August 2025

Please click here to view our most recent Jazz Publishing Newsletter, focusing on the additions of arrangements from Christine Jensen, Florian Ross, and Melba Liston, as well as our significant addition of nearly 2500 PDF charts from Hal Leonard, Alfred, and Kendor/Doug Beach Music. Our next one will feature all that's recently been new in our annual Back to School Newsletter; it is tentatively scheduled for August 14th.

AUGUST NOTES: (August 1st Update) We have two new entries in our Peggy Lee Series, which will continue to expand in the coming months. Featured is The Man I Love from Nelson Riddle, which has a very interesting backstory regarding Frank Sinatra's involvement; from her autobiograpy: "He was my neighbor then, and came over and said, let's do an album. That was Frank's idea, the whole thing. It was his entire production. He came over with a list of about 40 songs, and they were all excellent songs - gems, you know - and said, Just choose from this. Bill Miller [Sinatra's regular pianist] came over and set all the keys with me. Then Frank hired Nelson Riddle to write those lovely arrangements. And then he had a beautiful orchestra. I thought that album probably would never pay for itself. But I always thought at the time, it doesn't make any difference; this is just so much fun. And Frank did conduct - he was following the score and he knew every note in there. Frank thought of everything to the last detail, including putting menthol in my eyes so I'd have a misty look in the cover photograph." Also new is Billy May's Jingle Bells, with vocal choir.

We also start out the month with two more from Brandon Moore, whose charts are always thoughtful, unique, and challenging; a great new take on After You've Gone as well as Hummingbird Waltz, which thoroughly transforms a folk tune written by his grandmother.

Please click here to view July New Release Pages, which feature the entire 2025 series of Essentially Ellington charts, with new music from Ellington and Gerry Mulligan. We also have the music of Dave Brubeck as written for big band by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Our Jazz Lines Publications released new charts from Thad Jones and Marion Evans/Helen O'Connell. And we have quite a few new PDF download charts from Hal Leonard, Kendor, Excelcia, and Doug Beach Music.

"He was my neighbor then, and came over and said, let's do an album. That was Frank's idea, the whole thing. It was his entire production. He came over with a list of about 40 songs, and they were all excellent songs - gems, you know - and said, Just choose from this. Bill Miller [Sinatra's regular pianist] came over and set all the keys with me. Then Frank hired Nelson Riddle to write those lovely arrangements. And then he had a beautiful orchestra. I thought that album probably would never pay for itself. But I always thought at the time, it doesn't make any difference; this is just so much fun. And Frank did conduct - he was following the score and he knew every note in there. Frank thought of everything to the last detail, including putting menthol in my eyes so I'd have a misty look in the cover photograph.."

RECENT HIGHLIGHTS: Please click here to view our newly added and updated catalog of charts from Christine Jensen.

We now have almost 2500 PDF downloadable arrangements from Hal Leonard, Alfred Publishing, Kendor Music, and Doug Beach Music available to you!

Please click here for all Hal Leonard PDF downloadable arrangements.

Please click here for all Alfred Publishing PDF downloadable arrangements.

Please click here for all Kendor Music and Doug Beach Music PDF downloadable arrangements.