Myles Collins

This version is a transcription of Basie's performance from the 'Sinatra at the Sands' album, and it differs slightly from the great Billy Byers studio version of the chart. It opens with a floating P...

My Girl, written by Smokey Robinson and Ronald White, was a huge hit for The Temptations, and this tune has become a Motown classic. Our arrangement is written with the original 60's version in mind,...

Here is Ted Heath's beautifully lush version of Fly Me to the Moon, scored as a slow Alto Sax feature ballad. The Alto solo line is written out in full, as originally played (possibly by Ronnie Chambe...

This version of Harlem Nocturne is an Alto feature from the Maynard Ferguson book and has an altogether much cooler feel to it than the ever-present and much played standard stock swing chart. Our cha...

The London Suite was written by Thomas 'Fats' Waller during his 1939 European tour. It is his musical interpretation of six London districts and the suite was arranged for and recorded by the Ted Heat...

The London Suite was written by Thomas 'Fats' Waller during his 1939 European tour. It is his musical interpretation of six London districts and the suite was arranged for and recorded by the Ted Heat...

After a short intro the Baritone takes the melody as a solo, followed by the sax team, with the brass finishing off the melody phrase. Trombone 2 picks up the melody as a solo, completed by the whole...

Here is a really rich and lush arrangement of Cole Porter's beautiful ballad. Written for female vocal, the chart was in part inspired by Ella Fitzgerald's rendition in her Songbook album, but is not...

Taken from Barry Manilow's 1978 album 'Even Now', this chart is a great lounge ballad with a really bluesy feel. Opening with solo piano, the vocal enters backed by just the rhythm section. The Saxes...

Here is our take on Nelson Riddle's beautiful chart written for Ella Fitzgerald. We have adapted this chart to make it playable with a regular 5444 big band line-up, whilst keeping the feel and flavou...

Written by Duke Ellington and originally entitled Concerto for Cootie, Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me has been covered by all of the great vocalists including Ella and Sinatra. This version has been...

Mention the words Route 66 and many people think 'Johnny B-Goode', Rock and Roll, guitar bands etc. Well, think again. Our version is written as a bouncy, but not fast, swing-shuffle that has a laid-b...

This is the original Helen O'Connell version from her 'Here's Helen' album, as recorded with the Marion Evans Orchestra. This chart is not a transcription. The arrangement opens at a slow, bluesy temp...

Reet Petite is great chart for a mixed audience dance gig. It's one of those songs that gets people up on the floor almost from the very first note. Our version follows the form and structure of the J...

This is pure Woody Herman, and a transcription of the original Nat Pierce chart. The Jazz Me Blues is an old dixieland tune of the 1920's, and this arrangement lifts it into a new sphere altogether. W...

12th Street Rag as you never imagined! This chart was written for the Ted Heath band, and goes way way beyond the original Bowman concept. The chart opens by imitating traffic along 12th Street, in a...

Darktown Strutters Ball is well known to Trad Jazz audiences, but it's a bit of a rarity to have a chart for Big Band. This version is a transcription of the Ken Moule chart which was written for the...

This arrangement was written by Ben Homer for the Les Brown Orchestra, and is a quirky and fun chart to play. Everything is as per the original recording - the dixie trio; the piano solo written out;...

Well, here it is, the great Joseph Zawinul composition, as played by the Buddy Rich band. This chart features Drums (naturally), solo space for Tenor sax and Guitar (or Piano) and is a thunderously ro...

A big band version of the Average White Band hit, following the same structure as the original. This number is just a laid back groove. The saxes take the main riff with trombones and guitar backing....

Beaver Junction is another classic swing chart from the Basie band, and part of our continuing Basie re-creation project. Written by Harry Edison, this chart, whilst still being a punchy swing tune, s...

Traumerei was written by Robert Schumann in 1838, the seventh of a set of thirteen pieces for solo Piano. Our chart is based on the Claude Thornhill arrangement of this popular melody, though we have...

A rare and beautiful chart from the Glenn Miller orchestra, this chart was originally scored by Bill Finegan and is his interpretation of Tschaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1. The arrangement is full o...

Este arreglo del Bolero de Ravel es un tanto peculiar, pero es una interesante versión swing de una melodía clásica. Goodman grabó este tema en 1939 con una banda que contenía una sección de metales d...

Chu Cho is a wonderful Latin number from the pen of the great Paquito D'Rivera, written for Mario Bauza and his Afro-Cuban Orchestra. This tune simply oozes style, and also offers a chance to show off...