Finally, after a drooling over this for nearly 40 years, I’ve had the opportunity to accurately transcribe the horn parts and record trumpet tracks for a cover of Midnight Oil’s “Power and the Passion”.

It was an absolute priveledge to play these iconic horn lines, including in the altissimo register for trumpet, and to be able to collaborate with the Powerderworkers – Midnight Oil’s global fan base.

Includes 2 trumpets, 3 saxes, and trombones. Authentically transcribed to the original 1982 studio recording.

Resources:

• Midnight Oil – Power and the Passion collab video.
• Midnight Oil – Power and the Passion horn section charts.

Transcribed by me and free for you to use.

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Burt Bacharach’s composition was most famously recorded by Dusty Springfield, featuring in the 1967 James Bond parody Casino Royale.

I transcribed the tenor sax solo to record on flugelhorn.

Resources:

• Dusty Springfield / Burt Bacharach – The Look of Love – Tenor Sax solo.

Transcribed by me and free for you to use.

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I was asked to add some trumpets to this awesome song that wasn’t previously recorded with horns. Summer Breeze was composed and recorded by Seals & Crofts in 1972. Our recording was based on a cover recorded by Shaw Blades in 2007.

To bring a unique sound to our cover the trumpet lines supplement and provide extra oomph to the guitar lines. Here’s my transcription for 4 trumpets.

Our producer and guitarist, Igor, did an amazing job on the audio and video production. It’s great to be a part of something so polished!

Resources:

• Seals & Crofts / Shaw Blades – Summer Breeze – collab video.
• Seals & Crofts / Shaw Blades – Summer Breeze – Trumpet charts.

Transcribed by me and free for you to use.

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I’ve played the exact same Michael Bublé arrangement of Sway with two different big bands as well as an online collaboration. In all cases, the charts were downloaded by someone for free from Mind for Music.

Mind for Music – Sway – Michael Bublé Version for Big Band

The arrangement is a good representation of the original recording, but there are gaps:

1. It’s a vocal chart, not an instrumental. If you don’t have a vocalist, well, you can imagine how empty that sounds.
2. The violin solo heard on the original recording has been written for an additional keyboard (synth strings). What big band has two keyboard players? So, another gaping hole!

To fill these gaps and allow the chart to be played with standard big band instrumentation I’ve created supplementary parts:

• Michael Bublé – Sway – Lead Sheets. Written for instruments in Concert Pitch, B♭, E♭, and Bass Clef. One musician could play the whole thing, or the melody could be split and shared around. Chords are included, allowing for the repetitive melody to be supplemented with solos.
• Michael Bublé – Sway – Violin Solo transposed for Reeds. Could be played on flute, clarinet, alto, or tenor sax. Maybe even guitar, now that I think about it…

So many options! 😉

Transcribed by me and free for you to use.

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The original soundtrack for M*A*S*H the movie (not the TV show) features some nice harmony vocals – very much sounding like 1970 folk music. For fun, I transcribed and recorded the vocal lines for harmonizing flugelhorns. Strings transcribed, guitar solo inserted, and trumpets thrown in for a musical climax.

Resources:

• Johnny Mandel – Suicide is Painless collab video.
• Johnny Mandel – Suicide is Painless charts for flugelhorn, strings, guitars, piano, bass, drums.

Transcribed by me and free for you to use.

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Spanish “saxofonista” José Luis Santacruz invited me to join him to record a cover of Chuck Mangione’s composition The Cannonball Run Theme. José expertly transcribed the flugelhorn part for me to play, shared here with his kind permission.

Chuck Mangione composed and recorded the theme for the 1981 movie The Cannonball Run, which starred Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Dom DeLuise, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., and a long list of others.

I recall my surprise at hearing the theme for the first time while watching the movie with several friends at my local cinema. I was about age 14 and had been listening to Chuck’s recordings day and night. I had no idea that Chuck had contributed to the movie soundtrack so I wasn’t listening for it, but when I heard his unmistakable flugelhorn sound I immediately recognized it and excitedly shared the news with my friends seated next to me. Of course, they had no idea what I was flipping out over…

In addition to the movie soundtrack, the original recording was released on Chuck Mangione’s 1982 A&M album 70 Miles Young.

Resources:

• Chuck Mangione – Cannonball Run Theme collab video.
• Chuck Mangione – Cannonball Run Theme flugelhorn chart.

Transcribed by José Luis Santacruz and free for you to use.

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PS: Fans of Chuck Mangione’s music may be interested in joining the Chuck Mangione Facebook Group, where I’m a member of the admin team.

Trumpet parts transcribed from the 1979 American musical anti-war comedy-drama film Hair, which was based on the 1968 Broadway musical.

Resources:

• Aquarius – Easy to be Hard trumpet chart.

Transcribed by me and free for you to use.

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Trumpet and tenor sax charts for this Rolling Stones classic.

Resources:

• The Rolling Stones – Let It Loose – Trumpet and Tenor Sax chart.

Transcribed by me and free for you to use.

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Here’s the opening trumpet solo as played on the performance Caro Emerald Live – A Night Like This @ Sziget 2012.

Resources:

• Caro Emerald – A Night Like This trumpet chart.

Transcribed by me and free for you to use.

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