Villancicos para Big Band

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...

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 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...

Another beautifully crafted piece from the Basie Band, featured on the Atomic Mr Basie album. Written by Neal Hefti, this chart is aptly named. It is a flat-out, driving swing chart that features Pian...

Written by Benny Goodman and Lionel Hampton, this tune was a mainstay of the Goodman Sextet, featuring Charlie Christian. The version that we offer you here is transcribed from the Ted Heath album 'Sw...

Ciribiribin is perhaps the solo Trumpet chart by which all others are measured. It is certainly a very challenging piece for your soloist, though can also be used as a solo vehicle for Clarinet or Sop...

We are pleased to offer you the much requested Count Basie version of Jumpin at the Woodside. It's fast, it's furious and it's fun. We have written out all of the original solos 'as-played', though yo...

Swing @ 195 b.p.m. What can we say about the Golden Wedding, other than it is a stunning concert vehicle to show off the talents of your Clarinettist, lead Trumpet and Drummer. It is a classic chart f...

Taken down from the original 1936 Fletcher Henderson chart for the Benny Goodman Orchestra, our transcription is faithful to the BG chart except that we have augmented the brass to 8 voices from the o...

Here is a very different take on Cole Porter's Night and Day. This Ted Heath (Vocalion CDLK 4228) chart features Drums, the Trumpet section and two Trombones. The Trumpet section takes the opening ver...

Here is our transcription of the Bob Crosby bands' theme tune, Summertime. Featuring solos by Trumpet and Tenor, this wonderfully rich and moody chart rarely strays from Gershwins' haunting melody and...

Gene Krupa recorded over eighty tracks for Capitol Records in 1946-1947. These sessions were later released, along with over sixty Harry James tracks, as the Capitol Vaults Jazz Series. Included in th...

In 1994, just four short decades after recording his 'Dream Dancing' album, Ray Anthony took his band back into the studio to record Dream Dancing II. This transcription of As Time Goes By is from tha...

This song was written by Alan Lerner & Frederick Loewe for the 1956 Broadway production of My Fair Lady and has been covered by many singers including Doris Day, Peggy Lee and Bobby Darin to name but...

Transcribed from Julie London's 1961 Liberty Records album 'Whatever Julie Wants', this sultry swing chart will suit any vocalist who has a laid-back vocal style. The Buddy DeSylva lyric is suitably s...

Transcribed from her 'Rare Gems & Hidden Treasures' album, this sultry chart shows off Peggy Lee's relaxed, almost drawling vocal style at its best. The arrangement is laid back, cool, very hip for it...

Another jewel of a chart from the Sinatra Riddle 1954 album 'Swing Easy'. After just a three note intro we're right into the chart, with the rhythm section providing a very structured backing to the f...

Here is our transcription of the Anita O'Day version if Cole Porter's 'I Love You'. The original arrangement was by Billy May, from the 1959 'Anita O'Day Swings Cole Porter with Billy May' album. Thou...

Transcribed from Ella's Cole Porter Songbook album, this chart features your vocalist, Rhythm and Trombone sections only. The Saxes and Trumpets sit this one out. All of the background supporting figu...

Nina Simone recorded her now famous version of this tune in 1958, though it took nearly thirty years for it to achieve chart success, having been used by Chanel in a fragrance commercial in 1987. We h...

Don't Be That Way was recorded by Frank Sinatra on his 1961 'Sinatra Swings' album and the original arrangement was by Billy May. Our transcription is faithful to the original, which swings with a nic...

But Not For Me is a transcription from Sam Cooke's great RCA Victor 1961 album 'My Kind of Blues'. Sammy Lowe wrote the original arrangement and conducted the studio orchestra. The Gershwins wrote the...