Swinging Christmas Songs for Big Band

This chart has been transcribed from the Nelson Riddle arrangement as performed by Frank Sinatra on 'Sinatra's Swingin' Session', and is very true to the original. We have made a couple of minor adjus...

This song was written by Cole Porter for his 1941 musical 'Let's Face It' and featured in Ella's Cole Porter Songbook album. It is an up-tempo swinger with a predominantly minor feel, and we have stay...

This chart was recorded by Ella Mae Morse in 1943 with Dick Walters' Orchestra on Capitol 151. Our transcription is as per the original except that we have modified the last brass chord at the ending,...

This arrangement of Anything goes is scored as a female vocal, very much in the style of Ella Fitzgerald. The intro features the rarely heard verse before moving into swing tempo at a medium 120 beats...

Written by Cole Porter for his 1953 musical 'Can-Can', this Ella Fitzgerald chart is an up-tempo, hard swinging version (originally scored by Buddy Bregman for her Cole Porter Songbook album) with a c...

Whilst this song is usually associated with Peggy Lee and the Benny Goodman band (also available in our catalogue - LLM2081), this Julie London version is a refreshing alternative. It suits a singer w...

We think that the Trombone section in most big bands rarely gets a chance to shine and show off their collective talents, so we have taken Ella Fitzgerald's version of this fine Cole Porter tune and s...

Let Yourself Go is a transcription of the original Paul Weston chart, as recorded on Ella's 'Irving Berlin Songbook' album. The pace is a relaxed swing at 160 beats per minute, and Weston's original i...

Top Hat' is a transcription of the original Paul Weston chart, as recorded on Ella's 'Irving Berlin Songbook' album, and it is a really cool, swingin' chart. We have scored the vocal 'as sung' by Ella...

Transcribed from the original Billy May arrangement which features on Sinatra's 'Come Dance With Me' album, Too Close for Comfort is a ripper of a chart that kicks and swings hard from start to finish...

This is a transcription of Charlie Barnet's original version, which also featured Bunny Briggs doing a scat vocal solo over the band in the first chorus. We have NOT included a part for this scat, pre...

Swing @ 125 b.p.m. Here is our interpretation of Roger Holmes' great chart for Natalie Cole, from her 'Unforgettable: With Love' album. We have written this transcription for a standard 5/4/4/4 big ba...

Many big bands of the 30's & 40's performed novelty numbers, and most of them were very forgettable. However, some endured, simply because they were so well written and arranged. Kay Kyser's version o...

Massachusetts is a classic chart from the Gene Krupa band, featuring Anita O'Day on vocal. It is a high energy, up-tempo swinger that is full of great sectional work and hard swingin' lines. We have w...

Here is a softly swingin' and tonally rich vocal chart of Cole Porters' Love For Sale based on the Julie London version. We have removed the string lines and re-scored the chart to make it playable wi...

A great little Charlie Hathaway blues-based chart from the Basie band of 1938, with Jimmy Rushing taking the vocal. The chart opens with a short Basie piano solo and a quick unison riff from the reeds...

Here is a great little swing dance number from the relatively early days of Doris Day with the Les Brown Orchestra. Whilst the vocal lyric is not exactly Shakespearean, it is bouncy and quite infectio...

Taken from the Frank Sinatra / Billy May album 'Come Dance With Me', this rare Sinatra chart carries all of the punch of Billy May's superb writing, combined with the flowing vocal subtlety that is ha...

This great railway tune was originally written for the 1948 film 'The Harvey Girls'. The version that we offer here was recorded by Rosemary Clooney with the Harry James Orchestra in 1952 and, aside f...

This tune was written by the Gershwins for the 1932 film 'Girl Crazy'. Ella Fitzgerald revisited the song on her 1959 Gershwin Songbook album, the arrangement being written by Nelson Riddle. We have t...

Here is Rosemary Clooney's cool 1950's version of Oh You Beautiful Doll, written for vocal solo plus 4 piece backing group. If you band doesn't have a vocal group to hand, don't worry! We have written...

Transcribed from Neal Hefti's outstanding chart written for Sinatra's 1962 album 'Sinatra and Swingin' Brass'', this chart is a fast-paced, high energy, hard-swinging beauty. We have notated the vocal...

Recorded by Doris Day with the Lou Bring Orchestra in 1947, this chart is a really laid-back, bluesy swing ballad. The band supports the vocalist beautifully, and the underlying harmonies are rich and...

Recorded by Helen Forrest with the Benny Goodman Orchestra in 1940, this melodious tune was originally composed by Chopin (Fantasie-Impromptu Op.66) and then adapted and performed by numerous artists...

Transcribed from Billy May's chart written for Anita O'Day, this chart takes a song that is more usually played as a very slow ballad into slow swing territory, where it sits very nicely. It is an out...