Partitions pour big bands

AS RECORDED BY THE DUKE PEARSON BIG BAND ARRANGED BY DUKE PEARSON Here is another fantastic arrangement from Duke Pearson. The original manuscript has been used to produce this arrangement - this is N...

Thanks to the rediscovery of the original scores and parts of the Bird with strings arrangements, we now know that Joe Lipman did not arrange Autumn in New York. The handwriting on the score is totall...

AS RECORDED BY CHARLIE PARKER ARRANGED BY JOE LIPMAN This famous big band chart was arranged for Charlie Parker in 1951 by Joe Lipman. Lipman had previously worked with Parker on the his recordings wi...

Red Bank, New Jersey native William 'Count' Basie usually spent more time calling attention to the many wonderful musicians in his fabulous bands. This Neal Hefti arrangement, originally recorded for...

PERFORMED BY CLAUDE THORNHILL ARRANGED BY GIL EVANS, EDITED BY JEFFREY SULTANOF [Notes by Jeffrey Sultanof] Background: The Claude Thornhill Orchestra was an ensemble that had a unique approach: a vib...

Anthropology was written by Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. Evans arranged the line in 1947, and it was recorded for Columbia Records and for radio transcriptions. The instrumentation calls for 5...

RECORDED BY CLAUDE THORNHILL ARRANGED BY GIL EVANS In 1941 Gil Evans went to New York to write for the Claude Thornhill orchestra, which won two successive Billboard polls in the 'sweet band' category...

(From the notes by Jeffrey Sultanof) Background: The period from 1948-49 was a period of tremendous growth for Gerry Mulligan. Living in New York City right in the thick of modern jazz pioneers and in...

RECORDED BY THE DUKE PEARSON BIG BAND ARRANGED BY DUKE PEARSON, EDITED BY JEFFREY SULTANOF Here is one of the great charts from the 'Introducing the Duke Pearson Big Band' record from 1967. This is a...

Jazz Big Band Arrangement. Full Score, 2 Alto Saxophones, 2 Tenor Saxophones, Baritone Saxophone, 4 Trumpets, 3 Trombones (3rd is Bass Trombone), Piano, Bass, Drums Here is Med Flory's arrangement of...

In hindsight, it is somewhat amusing that Dave Brubeck's 'The Duke' is more frequently associated with Miles Davis and Gil Evans than Brubeck himself. Nevertheless, this version from 1957's 'Miles Ahe...

Jazz Big Band Arrangement. Full Score, 2 Alto Saxophones, 2 Tenor Saxophones, Baritone Saxophone, 4 Trumpets, 4 Trombones, Guitar, Piano, Bass, Drums In 1987, Benny Carter was invited to give a concer...

Background: Gil Evans made two albums for the World Pacific label in 1958 and 1959; these albums have been reissued many times over the years. On the second of the two, the last track was an original...

Here is Mary Lou Williams's 1930 arrangement for the Andy Kirk band. All solos have been written out but we have also included chord changes in the event that your players wish to improvise. Contents...

This Bob Florence arrangement was written for Terry Gibbs to perform with the Dream Band on the Steve Allen show. This is an all-out vibe feature! We have included optional alternate B-flat and E-flat...

AS PERFORMED BY HELEN O'CONNELL ARRANGED BY HAL MOONEY, ADAPTED BY ROB DUBOFF This is the first chart in our new Jazz Lines Publications 'Big Band Classics' library! Arranged by Hal Mooney and perform...

AS RECORDED BY FRANK SINATRA WITH COUNT BASIE ARRANGED BY NEAL HEFTI Jazz Lines Publications presents this classic Neal Hefti big band arrangement from the 1962 Frank Sinatra and Count Basie collabora...

AS RECORDED BY FRANK SINATRA ARRANGED BY NELSON RIDDLE; TRANSCRIBED AND ADAPTED BY WALT STUART Late in 1955 and early in 1956 Frank Sinatra went into the Capitol Studio with Nelson Riddle and recorded...

AS RECORDED BY HELEN O'CONNELL ARRANGED BY MARION EVANS This is a tremendous chart from master arranger Marion Evans, recorded by Helen O'Connell for her 'Here's Helen' album. This is not a transcript...

AS PERFORMED BY HELEN O'CONNELL ARRANGED BY SAMMY NESTICO Arranged by Sammy Nestico for singer Helen O'Connnell, this swinging arrangement was never recorded to the best of our knowledge. It was, howe...

AS RECORDED BY FRANK SINATRA WITH COUNT BASIE ARRANGED BY QUINCY JONES, TRANSCRIBED BY SYD POTTER Here is another classic Sinatra arrangement, this one from the pen of Quincy Jones. In 1966 Frank Sina...

RECORDED BY FRANK SINATRA ARRANGED BY NEAL HEFTI We're proud to present the big band arrangement of one of the most famous Sinatra recordings 'I Get a Kick Out of You,' arranged by Neal Hefti. This ar...

AS RECORDED BY FRANK SINATRA ARRANGED BY NELSON RIDDLE, ADAPTED BY ROB DUBOFF Late in 1955 and early in 1956 Frank Sinatra went into the Capitol Studio with Nelson Riddle and recorded one of the best...

AS PERFORMED BY FRANK SINATRA ARRANGED BY NEAL HEFTI, TRANSCRIBED BY SYD POTTER Here is Neal Hefti's brilliant chart from the Frank Sinatra recording 'Sinatra and Swingin' Brass.' This medium swing ch...

ADAPTED FROM THE RECORDING BY FRANK SINATRA ARRANGED BY NELSON RIDDLE, TRANSCRIBED BY SYD POTTER Well, here is another classic, instantly recognizable Frank Sinatra arrangement. This chart comes from...