Composition and Arranging


Here are some arrangements I have done to date -

Currently, I am being kept busy arranging Horn Section parts for Big Vern and the City Of Soul Horns.

Soul/ Pop/ Rock

This is a list of arrangements and transcriptions for the HJBs - HJB Set List.

Big Band

Pack Up/Don’t Worry Be Happy - Eliza Doolittle/Bobby McFerrin
Summertime - George Gershwin
She Said - Plan B
Feeling Good - Nina Simone
Hit The Road Jack - Ray Charles
Pencil Full Of Lead - Paolo Nutini
The Chicken - Pee Wee Russell

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I have arranged or composed music for The Royal Scottish Orchestra conducted by Carl Davis, The BBC Brass Quintet, and The Representative band of the Norwegian Armed Forces among many others.

Here’s a selection of original pieces written for specific groups and commissions.

Wind Band

Bach To Funk, Point Of Extension, Haw Naw Blues

Big Band

Air - Spring

Brass Quintet

Cordon Blue, Cordon Two, Almost Never On A Sunday, Venus De Milne, Carla The Kameleon, Miles From Bach, Momentary Blues.

Trombone Quartet


Chorale, Free For All, Song

Trombone Choir and Vocal Choir


Kirking Of The Council

Wind Trio

Nine Spaces, Acute Wind


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and some arrangements …….

Brass Quintet


Music For The Royal Fireworks (Complete) - Handel, Thunderbirds, Melancholia,

Trombone Choir with Rhythm Section


When The Saints - I used this as an exercise in recording - Scored for 10 trombones, guitar, piano, bass and drums.
I played all of the instruments except the drums which is one of my early (not great) efforts at midi programming!
Thunderbirds, Soul Bossa, Soul Intro/The Chicken