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PERFORMED BY MILES DAVIS ARRANGED BY GERRY MULLIGAN Gil Evans set up shop in his small New York apartment above a Chinese laundry acting as an advisor to a group of jazz musicians. Evans was already w...

At long last, Benny Carters arrangements for saxophone ensembles are now available, authorized by Hilma Carter and the Benny Carter Estate. Carter himself is one of the legendary soloists and composer...

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 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 FRANK SINATRA ARRANGED BY BILLY MAY Here's another classic Frank Sinatra chart. This version of Love Walked In was arranged by Billy May and was featured on Sinatra's first recording da...

Here is a great arrangement done by Shaun Byrne that is based on the recording done by Louise Plowright for the musical 'The Hot Shoe Shuffle.' After a brief 6-bar intro, the vocalist sings the first...

AS WRITTEN FOR FRANK SINATRA WITH COUNT BASIE ARRANGED BY BILLY BYERS Here is a Billy Byers chart that was arranged for the 'Sinatra Live at the Sands' performance and recording with the Count Basie O...

In 1961 Frank Sinatra joined forces with arranger Sy Oliver to record a tribute to their former boss, bandleader Tommy Dorsey. This album consisted of 13 tracks closely associated with Dorsey includin...

AS RECORDED BY MILES DAVIS ARRANGED BY GIL EVANS, EDITED BY JEFFREY SULTANOF Gil Evans set up shop in his small New York apartment above a Chinese laundry acting as an adviser to a group of jazz music...

AS RECORDED BY CHARLIE PARKER [WITH STRINGS] ARRANGED BY GERRY MULLIGAN, EDITED BY JEFFREY SULTANOF (Excerpted from the edition's notes by Jeffrey Sultanof) Background: Charlie Parker with Strings, an...

Supersax was a Charlie Parker tribute band formed by Med Flory and Buddy Clark that debuted in 1972. Their music consisted of harmonized arrangements of Charlie Parkers music played by a saxophone sec...

ARRANGED BY MED FLORY Here is Med Flory's arrangement of 'Just Friends' as recorded by Supersax on 'Supersax Plays Bird,' (from 1971) and later recorded live in Japan in 1975 on 'Japanese Tour Vol. 1....

Here is Med Flory's arrangement of 'Bloomdido' as recorded by Supersax. Charlie Parker's original solo was transcribed in full by Med Flory and then harmonized to be played by a standard big band sax...

Here is Med Flory's arrangement of 'Chasing the Bird' as recorded by Supersax on the 1977 record of the same name. Charlie Parker's original solo was transcribed in full by Med Flory and then harmoniz...

This Supersax arrangement, from the album 'Supersax with the L.A. Voices, Vol. 3' features the usual saxophone lineup of 2 altos, 2 tenors, 1 baritone with trumpet and the addition of 5 voices [Sopran...

This great bossa rock composition by Duke Pearson was featured in an octet form on his 1967 record 'The Right Touch.' Duke fleshed this funky tune out for a full big band, though it was never recorded...

ARRANGED AND RECORDED BY ROB MCCONNELL Here's Rob McConnell's tour de force arrangement of Just Friends from his 1981 album 'Big Band Jazz, Vol. 1' on Pausa Records. We have used the original manuscri...

Here is a great Billy Byers chart that epitomizes the laid-back Basie sound. This arrangement features written-out piano fills throughout and a harmon-muted trumpet solo (on trumpet 2, also written ou...

AS RECORDED BY COUNT BASIE ARRANGED BY ERNIE WILKINS, TRANSCRIBED BY JONATHAN LORENTZ On a warm, July day in 1961 Ernie Wilkins came to a Count Basie Orchestra gig at Birdland in New York with a newly...

RECORDED BY THE DUKE PEARSON BIG BAND ARRANGED BY DUKE PEARSON Here is one of Duke Pearson's best compositions, exactly as he arranged it for his big band in 1967. This publication has been engraved d...

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...

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...

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...