Ensemble

Based on the chord changes to Bye Bye Blackbird by Ray Henderson, this swinging chart is a workout for the full ensemble. Written for beginning groups, it's a great chart to introduce swing figures on...

Based on the chord changes to Stella By Starlight by Victor Young, this swinging chart is a workout for the full ensemble. Written for beginning groups, everyone gets a turn at the melody, and there a...

This new advanced level edition is taken directly from the original ink parts that were on the stands at the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra (now the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra) debut performance in...

Great writing in the Basie tradition is presented here for developing jazz musicians, featuring accessible brass ranges, notated rhythm section parts, and flexible instrumentation requirements. It eve...

Set in a moderately slow swing, this big band vocal feature draws its strength from straight-ahead figures and full, rich voicings. There is no improvised solo chorus; instead a wonderful sax soli pro...

After a 35 year hiatus, multi-Grammy winning composer/arranger Sammy Nestico has joined forces with the Count Basie Orchestra to arrange this chart for the A Very Swingin' Basie Christmas CD (Concord...

First released in 1954, this easy-level setting of the 19th-century folk song popularized by Glenn Miller in 1939 begins with an 8-bar marcato intro before settling into the familiar medium swing groo...

Voici Flying Home, transcrit par Alan Glasscock à partir de l'arrangement original de Steve Steck pour l'orchestre de l'USAAF de Glenn Miller. La partition est écrite à 165 b.p.m. et comporte des solo...

Cette version de Witchcraft, qui est peut-être l'un des succès les plus mémorables de Frank Sinatra, a été arrangée à l'origine par Nelson Riddle. Nous avons adapté le concept original en supprimant l...

Jon Harpin a fait un excellent travail de transcription et d'adaptation du thème d'Ernie Freeman (écrit pour l'album "That's Life" de Sinatra en 1966) pour convenir à un big band 5444 régulier, tout e...

Transcrit avec art par Jon Harpin à partir de l'arrangement original de Fank DeVol, ce morceau d'Ella Fitzgerald swingue du début à la fin. Les riffs à l'unisson du saxophone et du trombone sont large...

Voici le grand bal des Woodchoppers. Coécrit et interprété pour la première fois par Woody Herman, ce morceau est devenu un pilier du répertoire de tous les groupes d'Herman. Notre version est basée s...

Flatbush Flanagan est un morceau d'Harry James d'après-guerre qui repose sur un groove cool tout au long du morceau. Il comporte des solos pour la trompette 2 (improvisés) et le ténor 1 (tels qu'écrit...

Il s'agit de la Habanera de Carmen de Bizet, transcrite à partir de l'enregistrement de Nat King Cole / Quincy Jones. La partition est un swing rythmé et enlevé qui met en valeur votre chanteur et vot...

Nina Simone a enregistré sa désormais célèbre version de cet air en 1958, bien qu'il ait fallu près de trente ans pour qu'elle atteigne le succès dans les hit-parades, après avoir été utilisée par Cha...

Neal Hefti original arrangment. There is no full score with this arrangment, though a Conductor lead sheet is included. One of the great tracks from the Basie band of the 1950s.

A Robbie Williams Big Band Chart by Duke Ellington & Bob Russell, arranged by Shaun Byrne. Moderate Swing. Key G.

Ella Fitzgerald Big Band Girl Vocal Chart. From the Irving Berlin Song Book a relaxed swing ballad as recorded by Ella Fitzgerald. Our Cy Payne arrangement includes optional flute and synth. strings.

The Irving Berlin standard in a bright straight ahead arrangement by Cy Payne. A full band intro gives a firm lead for the vocalist. Usual big band line up,plus optional 3 Flutes, 3 Bb Clarinets and H...

A medium tempo 'Basie Style' swing tune that really captures the idiom. Written trumpet and tenor sax solos. Andy Farber is our newest writer who is currently writing for the Lincoln Center Orchestra...

As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on Contemporary Concepts, this publication completes the goal of getting this entire watershed recording into print. It is the quintessential feature for alto...

Here is a slow, swinging, lovely, warm, relaxed composition. The arrangement is subtle and easy to play. There are not a lot of pieces by Pat Metheny that swing in this way. The arrangement suggests f...

Bob Curnow continues to add the music of Pat Metheny to the Sierra Music catalog with another of Pat's unforgettable melodies, 'Et Si C'Etait La Fin' (originally recorded on the album Secret Story). S...

Much like Neil Hefti's Li'l Darlin', this Billy Byers original exemplifies quiet, warm ensemble writing at its finest. There is also the contrast of a strong shout section before returning to the quie...