Swinging Christmas Songs for Big Band

A rip-snorting swing chart from the Harry James book. Trumpet Blues opens with a short band fanfare in half time, and then breaks into a driving swing boogie. The middle half-time Cantabile provides t...

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....

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...

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...

Phil Collins Big Band Instrumental Chart. A great straight ahead swing arrangement of this Genesis title by John Clayton Jr. with an open section for solos. From the album 'A Hot Night in Paris'.

This is sure to be a great crowd pleaser. Cy Payne has re-created the complete chart from Michael Bublé's 2011 Christmas album, including the close harmony three part girl vocals (cue'd onto saxes), a...

From Michael Bublé's 2011 Christmas album. The Basie style 'relaxed groove' tempo is just perfect for this all-time Christmas favourite. Cy Payne's transcription is in the recorded key and is scored f...

The classic Irving Berlin number featured on Michael Buble's Christmas album. Cy Payne has transcribed the superb duet with Kelly Rowland including the backing vocals (cue'd on saxes).

This is our transcription of Ella Fitzgerald's wonderful rendition of The Christmas Song, also known as Chestnuts Roasting. This chart is scored for vocal solo, 5 saxes, rhythm and optional vibraphone...

Big Band Vocal. A superb mid tempo full band chart included as a bonus track on Michael Buble's Christmas album.

Augmented Big Band Vocal. A superb mid tempo chart included as a bonus track on Michael Buble's Christmas album. Includes full strings, optional flute and clarinet.

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...

A relaxed 4/4 arrangement, based on the Quincy Jones version from the album 'This Time by Basie' recently re-released on the Reprise label. Mainly featuring the sax section but including muted trumpet...

Ain’t Worth the Squeeze is a toe tapping, hard swinging romp built on a classic C blues form. It leans into the big band tradition of humor, swagger, and surprise, where every riff and shout chorus br...

Ain’t Worth the Squeeze is a toe tapping, hard swinging romp built on a classic C blues form. It leans into the big band tradition of humor, swagger, and surprise, where every riff and shout chorus br...

This upbeat swing standard remains one of the most popular tunes recorded by the Duke Ellington Orchestra. Here is a carefully arranged chart that sounds sophisticated, yet is easily attainable by you...

Dust Storm is an energetic up-tempo swing piece for big band, composed for the 2025 BMI Jazz Composers Workshop under the direction of Alan Ferber and Andy Farber. It has a strong Western-inflected fl...

Dust Storm is an energetic up-tempo swing piece for big band, composed for the 2025 BMI Jazz Composers Workshop under the direction of Alan Ferber and Andy Farber. It has a strong Western-inflected fl...

I wrote this at the behest of my students as I would make fun of them when they were playing stiff by saying, Well, we’re swingin’ now. The kids badgered me into writing a swing tune for them by that...

I wrote this at the behest of my students as I would make fun of them when they were playing stiff by saying, Well, we’re swingin’ now. The kids badgered me into writing a swing tune for them by that...

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...