Partituras para Big Band

A fabulous chart from the Goodman band of the early 1940's, written by Eddie Sauter, and, quite naturally, a Clarinet feature. The chart is harmonically very innovative, and shows glimpses of the sort...

The Fox is a real beauty of a swing-dance chart, perfect for the Jitterbug and Lindy dance crowd. This tune has a totally infectious bounce to it, and swings like crazy from start to finish. The arran...

Glen Island Special is a very quick swing chart written by Eddie Durham for the Glenn Miller band, and on first hearing it you could be forgiven for thinking it to be a Basie chart. At 240 beats per m...

Written by Jimmy Mundy for the Benny Goodman Orchestra shortly after he joined BG as a staff arranger, Jam Session is an up-tempo swing chart with solo space for Tenor, Clarinet and Trumpet. The arran...

Back Bay Shuffle is a jump tempo swing chart from the great Artie Shaw orchestra, perfect for dancing. We have transcribed this chart as per the original, though expanding it to 8 brass in the process...

Frenesi was a tune popularised and played by many of the well known bands of the late 30's and early 40's. Our version is an adaptation of the Artie Shaw version, but re-scored for a regular big band...

Li'l Darlin' is one of the great tracks from the Basie band of the 1950's, and is one of a series written and arranged for the band by Neal Hefti to be found on The Atomic Mr Basie album. This chart i...

Here is Benny Goodman's timeless classic in all its glory. Many bands performed versions of this song, but the Goodman Orchestra's rendition remains the standard by which all others are judged. The sa...

Here is a really unusual arrangement of this jazz standard from the Harry James Orchestra. Slow, bluesy and laid back, the chart opens with the Bari and Bass in unison, with tightly muted Trumpets ove...

Perdido was one of Duke Ellington's early big hits. Many arrangements have been made of this chart over the years - lots of them at a flat out tempo. The Duke's version is a very laid-back swinger tha...

Non Stop Flight is a really bouncy swing chart and is perfect for dancing to. The pulse is infectious and will really get the feet tapping. Written by Artie Shaw, it naturally features the Clarinet, a...

A fabulous arrangement of this timeless classic, as played by the Ted Heath band of 1947. This chart is a real mood lifter; it just so bright and bouncy. Your drummer sets this mood right from the wor...

Transcribed from the original Benny Carter arrangement of Hoagy Carmichaels' tune, this Gene Krupa chart is one of Roy Eldridge's best known solo works, and is an out-and-out Trumpet feature. We have...

Manhattan Spiritual is a wonderfully uplifting swing chart, as its name might suggest. Originally scored in the late 50's by Reg Owen for the Ted Heath band, this chart was also a feature for Owen's o...

Here is our version of Basie's timeless One O'Clock Jump which opens and closes in the style of the Basie original, with loads of solo space in between. All of the recognisable elements are there, inc...

Co-written by Chummy MacGregor (Miller's pianist) and George 'The Silver Fox' Williams (who wrote extensively for Ray Anthony) this Glenn Miller chart is both an excellent swing chart, as well as bein...

Benny Goodman recorded this chart as an instrumental feature, to which a vocal overlay was added before it became part of the soundtrack for Disney's 1946 Make Mine Music cartoon cinema release. It's...

Shorty George was first recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra in 1938, proved to be one of his early big hits, and has become a 'must-have' tune for Basie fans. It is up-tempo swing chart which featur...

Tommy Dorsey recorded the Alex Stordahl arrangement of Smoke Gets In Your Eyes in 1937 on RCA Victor 25657-B. This arrangement is somewhat unusual, as this particular song is generally performed in sl...

Long Tall Mama is a solid swing chart written for the Glenn Miller band by Billy May , though credited to his wife Arletta for fiscal reasons at the time. Miller recorded this with his civilian and US...

Co-written by Benny Goodman & Harry James, Life Goes to a Party is a pulsating, energetic and quick minor swing chart. The Goodman band recorded this tune on several occasions, the first in 1937, then...

This arrangement of Bugle Call Rag, originally scored for the band by Jimmy Mundy, was one of the charts that helped launch the Benny Goodman Orchestra into the swing era that fateful August day at th...

Transcribed from Ted Heath's 'Swing is King Vol. 2' album, this version of Apple Honey closely follows the form of the Woody Herman original, though the solo spaces are less cluttered, allowing for mo...

Big John's Special is a romping swing chart from the early years of the Benny Goodman Orchestra, when much of his success came courtesy of Fletcher Henderson's arrangements. We have expanded the chart...

The Good Earth was written by Neal Hefti for the Woody Herman Orchestra and is a blistering swing chart. Our transcription is taken from the 1963 Basin Street West studio session in Hollywood. The ori...