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Written in 1953 for Nat 'King' Cole, Billy May's arrangement of Angel Eyes does a wonderful job of both capturing and expanding upon the dark and sensual melody of what has become one of the most freq...

Released on Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington's 1965 collaboration 'Ella At Duke's Place,' this brief but lovely arrangement is a wonderful treatment of one of Billy Strayhorn's most tender and disar...

This lovely, heart-felt Christmas ballad medley was arranged by Frank DeVol for Ella Fitzgerald's 1960 album 'Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas.' Featured are the holiday standards We Three Kings a...

Jazz Lines Publications is proud to have been publishing Dave Pell's fantastic historic octet charts for years, and now the eleven which have been re-engraved from Dave's original charts are available...

W.C. Handy's 'St. Louis Blues' had already entered the pantheon of classic blues melodies when Gil Evans wrote this arrangement in 1958. The album that it appeared on, 'New Bottle, Old Wine,' was a co...

With its hip chord changes and riffy melody, this tune became an instant jazz standard. Ellington's 1933 chart starts out sedately, but quickly shifts gears to swinging figures and modern voicings. Ot...

Arranged by Frank Foster and recorded by Diane Schuur with the Count Basie Orchestra in 1987, Deedles' Blues features an infectious melody with some appropriately sultry lyrics by Los Angeles-based vo...

RECORDED BY THE MILES DAVIS NONET ARRANGED BY GERRY MULLIGAN, EDITED BY JEFFREY SULTANOF (from the performance notes by Jeffrey Sultanof): Except for a rare few, historians now consider The Miles Davi...

Known informally as 'the Biggest Little Band in the Land,' the John Kirby Sextet may be more accurately described as 'the biggest little chamber ensemble in the world.' The band's arrangements (most p...

AS RECORDED BY MILES DAVIS ARRANGED BY GIL EVANS, EDITED BY JEFFREY SULTANOF Gil Evans set up shop in his small New York apartment above a Chinese laundry acting as an adviser to a group of jazz music...

AS RECORDED BY CHARLIE PARKER [WITH STRINGS] ARRANGED BY GERRY MULLIGAN, EDITED BY JEFFREY SULTANOF (Excerpted from the edition's notes by Jeffrey Sultanof) Background: Charlie Parker with Strings, an...

AS PERFORMED BY CHARLIE PARKER ARRANGED BY JIMMY CARROLL, EDITED BY JEFFREY SULTANOF We're all familiar with the famous Charlie Parker with Strings recordings that were made in 1949 and the early 1950...

AS RECORDED BY MILES DAVIS ARRANGED BY GERRY MULLIGAN, EDITED BY JEFFREY SULTANOF Gil Evans set up shop in his small New York apartment above a Chinese laundry acting as an advisor to a group of jazz...

Gil Evans set up shop in his small New York apartment above a Chinese laundry acting as an adviser to a group of jazz musicians. Evans was already well-known as an adventurous arranger who took inspir...

RECORDED BY MILES DAVIS ARRANGED BY JOHN LEWIS, EDITED BY JEFFREY SULTANOF Gil Evans set up shop in his small New York apartment above a Chinese laundry acting as an advisor to a group of jazz musicia...

PERFORMED BY MILES DAVIS ARRANGED BY GERRY MULLIGAN Gil Evans set up shop in his small New York apartment above a Chinese laundry acting as an advisor to a group of jazz musicians. Evans was already w...

Supersax was a Charlie Parker tribute band formed by Med Flory and Buddy Clark that debuted in 1972. Their music consisted of harmonized arrangements of Charlie Parkers music played by a saxophone sec...

ARRANGED BY MED FLORY Here is Med Flory's arrangement of 'Just Friends' as recorded by Supersax on 'Supersax Plays Bird,' (from 1971) and later recorded live in Japan in 1975 on 'Japanese Tour Vol. 1....

Here is Med Flory's arrangement of 'Bloomdido' as recorded by Supersax. Charlie Parker's original solo was transcribed in full by Med Flory and then harmonized to be played by a standard big band sax...

Here is Med Flory's arrangement of 'Chasing the Bird' as recorded by Supersax on the 1977 record of the same name. Charlie Parker's original solo was transcribed in full by Med Flory and then harmoniz...

This Supersax arrangement, from the album 'Supersax with the L.A. Voices, Vol. 3' features the usual saxophone lineup of 2 altos, 2 tenors, 1 baritone with trumpet and the addition of 5 voices [Sopran...

RECORDED BY BUNNY BERIGAN ARRANGED BY JOE LIPMAN In 1938 Bunny Berigan recorded a tribute to Bix Beiderbecke. The arrangements were done by the piano player, Joe Lipman. Joe went on to become a succes...

AS RECORDED BY THE DAVE PELL OCTET ARRANGED BY MARTY PAICH Marty Paich, a regular contributor to the Dave Pell Octet, arranged this original composition for the 1957 record 'A Pell of a Time.' This ar...

RECORDED BY ANDY KIRK COMPOSED AND ARRANGED BY MARY LOU WILLIAMS, EDITED BY JEFFREY SULTANOF Here is one of the classic, early big band arrangements by Mary Lou Williams. Written for Andy Kirk's band...

Small Group (alto sax, tenor sax, baritone sax, trumpet, piano, bass, and drums)