Villancicos para Big Band

When Bill Holman writes a feature for a player, especially in the Kenton Band, you know it will be wonderful. He wrote this one to feature the amazing trombonist Carl Fontana. Sierra Music dedicates t...

Here is another terrific chart as recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra on Adventures In Standards. Lennie sets the chart at a very fast, swinging pace, using countermelodies, a 6-horn group in places...

What a dynamic chart this is! It is included on the CD recording 'The Jazz Compositions of Dee Barton' (1967). It opens with a dramatic, rubato ensemble at a slow tempo (while the bass and drums are s...

Mulligan's writing for the Kenton Band was fairly minimal in quantity but extraordinary in quality. He had a profound effect on the band and the writers to follow him. This composition was recorded in...

Russo always created wonderfully interesting (and challenging) arrangements of standard tunes. He explores unusual instrumentation and exciting new harmonizations. Recorded on the Kenton Sketches on S...

This is one of the many wonderful charts arranged by Lennie for the Stan Kenton Orchestra. He was able to capture the Kenton sound without a lot of high-range problems or difficult concerns for the pl...

This is another of the many wonderful charts arranged by Lennie for the Stan Kenton Orchestra. He is able to capture the Kenton sound without a lot of high-range problems or difficult concerns for the...

This is one of the many wonderful charts arranged by Lennie for the Stan Kenton Orchestra. He is able to capture the Kenton sound without a lot of high-range problems or difficult concerns for the pla...

This is exactly as recorded on the Hooper CD Out of the Woods. It is a wonderful piece at a medium swing tempo, with a great feel, fresh harmonic content, lots of clever lines and solo space for tenor...

Here is another terrific chart from Shorty Rogers (as recorded on the 'Portrait of Shorty' album). Shorty always had a way of creating wonderful melodies and exciting arrangements for big band. This c...

Bill Holman has created a rollicking, swinging, wonderful tribute to Woody Herman with this great chart. As recorded on Bill Holman Band Live (jazzedmedia.com), this chart features solos for tenor sax...

This is a wonderful chart, an old tune in a new dress, as only Bill Holman can do it. It's the exact chart as recorded by the terrific Charlie Barnet Big Band. The tempo is bright, a swinging excursio...

This chart is not for the faint-of-heart. It moves at a fast, swinging pace, and it captures the spirit of Parker's classic bebop tune, including the humor. As recorded on the new CD The Bill Holman B...

As recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra (Creative World CD) on Live at Redlands University, this chart is a rip-roaring latin and swing chart that just flies along. There is solo space for alto sax,...

As recorded on Libertango ! Hommage to Astor Piazzolla by the HR Big Band (Germany), this arrangement will surely lift your audiences out of their seats. It features a main soloist of your choice (ori...

Medium Swing für Big Band

Originalarrangement von der CD 'Big Band Shout - Swing it! Vol. 4'

Grammy nominated arrangement brings the jazz and classical worlds closer together in this rich and exciting treatment. Features a clever sax soli, meaty changes for your best soloists (it is Bach, aft...

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...

Made famous by the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, our instrumental version of Sunny Side of the Street is taken from our Vocal version. The form and structure is based on the original Dorsey version, includi...

This Could Be The Start Of Something Big

Here is Frank Sinatra's version of the Irving Berlin classic, Let's Face the Music and Dance. The original chart was arranged by Johnny Mandel, and Jon Harpin has done his usual excellent job in repro...

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...

Mr Anthony's Boogie is a rousing up-tempo swing Boogie Woogie which features the Trumpet section, and a solo 3rd Trumpet in particular. This chart is really powerful, and great for a jitterbug dance c...