Count Basie

Here's a great way to introduce the music of Count Basie to your younger players. Carefully scored for beginning groups, this medium swing chart trades the melody between the trumpets and saxes, inclu...

Carefully utilizing every section of the band, here is a skillfully arranged version of this jazz favorite recorded by Illinois Jacquet and also Count Basie. Featuring a medium swing style and phrases...

Frank Foster, leader and arranger for the Count Basie band, penned this version of the classic big band tune. Recreate that great Basie sound with your own ensemble, using the same chart they use. Won...

This is a re-issue of the famous title featured by Count Basie and others. This should be in EVERY school jazz ensemble library and performed at least once a week. Great for teaching rhythmic ensemble...

This is a re-issue of the famous title featured by Count Basie and others. This should be in EVERY school jazz ensemble library and performed at least once a week. Great for teaching rhythmic ensemble...

Damos la bienvenida a Calvin Custer al equipo de compositores de Warner Bros. Jazz. Aquí está el gran arreglo de Calvin del clásico de Neil Hefti, diseñado para su batería. La sección central de este...

Here it is exactly how Count Basie and his orchestra played it! Every detail of this jazz standard has been transcribed and reconstructed by Jeff Hest. What better way to learn about the Basie style t...

Here it is exactly how Count Basie and his orchestra played it! Every detail of this jazz standard has been transcribed and reconstructed by Jeff Hest. What better way to learn about the Basie style t...

Here it is exactly how Count Basie and his orchestra played it! Every detail of this jazz standard has been transcribed and reconstructed by Jeff Hest. What better way to learn about the Basie style t...

Originally recorded by Count Basie and played by him at a Grammy Awards concert, this arrangement was also recorded by the SWR Big Band in 2005 on their CD 'Basie-cally Sammy.' It has optional solos f...

Originally recorded by Count Basie and played by him at a Grammy Awards concert, this arrangement was also recorded by the SWR Big Band in 2005 on their CD 'Basie-cally Sammy.' It has optional solos f...

Recorded by Count Basie on his Basie-Straight Ahead album, the Moocho Fasto! style marking at the start of this fast swing outing for proficient players sums it up pretty well. Improvised solos for pi...

'Where or When' was a Frank Sinatra favourite right back in his early days with the Tommy Dorsey band. This version is a transcription of the Billy Byers chart that he used with the Basie band 'Live a...

Here is our take on the Walter Donaldson classic, Makin Whoopee, as performed by the Count Baie orchestra. This chart features Trombone (originally played by Al Grey) almost from start to finish, and...

Another beautifully crafted piece from the Basie Band, featured on the Atomic Mr Basie album. Written by Neal Hefti, this chart is aptly named. It is a flat-out, driving swing chart that features Pian...

We are pleased to offer you the much requested Count Basie version of Jumpin at the Woodside. It's fast, it's furious and it's fun. We have written out all of the original solos 'as-played', though yo...

Enthält opt. Stimmen: Violine 1 und 2, Viola, Cello, 2 Flöten und 2 Klarinetten. A great medium groove swing version as recorded by Count Basie with Joe Williams and also featured by Tony Bennett with...

As recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra on their album This Time By Basie, Quincy Jones has arranged another laid-back, swinging masterpiece. This is a wonderful, classic big band chart that belongs...

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...

As recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra on the album Frankly Basie; Count Basie Plays the Hits of Frank Sinatra, this arrangement by Billy Byers is a fantastic medium-slow swing tune. It is classic B...

As recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra on the album Frankly Basie; Count Basie Plays the Hits of Frank Sinatra, this is a classic arrangement by Billy Byers. Byers, much like Quincy Jones, provided...

The Count Basie Orchestra performed the music of Billy Byers for many, many years. His arrangement of Come Fly With Me is recorded on the Basie album Frankly Basie: Count Basie Plays the Hits of Frank...

Billy Byers' arrangement of I'll Never Smile Again will take you back to a time when dancing to a slow swing tune, played by a live big band in a ballroom filled with amazing sounds, was the absolute...

Many have tried, but few have been able to match the incredible swing that happens when you combine Billy Byers' arranging with the Count Basie Orchestra. Originally recorded on the Basie album Frankl...

As recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra on their album Count Basie's Finest Hour, 'Doodle Oodle' is a barn-burning Billy Byers original. In usual Basie fashion, this chart swings its tail off with in...