May New Arrangements

Great New Charts from Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Nat 'King' Cole, Charlie Parker, and More

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The First Henry Mancini Arrangement from

Jazz Lines Publications

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New PDF Downloadable Arrangements

May's New Release Pages feature a selection of historic arrangements from some of the greatest names in American music.

First off, we have Sy Oliver's arrangement of Blue Skies as written for Frank Sinatra. The arrangement is a combination feature for Tommy Dorsey's trombone playing as well as Sinatra's singing. We also recently released Ella Fitzgerald's version of Blue Skies; it is widely regarded as one of her finest recorded performances. Paul Weston's arrangement does a great job of supporting her while never becoming overwhelming.

Two more from Ella and Weston from their Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book record are Remember and The Song is Ended. We also have Nat 'King' Cole's The Song is Ended, as arranged by Billy May.

We have something very special with our latest Duke Ellington arrangement, Conga Brava. Amongst the wide field of Ellington-composed masterpieces, this 1940 recording stands near the top of the ranks. One of the earliest examples of a crossover of jazz and Afro-Cuban music, the performance features all of the trademark mannerisms of the Ellington sound - unique melodies, use of plunger-muted brass, and a heavy emphasis on the personalities of his sidemen - operating at their peak creativity.

Benny Carter originally wrote Katy Do for the 1960 Count Basie record Kansas City Suite. We have the slightly revised version that he updated in 1987. The only significant change is the new 4th trombone part, which is optional.

We are especially pleased to announce the release of our very first Henry Mancini arrangement, Lujon. This classic was originally featured on Mancini's 1961 album Mr. Lucky Goes Latin even though it had nothing to do with the Mr. Lucky TV show. The recording became further embedded in American pop culture when it was used during a scene in the movie The Big Lebowski.

For years we have been very proud to publish many of the classic arrangements from the landmark Charlie Parker With Strings sessions. This month we have another one, Star Dust, as arranged by Jimmy Carroll.

Finally, we have another entry in our increasing Glenn Miller Orchestra Series, the complete Nutcracker Suite as arranged by Dave Wolpe.

A productive month of new releases to be sure!

NEW PDF DOWNLOADABLE ARRANGEMENT NEWS: We have another batch of newly-available PDF downloadable arrangements in May. Everything we publish mentioned above is available in PDF format. We have two more Jazz at Lincoln Center classics, Benny Carter's 1987 version of Symphony in Riffs and Dizzy Gillespie's Oop Bop Sh'Bam. We also just added PDF download versions of Frank Mantooth's Ballad for a Rough Year and Andrew Neu's My Dear, as well as some others; please click here to view all May new PDF downloadable charts.

RECENT HIGHLIGHTS: These include the aforementioned Ella Fitzgerald arrangement of Blue Skies. We also have our very first publication from the endlessly creative & interesting Toshiko Akiyoshi, Ten Gallon Shuffle. Another new one is Greg Hopkins's Waltz of the Mushroom Hunters, recorded by the Buddy Rich Big Band on The Roar of '74. This is a kaleidoscopic musical experience that retains its unpredictable excitement from start to finish.

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May New Books

David Berger's Books in PDF Form

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The Public Domain Song Book from David Berger & Chuck Israels

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Many Sher Music Books Now Available in PDF Form

We are pleased to announce that we now have five of David Berger's fabulous books available as PDF downloads.

Chuck Sher has been a close associate and friend for many years, and we are offering many of his ultra-popular and valuable books in PDF form. Among these are Mark Levine's seminal Jazz Theory Book and Jazz Piano Book, David Berkman's Jazz Harmony Book, Rebeca Mauleon's Salsa Guidebook, Barry Finnerty's Serious Jazz Practice Book Volumes One and Two, Chuck's own Improvisor's Bass Method, and many more. Please click here to view all of Sher Music's books that we offer in PDF download form.

We certainly will not forget to mention another friend and mentor, jazz pioneer Jamey Aebersold, many of whose play-alongs and books we have available in PDF format, including his legendary Volume 1, How to Play Jazz and Improvise. Please click here to view all PDF downloadable books and play-alongs, which include over 100 published or distributed by Aebersold Jazz.

We also have a really valuable new book from David Berger and another of our close collaborators, Chuck Israels, The Public Domain Song Book. From David and Chuck: "Performers, arrangers, & composers of American popular music should know public domain music for at least two reasons—First, they can delight audiences with songs that many will never have heard, while deepening their understanding of the genre & its history. Second, they can perform this music & publish new works derived & developed from it free from licensing obligation. This book provides authentic notes, chords, & lyrics, annotated modern harmonizations, & a new Study and Performance Guide that includes contextual & historical material & easily findable references to key performances."

BRAND NEW! Click Here for All May New Books

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-Doug DuBoff. He can be reached at dougduboff@ejazzlines.com. Comments and reactions encouraged and appreciated.

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