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SKU: A0.734649
By Manhattan Transfer. By Manning Sherwin. Arranged by Joseph Hasper. Jazz. Score and parts. 27 pages. Joseph Hasper #2039503. Published by Joseph Hasper (A0.734649).Jazz combo arrangement for clarinet, alto sax, piano, and drums with optional bass (bass line is cued in the piano part). Includes a full score and all parts.
"A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" is a romantic British popular song written in 1939. Berkeley Square (pronounced 'Bar-klee') is a large leafy square in Mayfair, an expensive part of London. The song was published in 1940 when it was first performed in the London revue New Faces by Judy Campbell. Glenn Miller and His Orchestra recorded "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (Bluebird 10931) with a Ray Eberle vocal in New York City on Oct. 11, 1940.
The song has become a standard, being recorded by Frank Sinatra, Rod Stewart, Anita O'Day, Nat King Cole, Carmen McRae, Glenn Miller, Perry Como, Stephane Grappelli, Bobby Darin, Harry Connick Jr.,The Brian Setzer Orchestra,and Sonny Rollins. A famous version by The Manhattan Transfer won a Grammy in 1981 for its arranger, Gene Puerling.
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