[ylhorimoto]

I am into arranging for large jazz ensemble, and recently got a hold of Inside the Score. Great book with lots of information!

I am also aware of the orange Berklee Press book by Ken Pullig, but aside from that do you guys have any other recommendations of through jazz arranging books?

 

[Benny]

"The Professional Arranger Composer" by Russel Garcia.
Rimksy-Korsakov's orchestration book.

Don't limit yourself to 'jazz arranging books'- There's plenty of fantastic material and ideas in the orchestral repertoire too- Bartok string quartets, Mikrokosmos, Bach chorales, stravinsky, schoenberg, hindemith.....to name just a few

 

[Jazztenor87]

The UNT Arranging I and II texts by Paris Rutherford are great. You can contact the university printing company and they will mail them to you for around $10 a piece. Can't beat that price. http://eagleimages.unt.edu/

 

[gary]

Inside the Score is superb!

The Gordon Delamont series is interesting.

Of course, Sammy Nestico's is great, but a lot of it is pretty basic. The section on strings sets it somewhat apart from your usual big band arranging book.

Mancini's is excellent. As I remember it, it is pretty Mancini-studio oriented.

Dick Grove's written a very good big band book, "Arranging Concepts" (1972), somewhat pedantic at times. This is not to be confused with his later "Arranging Concepts Complete".

IMO Gene Puerling is a brilliant arranger for voices and he often scores from the bass line up. There is (was?) a little book of songs that he arranged for 8 voices, titled, "The Gene Puerling Sound" from Shawnee Press. If you can get ahold of it, it's worth it.

 

[danika]

Mancini's is excellent. As I remember it, it is pretty Mancini-studio oriented.

Came across this thread and am looking for something similar--mainly pop arranging, the kind you might hear on Dancing with the Stars or American Idol. I've been through Rimsky-Korsakov also have used Dick Groove's "Arranging Concepts Complete" as a reference for years. I read Sebesky's book recently, but it's only Jazz harmonies. I'm looking mainly for pop harmonies. Is Mancini's book pop oriented?