Jon Harpin: Partituras medio

Another great tune from Frank Sinatra's Reprise days. The original version of this chart featured female backing vocals and a Leslie-style organ. We appreciate that this limits the playability of such...

Written by Count Basie and his vocalist, Jimmy Rushing, this tune was a staple of the early Basie band. The chart that we offer here is a later vocal version written for Peggy Lee by Quincy Jones. It...

There is not too much to say about this chart, because the combination of Frank Sinatra and Billy May speaks for itself. Lovingly transcribed by Jon Harpin, this chart swings like crazy from start to...

A Soul vocal take on Zawinul's Mercy Mercy Mercy, performed with style by Nancy Wilson. The emotions behind this vocal are pure Soul - a mix of pleading, despair, hope and frustration. The arrangement...

This tune has been performed by many artists over the years, and is a 'must-have' standard in any repertoire. This particular version was done by Julie London and it oozes class. The vocal is sultry,...

Mambo Inn is an up-tempo, high-enery latin chart from the Tito Puente band and it is a feature for Baritone sax. The bri solo is to be improvised, and it lasts for 40 measures based on just the one (E...

Taken down from Sinatra's 1962 Reprise recording, I Get a Kick Out of You has become a Sinatra classic and a much requested tune. The original arrangement was done by Neal Hefti (a familiar name to Co...

This is a great little chart, originally performed by Joe Thomas with the Jimmie Lunceford orchestra. We have made a few adaptations to the original Sy Oliver arrangement. The brass is now scored for...

Transcribed and adapted by Jon Harpin from the original Nelson Riddle chart, this chart is an out-and-out vocal feature, with no instrumental chorus. The backing lines from the band are solid and rhyt...

This is the 1966 Ellington version of Strayhorn's great tune, with Cootie Williams' trumpet solo (written on the 4th part) transcribed in full. This version also features an extended ending, giving mo...

Here is our take on the Walter Donaldson classic, Makin Whoopee, as performed by the Count Baie orchestra. This chart features Trombone (originally played by Al Grey) almost from start to finish, and...

Witchcraft was a song originally written specifically for Frank Sinatra, and later covered by other singers. This is the Helen O'Connell version which is simply stunning, and your singer will love you...

Perhaps one of Frank Sinatra's most memorable hits, this version of Witchcraft was originally arranged by Nelson Riddle. We have adapted the original concept by removing the strings and orchestral woo...

Jon Harpin has done a great job of transcribing and adapting the Ernie Freeman chart (written for Sinatra's 1966 'That's Life' album) to suit a regular 5444 big band line-up, whilst managing to retain...

Here is Jon Harpin's transcription of 'Just One Of Those Things' which is the first track on the 1954 'Swing Easy' album, the first Capitol album to feature the arrangements of Nelson Riddle. A featur...

This Gordon Jenkins composition is best known for being Benny Goodman's closing theme. The vocal version that we offer here has been lovingly transcribed by Jon Harpin from June Christy's 'Big Band Sp...

This 1953 chart was the first product of the Frank Sinatra / Nelson Riddle partnership at Capitol records and was a huge hit at the time, helping to relaunch Sinatra's career and give the Capitol labe...

Here is a classy transcription of Frank Sinatra's version of Night and Day, taken down by Jon Harpin from the original Nelson Riddle chart. The Riddle touch is much in evidence, with much of the figur...

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...

This lush ballad is a transcription of Neal Hefti's arrangement for Sinatra's 1962 album 'Sinatra and Swingin' Brass'. This session was the first time Sinatra worked with Hefti on an album project, an...

We are pleased to offer Rosemary Clooney's hard-swingin', foot-tappin' version of Get Me To The Church On Time. Lovingly transcribed and adapted by Jon Harpin from the Nelson Riddle original, this cha...

This chart has been transcribed from Frank Sinatra's 1961 album 'Swing Along With Me', released on the Reprise label. Billy May wrote the original arrangements for the album. As you might expect from...

This beauty of a chart has been artfully transcribed by Jon Harpin from the historic 1962 Sinatra-Basie album. The original arrangement was by Neal Hefti, and Jon has kept faith with it, whilst adapti...

This chart is one of fifty seven arrangements written by Nelson Riddle for the 1959 album 'Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book'. The project marked the first time that Fitzgera...

Here is Jon Harpin's transcription of the Shorty Rogers chart written for June Christy's 1962 'Big Band Specials' album. This is an unusual arrangement which switches between a Rock and Swing feel, an...