EARLY BIG AND SMALL BAND

LOUIS ARMSTRONG TRANSCRIPTIONS

BY BENT PERSSON

Here is a list of about 20 transcribed arrangements from recordings with different bands backing
Louis Armstrong

Items marked in the "print" column were computer made. You will note that several arrangements require clarinets.

update 2020-11-11

BIG BAND TRANSCRIPTIONS
title	composers	recording/ revised stock	tp (opt)	tb	sax	cl	rhythm	vo	print	pdf	€
AFTER YOU'VE GONE	Creamer-Layton	Armstrong 29	2 (3)	1	2as ts	1	tu	vo		pdf	80
ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND	Berlin	Armstrong 37	3 (4)	2	as ts bars			vo		pdf	80
ALL OF ME	Marks-Simons	Armstrong 31	2 (3)	1 (2)	2as ts		sbs	vo	pr	pdf	50
BLACK AND BLUE	Razaf-Brooks-Waller	Armstrong 29	2	1	2as ts		tu	vo		pdf	60
BODY AND SOUL	Green	Armstrong 30	2	1	2as ts			vo		pdf	60
DALLAS BLUES	Garret-Ward	Russel 29	3	1	2as ts	3		vo		pdf	60
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/sb	vo		pdf	90
I AIN'T GOT NOBODY non vocal	Williams-Graham-Peyton	Russel 29	3	1 (2)	2as ts	3		vo		pdf	60
I GOT RHYTHM	Gershwin	Armstrong 31	2 (3)	1 (2)	2as (ss) ts	3	g			pdf	80
I'M A DING DONG DADDY FROM DUMAS	Baxter	Armstrong 30	2 (3)	1	as ts bars	1	tu	vo		pdf	70
I'M IN THE MARKET FOR YOU	Hanley-McCarthy	Armstrong 30	2 (3)	1 (2)	2as ts	3	tu g	vo		pdf	60
INDIAN CRADLE SONG	Wayne-Kahn	Armstrong 30	2 (3)	1 (2)	2as ts	3	tu g	vo		pdf	80
JUST A GIGOLO	Casucci-Caesar	Armstrong 31	3	1	2as ts	3	tu p	vo	pr	pdf	60
LITTLE BY LITTLE	B Dolan-W O'Keefe	Armstrong 29 unissued	2	1	2as ts	2	tu p	vo			80
LOVE YOU FUNNY THING	Ahlert-Turk	Armstrong 32	3	1 (2)	2as ts		sbs	vo	pr	pdf	70
LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO ME	C Conrad -S Mitchell	Armstrong 29 unissued	3	1	2as ts	1	tu p	vo	pr	pdf	80
ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET	Fields-McHugh	Armstrong 33 in Stockholm	3	1 (2)	2as ts bars			vo		pdf	50
ROCKING CHAIR	Carmichael	Russel 29	3	1 (2)	2as ts			vo2		pdf	60
SKELETON IN THE CLOSET	Johnston-Burke	Armstrong 36 film	4	2	2as ts bcl	2		vo	pr	pdf	90
*SO LITTLE TIME	Hill-De Rose	Armstrong 38	3	2	2as ts	1		vo		pdf	60
SWEET SAVANNAH SUE	Razaf-Waller-Brooks	Armstrong 29	2	1	2as ts		tu p	vo		pdf	70
SYMPHONIC RAPS	Stevens-Abrams	Armstrong 28	2 (3)	1	2as ts		tu p			pdf	80
THANKS A MILLION	Johnston-Kahn	Armstrong 35	4	2	2as ts bar		sb	vo		pdf	70
THAT RHYTHM MAN	Razaf-Waller-Brooks	Armstrong 29	2 (3)	1	2as ts	1	tu p	vo		pdf	70
THAT'S MY HOME	Ren�-Ren�-Ellison	Armstrong 32	3	1 (2)	2as ts		tu bells	vo	pr	pdf	70
THEM THERE EYES	Pinkard-Tracy-Tauber	Armstrong 31	1 (2)	1 (2)	2as ts ss			vo	pr	pdf	60
WALKING MY BABY BACK HOME	Ahlert-Turk	Armstrong 31	2 (3)	1	as ts bars			vo		pdf	70
WHEN IT'S SLEEPY TIME DOWN SOUTH	Ren�-Ren�-Muse	Armstrong 41	4	3	2as ts bars			(vo)		pdf	70
WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN	trad	Armstrong 38	2 (4)	1	2as ts		sb	vo		pdf	60
WHEN YOUR LOVER HAS GONE	Swan	Armstrong 31	2	1	2as ts	3	sb	vo		pdf	70
WILL YOU WON'T YOU BE MY BABY	Quicksell-Nesbitt	Armstrong 34	3	1	2as ts		(tu)/sb			pdf	40
*co-transcriber: Peter Lind the original arrangements were usually made by members of the band - often Luis Russel

My Louis Armstrong Medley for Military Band including Alexander's Ragtime Band/When It's Sleepy Time Down South/Jubilee was performed by Arm�ns Musikkår Oct 26-28 2001 at Berwaldhallen, Stockholm

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small band transcriptions (or reduced)
title	composers	recording/ reduced	tp	tb	sax	cl	rhythm	vo	print	pdf	€
SO LITTLE TIME	Hill-De Rose	Armstrong 38 red	1	1	as ts	1		vo			50
SOME SWEET DAY	Jackson	Armstrong 33 red	1	1	as ts			vo			40
ST JAMES INFIRMARY	trad. (Primrose - i e Mills)	Armstrong 28	1	1	as ts	1		vo			40

small band arrangements
title	composers	recording/ reduced	tp	tb	sax	cl	rhythm	vo	print	pdf	€
I GOTTA RIGHT TO SING THE BLUES	Arlen-Koehler	for MS 83	1	1	as ts		sb	vo			50
SOMEDAY YOU'LL BE SORRY	Armstrong		1	1		3					30

50 Hot Choruses of 1927 arranged for big bands
title	composers	recording/ revised stock	tp (opt)	tb	sax	cl	rhythm	vo	print	pdf	€
CAFE CAPERS	Stitzel	Elgar's Creole Orch 26	2	1	ss as ts bsx		tu			pdf	70
MOBILE BLUES	Rose-Short	24	2	1	ssx3 as ts bsx	1	tu			pdf	60
SLIPPERY ELM	Senter	25	2	1	ss as ts bsx		tu			pdf	60
SPANISH SHAWL	Meyers-Schoebel	25	2	1	ss as ts bsx		tu			pdf	70
STOMP YOUR STUFF	Krentz	Ray Miller 26	1	1	ss as		tu			pdf	60
TAMPEEKOE	Panico-Schoebel	N O Owls 26	2	1	ss as ts bsx		tu			pdf	60

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