Partituras para Big Band

Together Again is another Hefti chart from Basie's 1962 album 'On My Way and Shoutin' Again', transcribed by Jon Harpin. This chart has stylistic similarities to Flight of the Foo Birds (from 'The Ato...

Swing @ 76b.p.m. Here is our transcription of the Bobby Pratt version of Sleepy Time Down South, as performed with the Ted Heath band. Bobby was a gifted trumpeter and a great high note player who die...

Written by band member Kenny Graham for Ted Heath's 1956 Australian tour, Kings Cross Climax is a big drum feature. The chart opens at a rapid speed, with a drum solo and a big pyramid build-up from t...

Written by band member and English Trumpet legend Kenny Baker, this up-tempo swinger features the Trumpets. After the opening chorus and bridge there is a Tenor solo (written out, but can be ad-lib fr...

'How High The Moon' is a fast paced, hard-swinging, rip-roaring chart from the Ray Anthony band that will make a great showcase for soloists in your band. The chart opens Db with alternating sectional...

Elegantly transcribed by Jon Harpin from Basie's 1962 Verve album 'On My Way and Shoutin' Again', this Neal Hefti chart has a real gospel feel to it, and swings like crazy from start to finish. The op...

This Frank Foster chart was first recorded in the mid 1950's on Basie's'April In Paris' album released on the Verve label. Our transcription is true to the original except that we have augmented the T...

Here is our transcription of Frank Sinatra's great rendition of 'Learnin' the Blues', as performed with the Count Basie band. The original arrangement was by Neal Hefti. Aside from Sinatra's vocal int...

Another swinging tune from the writing partnership of Sammy Cahn & Jule Styne. This version was originally arranged by Marty Paich and recorded by Ella Fitzgerald on her Whisper Not album. Our version...

Frank Sinatra's chart of Day In Day Out was originally arranged by the late, great Billy May, and it has been lovingly transcribed for you here by Jon Harpin. This arrangement settles into a swinging...

Written by the then relatively unknown duo of Styne & Loesser for the 1942 movie 'Sweater Girl', this version is from Ella Fitzgerald's 1966 album 'Whisper Not', with the original arrangements all by...

At Long Last Love has been transcribed from Sinatra's 1962 album 'Sinatra and Swingin' Brass', the original arrangement being by Neal Hefti. The chart swings hard from start to finish, yet has a light...

This outstanding version of a timeless standard was scored by Nelson Riddle for the 1962 studio album Ella Swings Gently With Nelson (Verve V4055). The chart has been lovingly transcribed by Jon Harpi...

This version of 'I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan' was recorded by the great Tony Bennett with the Count Basie Orchestra and is a laid back swinger in true Basie style. Our only change to the Ralph...

The Very Thought of You is the Ella Fitzgerald version. Originally arranged by Nelson Riddle, it is transcribed and adapted by Jon Harpin. This chart featured on the 'Ella Swings Gently With Nelson' a...

Lovingly transcribed by Jon Harpin from the 'Ella Swings Brightly With Nelson' album, here is Ella Fitzgerald's version of the Goodman standard, Don't Be That Way. Nelson Riddle's concept is flawless,...

We are pleased to offer you our transcription of a classic chart from the Sinatra / Riddle collaboration album 'A Swingin' Affair'. Unlike many Riddle charts, this one does not follow the time honoure...

This chart has been transcribed from Keely Smith's album'Keely Sings Sinatra' recorded with the Frankie Capp orchestra on Concord CCD 4943. The original arrangement was penned by Billy May and, in com...

Love Walked In has been transcribed by Jon Harpin from the collaborative Fank Sinatra / Billy May album Swing Along With Me on Sinatra's Reprise label. The album was later renamed to Sinatra Swings du...

Here is the Ella Fizgerald / Nelson Riddle version of I Only Have Eyes For You, transcribed and adapted by Jon Harpin from the 'Ella Swings Brightly With Nelson' album. The original version contained...

Taken from 'Ella Swings Gently With Nelson', Call Me Darling is pure Ella at her silky best. This chart has been lovingly transcribed and adapted from the original Nelson Riddle version by Jon Harpin....

Once in a while an album is made which simply brims with class. This chart is from such an album - 'Ella Swings Brightly With Nelson' - and it not only oozes class, but swings like crazy too. Nelson R...

This version of Around the World was recorded by Matt Monro, and has been transcribed for you by Jon Harpin. The chart opens as an up-tempo swinger, full of great rhythmic punctuations from the band i...

Here is a very classy original arrangement by Jon Harpin of Let There Be Love, written for female vocal. The song itself was written by Lionel Rand and Ian Grant, first published in 1940. It has been...

Here is Tony Bennett's great version of As Time Goes By. The chart opens with the rarely heard verse, colla voce, backed by the Piano, (though you can start the chart at the chorus if you prefer) and...