early BIG and SMALL BAND

JAZZ ARRANGEMENTS

&

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 almost 30 from recordings with different bands backing Louis Armstrong, mostly Luis Russel's. There are also eight arrangements the band recorded without Louis.

You should find 15 items of the great band of Duke Ellington and eleven from the Fletcher Henderson bands 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 2020-11-11