Inspiring charts from the great jazz arrangers

featuring Gil Evans, Gerry Mulligan, Quincy Jones, Oliver Nelson (above), John Lewis, George Russell, Neal Hefti, Tadd Dameron, Jimmy Heath, Shorty Rogers, Don Ellis, Lennie Niehaus, Gigi Gryce, Duke Pearson, Marty Paich, Ernie Wilkins, Michel Legrand and Gil Melle

with Art Pepper, Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, Jimmy Smith, Donald Byrd, Stanley Turrentine, the Art Farmer/ Benny Golson Jazztet, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Zoot Sims, Phil Woods and Herbie Mann

[1'14] Marty Paich (arr) with Art Pepper- Bernie's Tune (Art Pepper + Eleven: Modern Jazz Classics, Contemporary 1959) Pepper- as; Al Porcino, Jack Sheldon- tp; Charlie Kennedy- as; Richie Kamuca- ts; Med Flory- ts; Bob Enevoldsen- ts, vtb; Med Flory- bs; Dick Nash- tb; Russ Freeman- p; Joe Mondragon- b; Mel Lewis- d
[3'57] Lennie Niehaus (arr)- The Sermon (Zounds!, Contemporary 1956) Niehaus- as; Bill Perkins- ts; Pepper Adams- bars; Frank Rosolino- tb; Vince Derosa- Frh; Jay McAllister- tu; Red Mitchell- b; Mel Lewis- d
[9'09] Gerry Mulligan (arr)- Come Rain or Come Shine (The Concert Jazz Band on Tour, Verve 1960) Nick Travis, Conte Candoli, Dom Ferrera- tp; Bob Brookeymeyer- vtb; Willie Dennis- tb; Alan Raph- btb; Gene Quill- cl, as; Bob Donovan- as; Zoot Sims, Jim Reider- ts; Gene Allen- bars, bcl; Gerry Mulligan- bars; Buddy Clark- b; Mel Lewis- d
[13'56] Tadd Dameron (arr)- Fontainebleau (Fontainebleau, Prestige 1956) Kenny Dorham- tp; Sahib Shihab- as; Joe Alexander- ts; Cecil Payne- bars; Henry Coker- tb; Dameron- p; John Simmons- b; Shadow Wilson- d
[18'45] Michel Legrand (arr)- Jitterbug Waltz (Legrand Jazz, Philips 1958) Miles Davis- tp; Herbie Mann- fl; Jerome Richardson- cl, bars; Phil Woods- as; John Coltrane- ts; Betty Glamann- harp; Eddie Costa- vib; Bill Evans- p; Barry Galbraith- g; Paul Chambers- b; Kenny Dennis- d
[24'00] Gil Evans (arr)- Big Stuff (Gil Evans and Ten, Prestige 1957) Louis Mucci, Jake Koven- tp; Jimmy Cleveland- tb; Bart Vasalona- btb; Willie Ruff- Frh; Dave Kurtzer- bsn; Steve Lacy- ss; Lee Konitz- as; Evans- p; Paul Chambers- b; Nick Stabulas- d
[28'45] Neal Hefti (arr) with Count Basie- Flight of the Foo Birds (Basie aka The Atomic Mr. Basie, Roulette 1957) Wendell Culley, Snooky Young, Thad Jones, Joe Newman- tp; Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell- tb; Marshall Royal, Frank Wess, Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Frank Foster, Charles Fowlkes- reeds; Basie- p; Freddie Green- g; Eddie Jones- b; Sonny Payne- d
[32'05] Shorty Rogers (arr)- Topsy (Shorty Rogers Courts the Count, RCA Victor 1954) Rogers, Conrad Gozzo, Maynard Ferguson, Harry Edison, Clyde Reasinger- tp; Milt Benrhardt, Harry Betts, Bob Enevoldsen- tb; John Graas- Frh; Paul Sormento- tu; Herb Geller- as; Bud Shank- as, bars; Jimmy Giuffre- cl, ts; Zoot Sims- ts; Bob Cooper- ts, bars; Marty Paich- p; Curtis Counce- b; Shelly Manne- d
[35'22] George Russell (arr)- All About Rosie (Modern Jazz Concert, Columbia 1957) Art Farmer, Louis Mucci- tp; Jimmy Knepper- tb; Jim Buffington- frh; Robert DiDomenica- fl; Manuel Zegler- basn; John LaPorta- as; Hal McKusick- ts; Margaret Ross- harp; Teddy Charles- vib; Bill Evans- p; Barry Galbraith- g; Joe Benjamin- b; Ted Sommer- d
[46'03] Gigi Gryce (arr) with Donald Byrd & the Jazz Lab- Nica's Tempo (Jazz Lab, Columbia 1957) Byrd- tp; Gryce- as; Sahib Shihab- bars; Benny Powell- tb; Julius Watkins- Frh; Don Butterfield- tu; Tommy Flanagan- p; Wendell Marshall- b; Art Taylor- d
[51'30] Duke Pearson (arr) with Stanley Turrentine- La Fiesta (The Spoiler, Blue Note 1966) Blue Mitchell- tp; Julian Priester- tb; James Spaulding- as, fl; Stanley Turrentine- ts; Pepper Adams- bars; McCoy Tyner- p; Bob Cranshaw- b; Mickey Roker- d; Joseph Rivera- shaker, tamb
[56'32] Jimmy Heath (arr)- On Green Dolphin Street (Really Big!, Riverside 1960) Clark Terry- tp; Nat Adderley- cor; Cannonball Adderley- as; Heath- ts; Pat Patrick- bars; Tom McIntosh- tb; Dick Berg- Fr h; Tommy Flanagan- p; Percy Heath- b; Albert Heath- d
[61'15] Quincy Jones (arr)- Dreamsville (Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini, Mercury 1964) Clark Terry, Snooky Young, Jimmy Maxwell, Ernie Royal- tp; Dick Hixon, Urbie Green, Billy Byers, Quentin Jackson, Tony Studd- tb; Jimmy Buffington, Tony Miranda, Bob Northern, Ray Alonge- Frh; Harvey Phillips- tu; Jerome Richardson, Stan Webb, Roland Kirk- reeds; Gary Burton- vib; Bobby Scott- p; Mundell Lowe- g; Milt Hinton- b; Osie Johnson- d; Martin Groupp- perc; Margaretha Ross- harp
[65'04] Don Ellis (arr)- 3 222 1 222 (Live at Monterey, Pacific Jazz 1966) Ellis, Glenn Stuart, Alan Wright, Ed Warren, Paul Lopez- tp; Dave Wells, Ron Meyers- tb; Terry Woodson- btb; Ruben Leon, Tom Scott, Ira Schulman, Ron Starr, John Magruder- reeds, woodw; Dave McKay- p, org; Ray Neapolitan, Chuck Domanico, Frank De la Rosa- b; Steve Bohannon, Alan Estes- d; Chino Valdes- cga, bgo
[73'56] John Lewis (arr) with the Art Farmer/ Benny Golson Jazztet- Bel (The Jazztet With John Lewis, Argo 1961) Farmer- tp; Golson- ts; Tom McIntosh- tb; Cedar Walton- p; Tommy Williams- b; Albert Heath- d
[78'01] Oliver Nelson (arr) with Jimmy Smith- Walk on the Wild Side (Bashin'- The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith, Verve 1962) Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, Doc Severinsen, Joe Wilder- tp; Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Britt Woodman- tb; Tom Mitchell- btb; Jerry Dodgion, Phil Woods- as; Bob Ashton, Babe Clark- ts; George Barrow- bars; Smith- org; Barry Galbraith- g; George Duvivier- b; Ed Shaughnessy- d
[83'54] Gil Melle (arr)- Still Life (Gil's Guests, Prestige 1957) Kenny Dorham- tp; Don Butterfield- tu; Hal McKusick- as, fl; Gil Melle- bars; Joe Cinderella- g; Vinnie Burke- b; Ed Thigpen- d
[92'03] Ernie Wilkins (arr) with Dizzy Gillespie- Dizzy's Business (World Statesman, Norgran 1956) Joe Gordon, Quincy Jones, Ermit V. Perry, Carl Warwick, Gillespie- tp; Rod Levitt, Melba Liston, Frank Rehak- tb; Jimmy Powell, Phil Woods- as; Billy Mitchell, Ernie Wilkins- ts; Marty Flax- bars; Walter Davis Jr.- p; Nelson Boyd- b; Charlie Persip- d
[95'36]

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