Louis Armstrong Luis Russel Duke Ellington Fletcher Henderson Mc'Kinney's Cotton Pickers Jean Goldkette and more

early BIG and SMALL BAND

JAZZ ARRANGEMENTS and TRANSCRIPTIONS

by BENT PERSSON

From this site you can order about 60 early (20's to 40's) jazz big band transcriptions, of which there are about 20 from recordings with different bands backing Louis Armstrong, mostly Luis Russel's. There are also a handful of arrangements the band recorded without Louis.

You should also find 15 items each of the great bands of Duke Ellington and Fletcher Henderson enhanced by a few interesting samples from other great bands like McKinney's Cotton Pickers and Jean Goldkette Orchestra. There are some transcriptions for smaller groups, mostly swing numbers, and sometimes reductions of big band material. In the table you will also find some big and small band (as well as New Orleans marching band) original arrangements I've made.

Items marked in the "print" column were computer made. You will note that several arrangements require clarinets.

update 2010-07-22

this page:    BIG BAND TRANSCRIPTIONS:    A - O    P - Ö

on other pages:
LOUIS ARMSTRONG
TRANSCRIPTIONS
BIG BAND
ARRANGEMENTS
ELLINGTON
TRANSCRIPTIONS AND ARRANGEMENTS
SMALL BAND
TRANSCRIPTIONS
SMALL BAND
ARRANGEMENTS
N.O. MARCHING BAND
ARRANGEMENTS

TRANSCRIPTIONS FOR BIG BANDS

title composers recording/
revised stock
tp
(opt)
tb sax cl rhythm voc print pdf
BLUE MOMENTS Henderson H 32 3 2 2as ts   tu       70
BUSINESS IN F Bleyer H 31 3 2 2as ts (bars)   sb       60
THE NEW CALL OF THE FREAKS Barbarin Russel 29 3 1 as ts 1 p g vib sb vo3   pdf 50
D NATURAL BLUES Henderson arr:Challis H 28 3 2 2as ts 3 tu       60
DOIN' THE NEW LOWDOWN McHugh-Fields Redman 32 film version 2 2 2as ts   tapdance vo     50
EN LITEN SÅNG OM DIG Andersson rs 3 2 2as ts 3         30
F & Bb7 Ehrling rs 3 2 2as ts           30
GEE, BABY, AIN'T I GOOD TO YOU Redman-Razaf McKinney`s 29 3 1 2as ts   tu vo pr   60
GOING TO TOWN Prince-Mooney Russel 31 r s 3 1 (2) 2as ts (bars) 1 sb vo     70
HEAVENLY MUSIC Görling rs 3 2 2as ts 1 sb       30
HENDERSON STOMP Henderson H 26 3 1   3 tu p bj dr   pr   90
HOAGY CARMICHAEL MEDLEY:
My Sweet
Lyin' To Myself
Moon Country
Jubilee
Carmichael excerpts Armstrong 30 36 38rev (MC own) 3 2 2as ts bars 3 tu/sb vo   pdf 90
HOCUS POCUS Hudson Henderson 34 3 1 (2) 2as ts 1         70
HONEYMOONING Ehrling rs 3 2 2as ts 1 sb   pr   70
HONEY, THAT REMINDS ME Nesbitt Russel 30 1 (opt 2nd as) 1 2as ts   sb       60
HOOSIER SWEETHEART Goodwin-Ash-Baskette arr:Challis Goldkette 27 3 2 2as ts   sb vo     70
KING PORTER STOMP Henderson H 33 3 1 2as ts 1 sb g       60
KRAZY KAT Wooding W 29 2 (3) 2 2as ts 3 tu g vo3     40
KÄRLEK ÄR KÄRLEK Axelsson-Söderblom rs 3 2 2as ts     vo     40
LOUISIANA sWING Luis Russel Russel 30 1 (2) 1 (2) 2as ts 1 sb       70
NAGASAKI Warren-Dixon Andy Kirk film 3 2 2as ts   tapdance vo     40
ON REVIVAL DAY Razaf Russel 30 2 1 (2) 2as ts 2 sb vo     70
title composers recording/
revised stock
tp
(opt)
tb sax cl rhythm voc print
PEGGY Bismer-Buckley-Head McKinney`s 29 3 1 2as 2ts   tu vo     60
POOR LIL' ME Russel 30 2 1 2as (ss) ts 1 sb vo     70
RHYTHM IN BLUE Andersson rs 3 1 2as ts   tu       30
SARATOGA DRAG Russel-Walton R 30 3 1 (2) 2 as (2)ts           60
SAY IT WITH FIRECRACKERS Berlin Fred Astaire film 2 1 2as ts 3 tapdance       50
SIDEWALK BLUES Morton Red Hot Peppers 26 2 1   3 sb       50
SINGING PRETTY SONGS
(PRETTY SONGS)
Allen Orch A 30 3 1 2as ts   tu/sb       60
SOMEBODY LOVES ME Gershwin Henderson 29 3 1 2as ts     vo4     60
STACKARS VI Redland rs 3 2 2as ts 3   vo3     40
The STAMPEDE Henderson H 26 3 1 2as ts 3 tu       50
STARDUST Carmichael arr: Challis Henderson 31 3 2 2 as ts 1 tu       70
SUNSHINE Berlin Milt Shaw 28 2 (3) 1 (2) 2as ts 2 tu vl vo     70
SWEET AND HOT Yellen-Arlen Henderson 31 3 1 (2) 2as ts (bars)   tu       70
SWING BROTHER SWING Raymond-Bishop-Williams Basie 37 radio 3 2 2as ts (bars)     vo     50
TOZO Henderson-Cowdry Henderson 27 3 1 2as ts (bars) 3 tu vo pr pdf 90
THE NEW VINE ST. BLUES Basie-Durham Moten 29 1 1 as ts bars 1 g (no b)       30
WHAT KIND OF MAN IS YOU Carmichael Irving Mills 29 3 1 2as ts 1 (2) tu vl (vo)     60
ZONKY Waller-Razaf Bill Brown-McKinney`s (last ch) 29 2 (3) 1 2as ts   tu vo     60
ÖSREGN Görling rs 3 2 2as ts           40

arranging in 1980

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