Swinging Christmas Songs for Big Band

This is Will Bradley's interpretation of Florian Hermann's melody, Valse Hommage, which set music to the old Ukranian romance 'Ochi chyornye' way back in 1884. This chart is a hard swinging one, full...

The Charts from the Glenn Miller band are always popular, and most bands have the majority of the Miller classics in their libraries. However, from time to time we like to offer something a little rar...

Here is the Glenn Miller Orchestra's take on the US Navy song 'Anchors Aweigh'. It's up-tempo and bouncy, with a driving rhythmic feel. Alto 1 doubles Clarinet (and takes the Clarinet solo). Trumpet 2...

Oh! So Good is a rarely heard up-tempo swing chart from the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Written by Jerry Gray, the chart features solos for Trumpet 2, Tenor, Trombone Piano and Drums. The initial opening...

Made famous by Clyde McCoy, this gently swinging 2-beat chart features Trumpet 2. We have included all of the plunger articulations and 'wah-wah' indications, so that your player can give an authentic...

Jerry Gray wrote A String of Pearls for the Miller band in 1941, and in 1954 he re-visited and re-worked the concept into a new chart entitled 'Re-stringing the Pearls'. Rhythmically, it contains many...

Conversation Piece is a beautifully crafted medium tempo chart written around September 1940 by Bill Finegan for the Miller band. The saxes are scored for 3 Altos and two Tenors, with Alto 2 taking a...

'Slip Horn Jive' is a bright, up-tempo, hard-driving swing chart from the Glenn Miller book. The original arrangement was by Eddie Durham and was scored for 6 brass. We have augmented our version up t...

Home for the Holidays is a seasonal vocal chart, written for a Boy / Girl duet, though equally suitable as a solo vocal feature. This classy arrangement from Alan Glasscock moves along with a punchy s...

Transcribed from Ralph Burns' original chart written for Frances Wayne / Woody Herman, Happiness is a Thing Called Joe is a lush swing ballad for female vocal. We have adapted the chart to suit a stan...

Here is Bobby Darin's famous version of this Cahn & Van Heusen classic tune, transcribed in full. It swings gently at around 120 beats per minute and is instantly recognisable. The brass ranges are mo...

Arguably the most famous chart from the Bunny Berigan band, 'I Can't Get Started' is scored as a lush ballad featuring, in equal part, your singer and Trumpet soloist. The Trumpet part is quite tricky...

First recorded by the Miller band in December 1941 and released early in 1942 on Bluebird 11401, this version was a 10 week best seller in the USA. This fine transcription from Alan Glasscock is writt...

Written by Bobby Troup (of Route 66 fame) and arranged by Sy Oliver, this tune was a hit for the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and Pied Pipers. Our chart is scored for a four piece vocal group and full 5444...

Vocal Group or Solo with Group Here is another Andrews Sisters classic vocal trio chart, and our only change to the original is to augment the band parts up to a full big band line up. The chart opens...

Here is Glenn Miller's hit chart 'I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo', as originally recorded with Tex Beneke and the Modernaires. The only adjustments that we have made to the studio version is to add in an...

A classic Glenn Miller chart from the early days of the band, with vocals by Ray Eberle, and featuring the Miller trademarks of Clarinet-led reeds over brass in plungers, a great modulation to the voc...

My Melancholy Baby is a rare chart from the Glenn Miller Orchestra, originally arranged by Bill Finegan and transcribed here by Alan Glasscock. It is 'as played' by the Miller Band, except that we hav...

This chart is an absolute vocal classic from Ray Eberle and the Modernaires with the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Alan Glasscock's fine transcription of Jerry Gray's chart is true to the original in every...

This is a faithful transcription of the 1941 Billy May arrangement as recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra, with Paula Kelly and the Modernaires. The chart is scored for 5444, Girl vocalist and 4 pi...

This arrangement of Don't Fence Me In is the version recorded by Bing Crosby with the Andrews Sisters in 1944. We have faithfully reproduced this chart, even down to the level of correctly detailing t...

Here is Ella Mae Morse's Blacksmith Blues, written for her by Jack Holmes. This song was originally the flipside to Love Me or Leave Me, issued in 1952 by Capitol Records, and it became her biggest hi...

Ida' is an early Billy May chart for the Glenn Miller orchestra which shows May's fine early writing stye at its best. We have scored the male vocal independenly from Beneke's original Tenor part, the...

Boy/Girl & vocal backing group Billy May wrote many outstanding charts for the Miller band, and this is one of his finest. The writing is moody, sometimes dark, but harmonically rich and full. It cont...

Expertly transcribed by Alan Glasscock from the original Bill Finegan chart for Tommy Dorsey, this catchy and bouncy tune was lifted by the writers from Charlie Parker's 'Now's the Time', so will be i...