Clark Terry and Bob Brookmeyer made those great recordings sound easy, but those charts were actually hard to play!

Rich meticulously transcribed eight of those famous Clark Terry/Bob Brookmeyer charts that are yours here as a free download for educational purposes only.

This arrangement uses the original intro and outro recorded by Clifford Brown and Gigi Gryce when they were members of the Lionel Hampton Big Band in Europe, forbidden to do any outside recordings. Oh, well! ☺

Melody is arranged one way at the top and a second way for the out-chorus.

You didn’t know that Rich could arrange music for Brass Quintet?

Neither did he until he tried it. The intro and outro are rhythmically kinda tricky, but the rest just plays itself. ☺

From Number 1 in 1937 (made famous by Horace Heidt and His Brigadiers ) to hundreds of recordings performances including Jim Nabors (Gomer Pyle) singing to Miss Piggy on the Muppet Show.

This great old tune can now be an exciting part of your jazz sextet’s program and will keep audience members on the edge of their seats. They might even be blown away! 😉

Thanks in part to a somewhat recent movie, many people know and love this song even if they aren’t from Seattle (or New York City, for that matter).

Combining elements of Lee Morgan’s Sidewinder  and Charlie Parker’s Billie’s Bounce  with this great old classic, you and your audience are certain to enjoy this fun and relaxed arrangement of It Had To Be You.

Plenty meat still left on the bones of this 100 year old tune in terms of harmonic material.

You will want to keep coming back to it to try different ways of playing this flexible arrangement while you discover what a truly great tune this really is.