October 2024

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OCTOBER NOTES: (October 21st Update) Brand new is another from Ella Fitzgerald, Buddy Bregman's arrangement of I've Got You Under My Skin from the Cole Porter Songbook album. A simple yet effective reading of this standard. It's also a good chance to give your sax and trumpet sections a break during live performances, as the accompanying ensemble consists of only four trombones and rhythm section. From the same team and record we also have I Concentrate on You. It's a fairly simple studio orchestra arrangement, but provides rich accompaniment that compliments the song's naturally lovely melody. Aside from a few swift string figures, this arrangement is not overly difficult, and the minimal brass parts make it an ideal option for a mid-concert chops break.

We are very pleased to now have available six arrangements from our friend Jennifer Wharton's Bonegasm's album Grit and Grace. Trombone quartet and rhythm recordings, most written by female arrangers, these convey a cosmopolitan sense of originality, while also reminding us of the many genres the excellent writers and players know so well. These charts are highly original, challenging, and rewarding.

Just released is yet another holiday chart from Tony Bennett, Christmasland. This Robert Farnon arrangement of his brother Brian's Christmas tune (with lyrics supplied by his wife Dorothy) was recorded for the 1968 album Snowfall: The Tony Bennett Christmas Album. This is a lovely holiday ballad that should be better known and more widely played! Farnon's orchestration provides a lush, yet tranquil, setting for your vocalist. From Mr. Bennett we also have his definitive Street of Dreams; this recording went on to become one of his signature songs and it is consistently regarded as one of his greatest hits. This publication was prepared from Ray Conniff's original pencil score - this is not a transcription.

We have another particularly interesting new release-Street of Dreams as written for Art Farmer by Oliver Nelson. The opening track on 1962's Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra, it wastes no time in showcasing both Farmer's romantic flugelhorn and Nelson's dense, complex arranging style. Don't be fooled by the slow tempo - this is a highly challenging piece that will require minute ensemble precision to pull off, but the end result is more than worth the effort.

We have more from Walrus Music Publishing friends Jim Cifelli and Bill Cunliffe. We also have a brand new vocal arrangement of Sweet Georgia Brown and a new little big band chart on Corner Pocket from Mark Taylor, and another new original from Michele Fernández, Sao Meu Sol (Olhos Verdes), an uplifting Brazilian samba that was written as an anniversary gift to her husband.

RECENT HIGHLIGHTS: September's New Charts pages have more great new Christmas music, including Ella Fitzgerald's Sleigh Ride (yes, the version in Elf!) and Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow! We also released Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas from the Glenn Miller Orchestra, and three from Tony Bennett, Santa Claus is Comin' to Town, Christmas Medley, and Where is Love? A very popular new one is Sofrito from Michael Philip Mossman, and we have more new music from Michele Fernández and Mark Taylor, as well as more from Jim Cifelli and Bill Cunliffe. Please click here for all September New Releases.

TONY BENNETT FIVE ARRANGEMENT SET

Recorded by Tony Bennett

Various Arrangers

Five Jazz Big Band Arrangements With Vocal (One Vocal Duet)

Jazz Lines Publications and Lush Life Music

TB-1001

$315.00

The Global Source for Jazz

October 2024