Jon Harpin

This chart is a transcription of the Billy Byers chart as performed by Frank Sinatra backed by Woody Herman at Madison Square Gardens in 1974. The opening is thunderingly brassy and establishes a grea...

Another great tune from Frank Sinatra's Reprise days. The original version of this chart featured female backing vocals and a Leslie-style organ. We appreciate that this limits the playability of such...

There is not too much to say about this chart, because the combination of Frank Sinatra and Billy May speaks for itself. Lovingly transcribed by Jon Harpin, this chart swings like crazy from start to...

Uno de los éxitos más perdurables de Sinatra, el tema de New York, New York es también uno de los más memorables, y resultará inmediatamente familiar a todo el público desde el momento en que la banda...

Taken down from Sinatra's 1962 Reprise recording, I Get a Kick Out of You has become a Sinatra classic and a much requested tune. The original arrangement was done by Neal Hefti (a familiar name to Co...

Written by Count Basie and his vocalist, Jimmy Rushing, this tune was a staple of the early Basie band. The chart that we offer here is a later vocal version written for Peggy Lee by Quincy Jones. It...

A Soul vocal take on Zawinul's Mercy Mercy Mercy, performed with style by Nancy Wilson. The emotions behind this vocal are pure Soul - a mix of pleading, despair, hope and frustration. The arrangement...

This tune has been performed by many artists over the years, and is a 'must-have' standard in any repertoire. This particular version was done by Julie London and it oozes class. The vocal is sultry,...

Mambo Inn is an up-tempo, high-enery latin chart from the Tito Puente band and it is a feature for Baritone sax. The bri solo is to be improvised, and it lasts for 40 measures based on just the one (E...

Transcribed and adapted by Jon Harpin from the original Nelson Riddle chart, this chart is an out-and-out vocal feature, with no instrumental chorus. The backing lines from the band are solid and rhyt...

Perhaps one of Frank Sinatra's most memorable hits, this version of Witchcraft was originally arranged by Nelson Riddle. We have adapted the original concept by removing the strings and orchestral woo...

This is the 1966 Ellington version of Strayhorn's great tune, with Cootie Williams' trumpet solo (written on the 4th part) transcribed in full. This version also features an extended ending, giving mo...

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...

This Jimmy Van Heusen / Sammy Cahn tune was originally written for the Rat-Packesque film 'Robin and the Seven Hoods'. Wonderfully melodic and visually exciting in concert, it was Sinatra's theme tune...

Witchcraft was a song originally written specifically for Frank Sinatra, and later covered by other singers. This is the Helen O'Connell version which is simply stunning, and your singer will love you...

Jon Harpin has done a great job of transcribing and adapting the Ernie Freeman chart (written for Sinatra's 1966 'That's Life' album) to suit a regular 5444 big band line-up, whilst managing to retain...

Here is Jon Harpin's transcription of 'Just One Of Those Things' which is the first track on the 1954 'Swing Easy' album, the first Capitol album to feature the arrangements of Nelson Riddle. A featur...

This Gordon Jenkins composition is best known for being Benny Goodman's closing theme. The vocal version that we offer here has been lovingly transcribed by Jon Harpin from June Christy's 'Big Band Sp...

This is a great little chart, originally performed by Joe Thomas with the Jimmie Lunceford orchestra. We have made a few adaptations to the original Sy Oliver arrangement. The brass is now scored for...

Swing @ 195 b.p.m. What can we say about the Golden Wedding, other than it is a stunning concert vehicle to show off the talents of your Clarinettist, lead Trumpet and Drummer. It is a classic chart f...

This 1953 chart was the first product of the Frank Sinatra / Nelson Riddle partnership at Capitol records and was a huge hit at the time, helping to relaunch Sinatra's career and give the Capitol labe...

Somebody Loves Me has been transcribed by Jon Harpin from the origian Nelson Riddle chart as sung by Ella Fitzgerald on the Gershwin Songbook album. This is a medium tempo swing chart which, aside fro...

Another beautifully relaxed chart from the Basie band, featured on the Atomic Mr Basie album. Written by Neal Hefti, this easy chart is aptly named. It is slow, relaxed, laid-back and super cool. It f...

This is Frank Sinatra at his best. This chart is a transcription of Sinatra with the Count Basie Band, taken from Sinatra at the Sands. It features the original band into - big, punchy and nearly a mi...

Here is a grooving latin version of One Mint Julep from the Xavier Cugat band which features your Piano / Keyboard player on rock organ. The arrangement is fairly straightforward, with no great surpri...