April 2025

Please click here to view our April Jazz Publishing Newsletter, focusing on the new PDF charts from Alfred, Hal Leonard, Kendor, and Doug Beach Music, which was sent on Tuesday, April 22.

APRIL NOTES: (April 21st Update) Our next newsletter, with more detail on the addition of all of the new PDF charts available from other major publishers, is now expected to go out tomorrow, Tuesday April 22.

We are extremely pleased to announce the long-awaited completion of our projects to make almost 2500 PDF downloadable arrangements from Hal Leonard, Alfred Publishing, Kendor Music, and Doug Beach Music available to you!

Please click here for all Hal Leonard PDF downloadable arrangements.

Please click here for all Alfred Publishing PDF downloadable arrangements.

Please click here for all Kendor Music and Doug Beach Music PDF downloadable arrangements.

Also new is Nelson Riddle's arrangement of Should I?, which was written for Frank Sinatra, recorded in August of 1960, and released a few days into 1961 on Sinatra's Swingin' Session. The performance moves at a brisk pace, and although somewhat repetitive, this chart will keep your band on its toes from start to finish. This publication was prepared from Nelson Riddle's original score - this is not a transcription.

And we have another from our now good friend Marion Evans, Just You, Just Me as written for Helen O'Connell-who Marion told is was his favorite singer to work with. This is a fabulous swinging arrangement to feature your vocalist - and band. This publication was prepared from the pencil score Marion graciously allowed us to access along with the set of parts used for the recording session - this is not a transcription. There are no saxophone doubles and the vocal key is Ab.

Originally written back in the 1920s by country blues singer Gus Cannon, "Walk Right In" became a hit in 1963 when it was covered by the folk rock group the Rooftop Singers. This Bob Florence arrangement was written for the Dave Pell Octet and recorded on their album "The Dave Pell Octet Plays Today's Hits in Jazz."

Taken at a noticeably quicker pace compared to the Rooftop Singers' version, it's a fairly straightforward arrangement that doesn't have any noticeably difficult parts from a technical perspective

Finally, we have two more from the late great Dave Pell. From his classic octet we have Walk Right In as arranged by Bob Florence. This arrangement was written for the Dave Pell Octet and recorded on their album The Dave Pell Octet Plays Today's Hits in Jazz. We also have another Prez Conference chart featuring a Woody Herman-style sax section (three tenors, one baritone) playing another standard associated with Lester Young, complete with harmonized solis based off of his classic solos. These publications were prepared from the original sets of parts from Dave Pell's library - these are not transcriptions.

Brand new this month are six 2025 new issues from Baker's Jazz and More. Paul Baker and his team are leaders in the educational jazz arrangement field, and please scroll down to check these six new ones out, all with thorough descriptions and sound files.

Newly available PDFs from Hal Leonard right below include more from Michele Fernández and a great chart on the Jobim classic Dindi as penned by Rick Stitzel.

We now have two highly original big band charts from Rick Hirsch. Swamp is the Bb minor blues chart your band has been waiting for: It’s saucy, grungy, humorous, and—at times— delightfully raucous. This chart is a winner for concerts and festivals. There's a New Dog in Town is the musical love-child of Led Zeppelin, Thad Jones, and Gil Evans. This muscular piece by Rick has a wonderful dynamic arc that makes it great anywhere in a festival or concert set.

RECENT HIGHLIGHT: The Thad Jones Anthology: 82 Original Small-Group Compositions has become one of our most popular releases ever. Please click here to view this instant must-have volume in paper and PDF download formats.

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Jazz Big Band Arrangement

Baker's Jazz and More

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April 2025