Swing

This solo arrangement from the Broadway play of the same name was composed by Fats Waller in 1929. This swing orchestration features either piano, saxophone, or trumpet solo. The piano has been written with optional chord symbols.

As with all Colonial Road Music Publishing arrangements, saxes are optional and can be played with 3 or 5   saxophones.

Duration: 4:00

$385 1st performance - $185 subsequent performances.

April in Paris is a song composed by Vernon Duke with lyrics by E. Y. Harburg in 1932 for the Broadway musical Walk A Little Faster. It has been performed by  many artists, including Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, and Dawn Upshaw.  Here it is joined with another perennial favorite, One O’Clock Jump, a jazz standard written in 1937 by Count Basie. It was the theme song of the Count Basie Orchestra used it to close each of their concerts for a half century. These tunes have been re-orchestrated and arranged for symphony orchestra by Victor Vanacore.

This arrangement is great for dancing or as a closer for your swing concerts.

Duration: 3:20

$385 1st performance - $185 subsequent performances.

String of pearls was written by bandleader Jerry Grey and later orchestrated by Gerry Grey for the Glen Miller Orchestra. As one of Glen Miller’s biggest and longest lasting hits, String of Pearls is still in demand today. This song has every bit the popularity as Glen Millers biggest hit, In The Mood. Re-orchestrated by Victor Vanacore in 2011 this may be the only version available for Symphony Orchestra. This is yet another swing tune from our library that is available for your swing Pops concerts.

Duration: 3:00

$385 1st performance - $185 subsequent performances.

This song, originally from Brigadoon, takes on a very swinging style and is playable at various tempi. The arrangement can be used as a piano solo (melody notated) or male singer. The whole orchestra plays a very exciting shout chorus complete with a final chorus modulation that is sure to please both orchestra and audience alike. The orchestration was originally written by Victor Vanacore for Ray Charles’ symphonic performances and was performed  at Mr. Charles’ last concerts.

Duration: 4:00

$385 1st performance - $185 subsequent performances.

One of the hits from the musical Bye Bye Birdie, this unique arrangement is the best of Broadway and swing. It features 3 false endings, each of which segues into a  new version of the tune. This arrangement happens to be in a perfect key for an optional  male vocalist.
Duration: 5:00

$385 1st performance - $185 subsequent performances.

American Bandstand was the longest running pop music television show in United States history. Enjoy that swingin’ theme song. This is a perfect opener for a Rock and Soul concert or to the 50’s medley by Maestro Vanacore.

Vocal parts are available.

Duration: 2:22 

$385 1st performance - $185 subsequent performances.

Chattanooga Choo Choo  was introduced in 1941 by the Glenn Miller  Orchestra. The song was featured in the movie "Sun  Valley Serenade" and was performed by Tex Beneke and the Modernaires. Harry Warren wrote the original music  score, while Mack Gordon takes credit for the rhythmic words. The  1941 recording of "Chattanooga  Choo Choo" by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra was inducted to the Grammy  Hall of fame in 1996. This is a version for Symphony Orchestra arranged and re-orchestrated by Victor Vanacore. Most likely  this is one of a very few versions available for Symphony Orchestra.

Duration: 3:20 

$385 1st performance - $185 subsequent performances.

"Cheek to Cheek" is a song written by Irving Berlin in 1935 for the Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers movie Top Hat. While it has been recorded by many artists from Ella to Andrea, it still owes part of its fame from the Sinatra album Come Dance With Me. A Grammy Hall of Fame recipient in 2000, in 2004 Astaire's version finished at #15 on AFI's 100  Years 100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema.
If your budget does not allow for saxes, please enjoy this romp through a great swing chart that replaces the saxes with Low Strings, Horns and Woodwinds and still swings!

(Male Vocal Key of Bb / Range Bb4 - E5)
Duration: 3:20

$385 1st performance - $185 subsequent performances.

"Come Fly with Me" is a 1957 popular song composed by Jimmy Van Heusen, with lyrics by Sammy Cahn and was written for Frank for his title album of the same name. This particular song set the tone for exotic locales in Bombay, Peru and Acapulco Bay, it became a major part of the Sinatra concert repertoire. All saxophone lines have been doubled in the lower woodwinds and strings.
Duration: 3:20

$385 1st performance - $185 subsequent performances.

A quintessential amalgamate from the pen of Edward Kennedy Ellington "The Duke".

A very challenging arrangement "dal capo al fine" that includes his big hits such as:

• Mood Indigo
• I Let a Song Go Out Of My Heart
• Satin Doll
• Cottontail
• Do Nothing 'Till You Hear From Me
• I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
• Sophisticated Lady
• It Don't mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing.

You may request, upon rental, a .PDF and MP3 to be sent for your drummer, rhythm bassist and pianist.

(Please put this info in the additional comments section on your request form).
Duration: 10:45

$385 1st performance - $185 subsequent performances.

This 1954 hit was originally titled In Other Words. When Mr. Sinatra decided to record this arrangement by Quincy Jones with the Count Basie Orchestra, the title became Fly Me To the Moon and was closely associated with the Apollo missions.

A combination of Sinatra, Basie and  Jones led to a version that became a straight swinger which explodes with energy. Vanacore's symphonic version of the Jones arrangement allows the Symphony to swing "straight ahead" even without a sax  section.

Duration: 2:30 

$385 1st performance - $185 subsequent performances. 

Audience participation with an old fashioned American Big Band Blues. The orchestra literally turns into a big swing machine from the opening bars and ends with a “shout chorus” with the whole orchestra standing. Features  any soloist in your orchestra that can play the blues. A real show stopper!

Duration: 5:00

$385 1st performance - $185 subsequent performances.

Widely associated with the Glenn Miller Orchestra,  In the Mood (written by  Joe Garland and Andy Razaf) is synonymous with WWII  and post war era swing.  The original arrangement  has been retained and re-orchestrated for symphony orchestra  and is a true "crowd-pleaser" for all audiences. No swing concert is complete without it! This is the most popular pop  tune ever written!

Please note that a contemporary pop rhythm section is required for this arrangement

Duration: 3:40

$385 1st performance - $185 subsequent performances.

Frances Albert Sinatra was perhaps the most dominant pop icon of the 20th century and Nelson Riddle’s treatment of this tune is the quintessential example of pops arranging.  This tribute to the main man and his arranger features piano (jazz style with improvisation). It can also be utilized as a vocal with big brassy sounds leaping out from the orchestra on the shout chorus.
Duration: 3:35

$385 1st performance - $185 subsequent performances.

Not just your common blues tune, Jump, Jive n' Wail was a classic Louie Prima hit recording and has recently been revived by the Brian Setzer Orchestra. This very famous tune reaching across many generations and it has been re-orchestrated for full symphony orchestra by Victor Vanacore. Let your orchestra swing like Brian Setzer, the Stray Cats, and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and your audience will go wild. Add a couple of swing dancers and you have video ready to be made.
Duration: 2:53

$385 1st performance - $185 subsequent performances.

This Frank Loesser classic was featured in the musical Guys and Dolls. This arrangement features the original Billy May big band chart with added orchestral components from recordings of Mr. Sinatra's live concerts and TV specials. Vanacore has added his unique touch to incorporate the range of colors that only a symphony orchestra can provide.

The song retains the original key of Db and represents fun times even if the lyrics aren't politically correct.

Duration: 3:00

$385 1st performance - $185 subsequent performances.

This version of Mack The Knife was taken from our 50's Medley because we had so many requests to use it as a separate  vocal. The perennial Bobby Darin favorite is in the key of Bb modulating to Eb for your featured male vocalist.

Another audience favorite.

Duration: 2:23

$385 1st performance - $185 subsequent performances.

New York, New York is the theme song from the Martin Scorsese film New York, New York (1977), composed by John Kander  with lyrics by Fred Ebb. In 1979, Theme from New York, New York was re-recorded by Frank Sinatra for his  album Trilogy: Past Present Future (1980) and has since become closely associated with him. He occasionally performed it live with Minnelli as  a duet. Sinatra recorded it a second time for his 1993 album Duets,  with Tony Bennett.

This symphonic orchestration of this iconic song leaves no instrument idle. Every part is well thought out and has become one of our most requested titles.

No saxes? No problem! All of the "indigenous" sax lines are cued in the lower woodwinds, french horns and low strings.

Duration: 3:20

$385 1st performance - $185 subsequent performances.

Enjoy this jumping arrangement with sizzling woodwinds, fantastic written out Clarinet solo enjoyed by Clarinetists from Michelle Zukovsky (LAPO) to Diana Haskell (SLSO). This is a great homage to Sy Oliver and Tommy Dorsey with chords cued in many of the parts, should your instrumentalist choose to solo. This arrangement ends with tutti on the shout chorus and is a must have for any swing concert.

Duration: 4:20

$385 1st performance - $185 subsequent performances.

This Benny Goodman classic has been re-orchestrated by Victor Vanacore for Symphony orchestra and has been received by symphony pops audiences with fantastic response. The audience has the opportunity to observe the complete orchestra swinging away with the “Krupa” style drum solos. Benny Goodman is quoted as saying, "'Sing, Sing, Sing” was a big thing, and no one-nighter was complete without it".
Duration: 4:00

$385 1st performance - $185 subsequent performances.

"Stompin'at the Savoy" is a 1934 jazz standard composed  by Edgar Sampson. It is named after the Savoy Ballroom. Although the song is credited to Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, and Edgar Sampson and  the lyrics by Andy Razaf, in reality the music as written and arranged for Chick Webb's band by Sampson, who was the band's alto saxophonist. It was recorded as an instrumental by both Webb and Goodman, whose recording was the bigger hit. Lyrics were added by Andy Razaf, who wrote  the lyrics to many popular songs. Goodman and Webb got their names added to the song when their bands recorded it. Judy Garland recorded the song in 1936. In 2007 Nikki Yanofsky, a Canadian jazz-pop singer, collaborated with Grammy Award-winning musicians Herbie Hancock and The Black Eyed Peas to record a crossover version of this swing era hit. The  song was also heavily featured throughout Woody Allen's 2000 film Small Time Crooks.

This song was re-orchestrated in 2011 for Symphony Orchestra by Victor Vanacore and may be the only version available. Great for any swing concert.
Duration: 3:16

$385 1st performance - $185 subsequent performances.

From the Roger's and Hart musical Babes In Arm comes one of Mr. Sinatra's signature hits. She loves the cool, free, wind in  her hair typically is sung about a woman who loves the "hobo" style of life living care-free without any worries whatsoever. "She's broke and that's oke".

You will enjoy the interplay among the orchestra on this song as it as been totally re-orchestrated from live and recorded versions, thereby enabling your orchestra to swing the audience out of their seats.

Duration: 3:20

$385 1st performance - $185 subsequent performances.

This symphonic arrangement is ideal for listening or dancing. It  embodies the excitement and free spirit of the 1920's flappers with a very exciting orchestration from today's Hollywood Soundstage. Treat your audience to a melding of The Charleston (James P. Johnston 1923) and  perennial favorite, Black Bottom (Jelly Roll Morton, 1926).

Duration: 3:40

$385 1st performance - $185 subsequent performances.

A wonderful Nelson Riddle arrangement of the original Cy Coleman instrumental for a May1957 recording at Capitol Records Studios. Again, Vanacore has added the symphonic pallet for lovers only!

Duration: 2:50

$385 1st performance - $185 subsequent performances.

This swing adaptation of the show tune from the musical “Spring Is  Here” by Rogers and Hart, embodies all of the spirit which is indicative of a Colonial Road Music arrangements. The main motif is repeated throughout the arrangement and showcases your lead trombonist and your orchestra in a wonderful Broadway/swing feature. The chart offers a clever modulation and an exciting ending.

Duration: 3:20 

$385 1st performance - $185 subsequent performances.

Arrangements are available for Symphony Orchestra with standard instrumentation.  

All arrangements are by Victor A. Vanacore.