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early BIG and SMALL BAND
 JAZZ ARRANGEMENTS and TRANSCRIPTIONS
 by BENT PERSSON

Here is a list of 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 10 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 2007-05-11

BIG BAND TRANSCRIPTIONS:

A - G

H - P

R - S

T - Ö
on other pages:
SELECTED
LOUIS ARMSTRONG
TRANSCRIPTIONS 		BIG BAND
ARRANGEMENTS 		VINTAGE
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SMALL BAND
TRANSCRIPTIONS 		SMALL BAND
ARRANGEMENTS 		N.O. MARCHING BAND
ARRANGEMENTS

TRANSCRIPTIONS FOR BIG BANDS
title composers recording/
revised stock		 tp
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AFTER YOU'VE GONE Creamer-Layton Armstrong 29 2 (3) 1 2as ts 1 tu vo   50
ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND Berlin Armstrong 37 3 (4) 2 2as ts bars     vo   70
(What Did I Do To Be So)
BLACK AND BLUE 		Razaf-Brooks-Waller Armstrong 29 2 1 2as ts   tu vo   60
BLACK BEAUTY Ellington E 29 film version 3 1 (2) as ts bars 1 sbs   pr 50
BLACK AND TAN FANTASY Ellington E 27 2 1 as ts bars (as ts)   tu     60
BLUE MOMENTS Henderson H 32 3 2 2as ts   tu     70
BODY AND SOUL Green Armstrong 30 2 1 2as ts   tu vo   60
BUSINESS IN F Bleyer H 31 3 2 2as ts (bars)   sbs     60
THE NEW CALL OF THE FREAKS Barbarin Russel 29 3 1 as ts 1 p g vib vo3   50
CREOLE LOVE CALL Ellington-Miley-Jackson E 27 2 1 2as ts 3 sbs vo   60
DALLAS BLUES Garret-Ward Russel 29 3 1 2as ts 3   vo   60
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 sbs vo   70
title composers recording/
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HARLEM RIVER QUIVER Ellington E 27 2 1 as ts bars   sbs     80
HAUNTED NIGHTS Ellington E 29 3 2 as bars 1 sbs g     60
HEAVENLY MUSIC Görling rs 3 2 2as ts 1 sbs     30
HENDERSON STOMP Henderson H 26 3 1   3 tu p ban 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/sbs vo   90
HOCUS POCUS Hudson Henderson 34 3 1 (2) 2as ts 1       70
HONEYMOONING Ehrling rs 3 2 2as ts 1 sbs   pr 70
HONEY, THAT REMINDS ME Nesbitt Russel 30 1 1 2as ts   sbs     60
HOOSIER SWEETHEART Goodwin-Ash-Baskette arr:Challis Goldkette 27 3 2 2as ts   sbs vo   70
I AIN'T GOT NOBODY Williams-Graham-Peyton Russel 29 3 1 (2) 2as ts 3   vo   60
I'M A DING DONG DADDY FROM DUMAS Baxter Armstrong 30 2 (3) 1 as ts bars 1 tu vo   50
IT DON'T MEAN A THING
(If It Ain't Got That Swing)		 Ellington E 32 3 2 2as (ts) bars 1 sbs p dr vo pr 90
JUNGLE NIGHTS IN HARLEM Ellington E 30 3 2 as ts bars 1 sbs p dr   pr 80
JUST A GIGOLO Casucci-Caesar Armstrong 31 3 1 2as ts 3 tu p vo pr 60
KING PORTER STOMP Henderson H 33 3 1 2as ts 1 sbs 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
LITTLE BY LITTLE B Dolan-W O'Keefe Armstrong 29 2 1 2as ts 2 tu p vo   80
LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO ME C Conrad -S Mitchell Armstrong 29 3 1 2as ts 1 tu p vo pr 80
THE MOOCHE Ellington E Oct 28 Pathé 3 1 as 3 sbs     60
MOOD INDIGO Ellington-Bigard E 30 r 3 2 2as ts 3 p sbs dr   pr 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   vo   70
ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET Fields-McHugh Armstrong 33 3 1 (2) 2as ts bars     vo   50
PEGGY Bismer-Buckley-Head McKinney`s 29 3 1 2as 2ts   tu vo   60
title composers recording/
revised stock		 tp
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RHYTHM IN BLUE Andersson rs 3 1 2as ts   tu     30
RING THEM BELLS Ellington E 30 oct 3 2 as ts bars 1 bells vo pr 80
ROCKING CHAIR Carmichael Russel 29 3 1 (2) 2as ts     vo2   60
ROCKY MOUNTAIN BLUES Ellington E 30 1 1   3 p sbs     40
(I Gotta Be a)
RUG CUTTER 		Ellington E 37 2 2 as ts bars 1 p vo4 pr 60
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
SERENADE TO SWEDEN Ellington E 39 3 3 2as ts bars   sbs     70
SIDEWALK BLUES Morton Red Hot Peppers 26 2 1   3 sbs     50
SINGING PRETTY SONGS
(PRETTY SONGS) 		Allen Orch A 30 3 1 2as ts   tu/sbs     60
SKELETON IN THE CLOSET Johnston-Burke Armstrong 36 film 4 2 2as ts bars bcl 2   vo pr 80
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
SWEET SAVANNAH SUE Razaf-Waller-Brooks Armstrong 29 2 1 2as ts   tu p vo   70
SYMPHONIC RAPS Stevens-Abrams arr: Ben Bonnel rs Armstrong 28 2 (3) 1 2as ts   tu p     70
SWING BROTHER SWING Raymond-Bishop-Williams Basie 37 radio 3 2 2as ts (bars)     vo   50
title composers recording/
revised stock		 tp
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TAKE THE A-TRAIN Strayhorn Ellington 41 3 3 2as ts bars       pr 70
THANKS A MILLION Johnston-Kahn Armstrong 35 4 2 2as ts bar   sbs vo   60
THAT RHYTHM MAN Razaf-Waller-Brooks Armstrong 29 2 (3) 1 2as ts 1 tu p vo   70
THAT'S MY HOME René-René-Ellison Armstrong 32 3 1 (2) 2as ts   tu vo pr 70
TOZO Henderson-Cowdry Henderson 27
(Ab or G) 		3 1 2as ts (bars) 3 tu vo pr 90
THE NEW VINE ST. BLUES Basie-Durham Moten 29 1 1 as ts bars 1 g (no b)     30
WALKING MY BABY BACK HOME Ahlert-Turk Armstrong 31 2 1 as ts bars     vo   70
WHAT KIND OF MAN IS YOU Carmichael Irving Mills 29 3 1 2as ts 1 (2) tu vl (vo)   60
WHEN IT'S SLEEPY TIME DOWN SOUTH René-René-Muse Armstrong 41 4 3 2as ts bars     (vo)   60
WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN trad Armstrong 38 2 (4) 1 2as ts   sbs vo   60
WHEN YOUR LOVER HAS GONE Swan Armstrong 31 2 1 2as ts 3 sbs vo   70
WILL YOU WON'T YOU BE MY BABY Quicksell-Nesbitt Armstrong 34 3 1 2as ts   (tu)/sbs     40
YELLOW DOG BLUES W.C Handy Ellington 28 2 (3) 1 (2) ss/as ts bars 3       70
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

Bent Persson
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