendary land...

Performed by Count Basie & His Orchestra, this classic swing excursion in bright 4 gets off to a great start with an ad lib piano solo followed by a full-group chorus. Then both tenors step into the s...

Originally issued in 1974, this chart penned for the Count Basie band has everything you'd expect from a Nestico classic -- solos for piano and tenor, sax and brass solis, a solid ensemble shout, and...

Recorded in 1971 by the Count Basie Orchestra on their Have A Nice Day album, this medium-tempo big band classic features piano and tenor sax solos, the sound of bucket-muted brass, and a closing ense...

Immerse yourself in the rich world of classic big band music with "Jamie"—a deeply expressive ballad well known from the iconic album "Have A Nice Day". Published by the renowned Kendor Music, this ma...

Written for the great Count Basie band in 1971, this alto sax feature in a warm, downtempo ballad setting provides written lines for the soloist so players with limited improvisation experience can st...

As recorded by Count Basie on the album I Told You So, this contemporary ballad in a slow swing groove features solos for piano, tenor sax, and trumpet (or flugelhorn). Tenor and trumpet also pair up...

Recorded in 1971 by the Count Basie Orchestra on their Have A Nice Day album, this classic featuring solo trombone opens and closes with a directed chorale. In between, the pairing of a gospel groove...

This arrangement gives string players a wonderful chance to play a classic jazz swinger from the Count Basie library featuring the clarity and economy for which Sammy Nestico's writing is famous. Full...

This arrangement gives string players a wonderful chance to play a classic jazz swinger from the Count Basie library featuring the clarity and economy for which Sammy Nestico's writing is famous. Full...

Originally recorded by Count Basie and played by him at a Grammy Awards concert, this arrangement was also recorded by the SWR Big Band in 2005 on their CD 'Basie-cally Sammy.' It has optional solos f...

Originally recorded by Count Basie and played by him at a Grammy Awards concert, this arrangement was also recorded by the SWR Big Band in 2005 on their CD 'Basie-cally Sammy.' It has optional solos f...

Recorded by Count Basie on his Basie-Straight Ahead album, the Moocho Fasto! style marking at the start of this fast swing outing for proficient players sums it up pretty well. Improvised solos for pi...