Swinging Christmas Songs for Big Band

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...

Too Darn Hot was written by Cole Porter for the 1948 musical 'Kiss Me Kate' and was featured by Ella Fitzgerald on her Cole Porter Songbook album, with the original arrangement by Buddy Bregman. We ha...

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...

Sammy Nestico, who wrote many fine scores for the Count Basie Band, has provided this laid-back Basie-style arrangement, starting with the piano and rhythm section, and then gradually building right t...

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'.

Wow. This is a tough, storming swing chart from the talented Linda Eder, and is not just for Christmas. The arrangement is a two-tune medley of Here Comes Santa Claus and Santa Claus is Coming to Town...

Here's a swinging chart of the Christmas standard as arranged by Frank DeVol for Ella Fitzgerald's 1960 album 'Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas.' This was arranged to feature a solo vocalist along...

Opening with a Broadway style fanfare before transitioning between a samba and swing, this fresh take on a traditional holiday favorite is as much fun to listen to as it is to play! Solo changes for A...

The perfect chart for your young jazz ensemble's first holiday program. This swinging arrangement of the holiday staple, set in 4/4, is perfectly scored with easy rhythms and comfortable ranges while...

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...

A fun and accessible chart perfect for beginning jazz ensembles features a hip, bluesy melody set over a groove that shifts between a 2nd line, New Orleans style groove and swing. Perfectly scored for...

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...