Swing Jazz Ensemble Sheet Music

W.C. Handy's immortal classic is reborn in this solid arrangement. It includes a piano and bass part completely written out for the young or developing player. Solos are also provided with optional ch...

This upbeat swinger alternates between a 2- and 4-beat feel. A great dance band chart, your group will be in cruise control as there are no solos?ùjust hot ensemble writing with key changes that heigh...

Build confidence in your band with this revered melody as your players sharpen their skills playing jazz articulations and figures. With a swing feel all the way, Mike goes for all ensemble: no indivi...

One of the most well-known jazz standards of the 1950s, Benny Golson's 'Whisper Not' began life innocently enough as an arrangement for trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie's 1956 State Department big band. Alth...

Having long since entered the pantheon of jazz standards, this version of Benny Golson's 'Stablemates' was arranged for trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie's 1956 State Department-sponsored big band. In many wa...

AS RECORDED BY CHARLIE PARKER WITH STRINGS ARRANGED BY JIMMY CARROLL, EDITED BY JEFFREY SULTANOF Though Charlie Parker received quite a bit of criticism during his lifetime for making his 'with String...

Recorded by Terry Gibbs Dream Band Arranged by Manny Albam, Edited by Jeffrey Sultanof This Manny Albam arrangement was written for the Terry Gibbs Dream Band and was recorded in 1962 and released on...

Jazz Big Band Arrangement. Full Score, 2 Alto Saxophones, 2 Tenor Saxophones, Baritone Saxophone, 4 Trumpets, 3 Trombones, Vibraphone, Piano, Bass, Drums, Bb Soloist (Optional), Eb Soloist (Optional)...

ADAPTED FROM THE RECORDING BY FRANK SINATRA ARRANGED BY NELSON RIDDLE Here's another classic Nelson Riddle arrangement from the Frank Sinatra 1956 Capitol Record 'Songs for Swingin' Lovers.' Like the...

AS RECORDED BY NAT KING COLE ARRANGED BY BILLY MAY We're pleased to publish a fine Billy May arrangement done for Nat King Cole. 'When Your Lover Has Gone' comes from the 1957 May/Cole collaboration o...

AS RECORDED BY HELEN O'CONNELL ARRANGED BY MARION EVANS Here is Helen O'Connell's original arrangement of 'I Cried for You' from her 1962 'Here's Helen' album. This is not a transcription, the origina...

ADAPTED FROM THE RECORDING BY SAMMY DAVIS, JR. ARRANGED BY MARTY PAICH Recorded in 1962 and featured on the record 'Sammy Davis, Jr. Sings What Kind of Fool am I and Other Show Stoppers,' this Marty P...

Jazz Big Band Arrangement with Vocal. Full Score, Vocal, 2 Alto Saxophones, 2 Tenor Saxophones, Baritone Saxophone, 4 Trumpets, 4 Trombones, Guitar, Piano, Bass, Drums Billy Byers was commissioned by...

Jazz Studio Orchestra Arrangement. Full Score, Vocal, 2 Alto Saxophones, 2 Tenor Saxophones, Baritone Saxophone, 4 Trumpets, 4 Trombones, 2 Violins, Viola, 2 Celli, Guitar, Piano, Bass, Drums, Synthes...

Written in the style of the great Count Basie, this chart is full of wonderful teaching opportunities for developing groups. Simple, yet effective ensemble writing, blues-based changes, and a swinging...

Commissioned by the North Fort Myers (FL) High School Jazz Knights, this appealing jazz journey features a balanced mix of unison and harmonized writing using rhythms that are essential to the swing s...

Commissioned by the Pennsylvania Unit of IAJE for the 2000 All-State Jazz Ensemble, this ambitious chart features two open solo sections (one for brass, one for saxes), several dramatic modulations, a...

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...