Lush Life Music

Indian Love Call is a classic vocal number from the Artie Shaw orchestra, featuring everyone in the band on Vocals! Though it might sound slightly corny when you listen to the audio, when this chart i...

Stop! is another well known up-tempo swing chart from Anita O'Day and the Gene Krupa Orchestra. The arrangement (transcribed from the Elton Hill original) not only features your vocalist and your band...

Featured on Linda Eder's album 'And So Much More' this chart is an up tempo driving swing chart. Whilst the arrangement harks back slightly to the feel of a late 1950's Hefti style, the song itself is...

Here is our transcription of Benny Goodman's 1936 take on Glory of Love, with vocals by Helen Ward. We have adapted the chart to a full 5444 line-up ( from the original 6 brass Spud Murphy chart) and...

This is the original Helen O'Connell version of Time Was, from her 1957 album 'Green Eyes', as recorded with the Marion Evans Orchestra, and it opens as a beautifully scored lush ballad which switches...

This is the original Helen O'Connell version of Green Eyes, from her 1957 album 'Green Eyes', as recorded with the Marion Evans Orchestra. It is not a transcription. We have adapted it slightly, by ad...

This is the actual Helen O'Connell version from her 'Here's Helen' album, as recorded with the Marion Evans Orchestra. This chart is not a transcription and has been recreated from the original manusc...

This is the original Helen O'Connell version of Saturday Night from her 'Here's Helen' album, as recorded with the Marion Evans Orchestra. Please note that this is not a transcription, it's the real d...

I Had The Craziest Dream was another big hit for the Harry James Orchestra, in his 'band that swings with strings' period. It is a romantic, floaty ballad, sung by Helen Forrest, and which also featur...

Here is a transcription of the Doris Day / Les Brown chart on Celery Stalks. It is equally suitable for dance or concert performance and, aside from the obvious vocal feature, contains cameo solos for...

This chart is a punchy and powerful up-tempo swinger that, aside from the intro and an 8 measure instrumental passage, features your vocalist all the way. The reeds, in a Billy May style, provide the...

This is the children's nursery rhyme 'Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush' that has been given the Count Basie / Jimmy Rushing treatment. The chart features your male singer, your Tenor soloist, your P...

Recorded by Anita O'Day in 1955 this supercool chart oozes class and style. It is a vocal feature from top to bottom and the vocal lines are skillfully supported by just a rhythm section and 4 Trombon...

Transcribed from Peggy Lee's 1959 'Jump for Joy' album, this beautifully crafted Nelson Riddle chart swings hard from start to finish. The band writing is sublime and always gives perfect support to t...

Here is another original Helen O'Connell chart as played by her on her many concert tours. The tune was written by Johnny Burke & Jimmy van Heusen for the Paramount film 'And the Angels Sing'. This ar...

Manhattan was recorded by Ella Fitzgerald in 1957, for the Verve album 'Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook'. The original Buddy Bregman arrangement was scored for strings, and orchestra...

This is our transcription of Ella Fitzgerald's wonderful rendition of The Christmas Song, also known as Chestnuts Roasting. This chart is scored for vocal solo, 5 saxes, rhythm and optional vibraphone...

Transcribed from Julie London's 1961 Liberty Records album 'Whatever Julie Wants', this is a nice, laid back swing chart and is classic Julie London. Whilst it is a vocal feature, the 16 measure instr...

Under My Skin is classic Frank Sinatra. This chart is a transcription of Sinatra with the Count Basie Band, taken from the Sinatra at the Sands album, and is a must for all male vocalists. Everything...

Arthur Murray was originally a hit for Helen O'Connell in her time with the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra. This version is from her 1951 Capitol Records recording session and is not a transcription, but a re...

Transcribed from Neal Hefti's outstanding chart written for Sinatra's 1962 'Swingin' Brass' album, this chart is an absolute Sinatra classic. We have notated the chart 'as played', and have used the o...

Here is a hard-swinging vocal chart of Best Things In Life Are Free as performed by Jo Stafford and backed by the Paul Weston Orchestra. The chart opens with a punchy vocal verse, then a full vocal ch...

Another first rate chart from the Ella Fitzgerald / Nelson Riddle team, transcribed from the 'Ella Swings Brightly With Nelson' album, and full of lush harmonic structure. Whilst it is a real vocal fe...

Here is our take on Nelson Riddle's chart written for Ella Fitzgerald for her 'Ella Swings Brightly With Nelson' album. We have adapted this chart by removing the strings, to make it playable with a r...

Here is our take on Doris Day's charming vocal chart for the Les Brown Orchestra, not to be confused with her 1955 show version with Percy Faith. The chart opens with an instrumental half-chorus, modu...