Paper Doll
by Frank Sinatra
Big Band - Sheet Music

Big band with vocal (Vocal, 4 Trumpets, 4 Horns in F (or 2 Alto Saxophones and 2 Tenor Saxophones), 4 Trombones, Tuba (or Baritone Saxophone), Guitar, Piano, Bass, Drums, Percussion (Bells and Marimba)) - Medium

SKU: JL.JLP-9344

By Frank Sinatra. Edited by Rob Duboff and Jeffrey Sultanof. Arranged by Billy May. Jazz Vocal. Swing. Full score and set of parts. Published by Jazz Lines Publications (JL.JLP-9344).

This Billy May brass arrangement comes from the last album Sinatra did for Capitol Records, Come Swing with Me. The arrangements from this session were strictly brass with rhythm section - no strings or reeds. The other item of interest with this session was that record labels were experimenting with stereo separation. As such, May arranged this for 8 trumpets and 8 trombones that were 'pitted' against each other in left and right channels. In putting together this arrangement for publication some decisions were made as to how to produce a score that would be playable by a big band with a conventional brass section. The end result is a publication that is as close to the original as possible with a couple of very minor modifications (no voicings were changed from May's original). However, recognizing that not all big bands have access to French horns and a tuba optional reed parts have been included as alternates (see below for details). Ranges: Trumpet 1: D6; Trombone 1: C5; Trombone 2: Cb5.