Name: Almost Like Being In Love by Kirk
Duration: 2 min 27 s
Description: This tune from the Broadway Musical Brigadoon has been widely recorded, probably best by Frank Sinatra. I wrote this chart as an Homage to the "straight ahead" swinging bands of the 40's and 50's such as the master of them all, Count Basie.

When I first played professionally, it was in my dad's quartet.  We played back in the 60's when people still danced ballroom style.  We invariably got a request for a "Peabody."  This medley was my dad's choice and the high energy has stuck with me all these years.  I finally got around to writing this big band arrangement of these two tunes written by two of the greatest modern day composers, Richard Rodgers and Cole Porter.

Lover/Just One of those Things Medley

This tune from the Broadway Musical Brigadoon has been widely recorded, probably best by Frank Sinatra. I wrote this chart as an Homage to the "straight ahead" swinging bands of the 40's and 50's such as the master of them all, Count Basie.

Almost Like Being In Love

Female vocal chart of Christmas favorite, "Away in a Manger."

Away In A Manger

Big Band Polka version of the Bobby Vinton hit.

MELODY OF LOVE

Here's my arrangement of the Horace Silver classic, "Song for my Father." This is a scaled down big band with 3 brass and 3 reeds and 4 rhythm. This is my small tribute to my father (pictured) whom the music world lost over 40 years ago.

Big Bands

Song for my Father

This is my Swing Arrangement for Big Band of the huge Billy Joel hit and one of my favorite songs.

Just the Way You Are

This is a big band arrangement from my favorite Beatles Album entitled, "Rubber Soul," more famous for giving us "Norwegian Wood."

THE WORD

This is my instrumental version of a swinging number sung with style by Frank Sinatra.

Almost Like Being In Love

Kirk

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