I just heard a nice arrangement of Nestico's "Freckle Face" on YouTube (link below).

<YOUTUBE id="-gxzJplTyu0" list="PLu7RE8ko1zHPbPxuktE9dCGp6M0JaKQ1Y"><LINK_TEXT text="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gxzJpl ... 1Y&index=6">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gxzJplTyu0&list=PLu7RE8ko1zHPbPxuktE9dCGp6M0JaKQ1Y&index=6</LINK_TEXT></YOUTUBE>

I'd really like to try my hand at arranging a bone quartet version of this tune and having a fake book version (chords and melody) would go a long way in getting me started. Does anyone know where I can find this?

I've done the Google thing but the info I'm getting is inconclusive. There's the Hal Leonard Real Jazz Fake Book and the Sammy Nestico Fake Book but I can't tell if either has Freckle Face included. I have the Real Jazz Fake Book (6th edition) but Freckle Face isn't in it.

I know I could probably get what I need by just listening but I really suck at that and what I end up with may not be totally accurate and a ton of extra work. So any help locating this piece would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,

Robert

In here [url]<LINK_TEXT text="https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/sa ... c/19898646">https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/sammy-nestico-sheet-music/19898646</LINK_TEXT>

or page 22 in [[url=http://valdez.dumarsengraving.com/NesticoFakeBook.pdf]presumably a copyright violation], in which the bar 4, beat 3.5, quarter note should be an F, not a G

Why not start with the real thing, the big-band arrangement?

[quote="ithinknot"]In here [url]<LINK_TEXT text="https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/sa ... c/19898646">https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/sammy-nestico-sheet-music/19898646</LINK_TEXT>

or page 22 in [[url=http://valdez.dumarsengraving.com/NesticoFakeBook.pdf]presumably a copyright violation], in which the bar 4, beat 3.5, quarter note should be an F, not a G[/quote]

The play along looks good. Thanks for pointing it out. I may invest in this at a later date.

As it turns out I was able to find the Nestico Fake Book vol. 1 for sale online, which has Freckle Face in it, and that's all I need. Plus I get to play around with more Nestico music as well.

I also thought about purchasing the big band version here:

<LINK_TEXT text="https://www.jwpepper.com/Freckle-Face/2 ... em#/submit">https://www.jwpepper.com/Freckle-Face/2189132.item#/submit</LINK_TEXT>

which would have been beneficial for a few reasons but I just didn't want to spend that much $$ for a bunch of music that I might not ever use beyond this arrangement I'm working on. Besides I can hear how Basie did it on YouTube.

Thanks for the suggestions,

Robert