Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1453550

By Billy Williams. By Fred E. Ahlert and Joe Young. Arranged by John Hoesly. Broadway,Jazz,Musical/Show,Pop,Standards. 52 pages. PRS&B #1032775. Published by PRS&B (A0.1453550).

I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter- music by Fred E. Ahlert and lyrics by Joe Young. Arrangement for Little Big Band/ Jazz Ensemble. Written in 1935 and one of the most recorded songs ever. It seemed to work in all genres. Rock, Swing, Pop…on and on. Recorded by Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Barry Manilow, Willie Nelson, Bill Haley and His Comets, Fats Waller and Count Basie. Even Paul McCartney.

This arrangement is in the style of Basie’s LIL’ DARLIN’…a slow burn. Relaxed, but full of energy. Difficulty: Intermediate. A standard of the Great American Songbook.

Little Big Band- The arrangement is playable with rhythm section (piano/guitar, bass, drums)and 3 to 6 horns. Horns in order of importance: 1st Trumpet (1st Part), Alto Saxophone (2nd Part), Trombone (3rd Part), Tenor Saxophone (4th Part), Baritone Saxophone (5th Part), 2nd Trumpet (6th Part). Includes an optional Vibraphone/Guitar part and alternate parts for the Baritone Saxophone (Trombone), the 2nd Trumpet (Alto Saxophone), and the Trombone (Tenor Saxophone).

Also see: You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’, Stand By Me, Yesterday, All I Have To Do Is Dream, Killing Me Softly With His Song, Ease On Down The Road, Embraceable You, I’m Gonna Sit Right Down…, In The Mood, Jersey Bounce, Oh, Lady Be Good, Memories Of You, My Buckets Got A Hole In It, Ode To Billy Joe, Stride (based on a theme from Rhapsody In Blue), The Summer Knows, They Can’t Take That Away From Me, Where Or When. Arranged by John Hoesly.

Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1474238

By Billy Williams. By Fred E. Ahlert and Joe Young. Arranged by Dave Gingras and John E. Dosher. Broadway,Film/TV,Jazz,Musical/Show. Score. 2 pages. DAVID LEE GINGRAS #1051907. Published by DAVID LEE GINGRAS (A0.1474238).

I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter is a 1935 popular song with music by Fred E. Ahlert and lyrics by Joe Young. It has been recorded many times, and has become a standard of the Great American Songbook. It was popularized by Fats Waller, who recorded it in 1935 at the height of his fame. It is one of several songs from the Harlem Renaissance featured in the Broadway musical Ain't Misbehavin'. American Public Media's business-news program, Marketplace, uses a portion of Fats Waller's version to open its weekly letters-from-listeners segment. This version features a root-based chord blocking that John and I have used in a number of our arrangements. We hope you like what we've done with this grand old tune!

Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.753622

By Billy Williams. By Fred E. Ahlert. Arranged by John Hoesly. Contemporary. Score and Parts. 46 pages. PRS&B #4608189. Published by PRS&B (A0.753622).

I’M Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter- music by Fred E. Ahlert  and lyrics by Joe Young. Written in 1935 and one of the most recorded songs ever.  It seemed to work in all genres. Rock, Swing, Pop…on and on.  Recorded by Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Barry Manilow, Willie Nelson, Bill Haley and His Comets, Fats Waller and Count Basie. Even Paul McCartney. 

This arrangement is in the style of Basie’s LIL’ DARLIN’…a slow burn.  Relaxed, but full of energy.

It is written for small big band; Alto, Tenor, Bari, 2 Trumpets, Trombone and 5 rhythm (including opt. vibes and guitar).  There are alternate parts and a score included.  The solo section can be played by anyone (a solo sheet for all parts is included). Difficulty: Intermediate.  Lead Tpt A5.

A standard of the Great American Songbook.

Marching Band - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1404738

By Various. By Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell. Arranged by Robert Langenfeld. 21st Century,Film/TV,Pop. 17 pages. Robert Langenfeld Compositions #987802. Published by Robert Langenfeld Compositions (A0.1404738).

From the first Shrek movie, this epic fanfare is a perfect half time show opener to any Shrek themed show!

Piano and voice (solo and SATB chorus) - Digital Download

SKU: LV.4494

Composed by Gus. Williams. Cemeteries, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Widows, Wreaths, Grief, Love. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.4494).

See That My Grave's Kept Green. Song and Chorus. Written and Composed by Gus. Williams. Published 1876 by Frederick Blume, 861 Broadway in New York. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice (solo and satb chorus) instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Cemetaries, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Widows, Wreaths, Grief, Love. First line reads When I'm dead and gone from you, darling, when I'm laid away in my grave..

About The Lester S. Levy Collection

The Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. Donated to Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, the collection's strength is its thorough documentation of nineteenth-century American through popular music. This sheet music has been provided by Project Gado, a San Francisco Bay Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.

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