Men of Note library and scrapbooks
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Men of Note library and scrapbooks
- Date
- 1987-2005, undated (inclusive)
- Extent
- 8.45 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Bands (Music)
- Jazz -- Kentucky -- Lexington
- Music -- Kentucky -- Lexington.
- Sheet music.
- Men of Note (Musical group : 1967-2009)
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged by format in two series: Sheet Music and Scrapbooks.
- Preferred Citation
- 2016ms032 : [identification of item], Men of Note library and scrapbooks, 1987-2005, undated, University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- The Men of Note were a Lexington big band that operated from 1967-2009. The band began as a group of friends meeting to casually play and bond over their love of music, but the group would go on to play a combination of prestigious and local gigs throughout central Kentucky, as well as at the Greenbrier Inn in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Big band music enjoyed a revival during the 1990s that the group also benefited from, playing more than two dozen gigs per year at the height of their popularity. While primarily comprised of senior members, musicians of all ages joined the Men of Note over the course of its 42-year run. The Men of Note ultimately disbanded in 2009 due to a decline in performance bookings, as well as an inability to recruit enough young musicians to keep the group going.
- Source: Rich Copley, "Men of Note plays its last notes", Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky, 2009 Augusst 16, Page 39. Newspapers.com, accessed November 15, 2022.
- Scope and Content
- The Men of Note library and scrapbooks (dated 1987-2005, undated; 8.45 cubic feet; 9 boxes) comprise 390 dance band/big band sheet music sets and two scrapbooks used by or created by the Men of Note, a Lexington, Kentucky big band in operation from 1967-2009. These are sets of instrumental parts (usually five saxophones, four trumpets, four trombones, and a rhythm section of piano, guitar, bass, and drums) required to play individual swing, ballad, Latin, blues, or other popular music tunes. Roughly 2/3 are published and 1/3 are "manuscript arrangements" by local band leaders, staff arrangers, or musicians. A majority of the published titles are out of print. Titles were passed down/came from not just the Men of Note (1967-2009), but also from five other Lexington dance band/big bands/jazz orchestras dating from 1943-1960. Scrapbooks include chart lists organized in a variety of ways (by type, by featured instrument, by who made the tune popular), set lists, promotional and marketing material, newspaper clippings, and a few photographs.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
Sheet music, undated
Scope and Contents
The Sheet Music series, undated, contains 390 dance band/big band sheet music sets. These are sets of instrumental parts (usually five saxophones, four trumpets, four trombones, and a rhythm section of piano, guitar, bass, and drums) required to play individual swing, ballad, Latin, blues, or other popular music tunes. Roughly 2/3 are published and 1/3 are "manuscript arrangements" by local band leaders, staff arrangers, or musicians.
""A" Train", undated
"According to the Moonlight", undated
"After the Lovin'", undated
"Alfie", undated
"All My Life", undated
"All of Me" (Billy Byers arrangement), undated
"All of Me" (Lennie Niehaus arrangement), undated
"All of You", undated
"All the Things", undated
"Almost Like Being in Love", undated
"Alright, Okay, You Win", undated
"Another Lazy Day", undated
"At Last", undated
"Autumn in New York", undated
"Back Home", undated
"Ballin' the Jack", undated
"Bandstand Boogie", undated
"Basically Blues", undated
"Basie, Straight Ahead", undated
"A Beautiful Friendship", undated
"Begin the Beguine", undated
"The Best Thing for You", undated
"Big Candy Mountain Rock", undated
"Blackbird", undated
"Blow Your Horn", undated
"Blowtorch", undated
"Blue Champagne", undated
"Blue Moon", undated
"Blueberry Hill", undated
"Blues for Dottie", undated
"Blues in the Night", undated
"Bluesette", undated
"Boogie Blues", undated
"Brazil" sheet music, undated
"Brazil Nuts", undated
"Breaking Up Is Hard To Do", undated
"The Brownsville Express", undated
"But Beautiful", undated
"Cabaret", undated
"California Dreamin'", undated
"Candleglow", undated
"Can't Take My Eyes Off of You", undated
"Carnaby Street", undated
"Cerulean Blue", undated
"Cha Cha Cha for Judy", undated
"Cheers", undated
"The Christmas Song", undated
"Chu Chu Cha Cha", undated
"Close Enough for Love", undated
"Come in from the Rain", undated
"Come Rain or Come Shine", undated
"Conga" sheet music, undated
"The Continental", undated
"A Cool Shade of Blue", undated
"Copley Square", undated
"Coral Reef", undated
"Corner Pocket", undated
"Craziest Dream", undated
"Cry Me a River", undated
"Cute", undated
"Desafinado", undated
"Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans", undated
"Doin' Basie's Thing", undated
"Don't Blame Me", undated
"Don't Get Around Much Anymore", undated
"Don't Go 'Way", undated
"Don't Take Your Love From Me" sheet music, undated
"Don't Worry 'Bout Me", undated
"Double Exposure", undated
"Dreamsville", undated
"Early Autumn" sheet music, undated
"Early Dues" sheet music, undated
"Easy Living" sheet music, undated
"Easy Street" sheet music, undated
"Embraceable You", undated
"Evergreen" sheet music, undated
"Ev'ry Little Beat Helps", undated
"Fast Company", undated
"Feelings" sheet music, undated
"Flatbush Flanagan" sheet music, undated
"Fly Me to the Moon", undated
"Flying Home" sheet music, undated
"For Heaven's Sake" sheet music, undated
"For Swingin' Dancers" sheet music, undated
"Four Brothers" sheet music, undated
"Fred" sheet music, undated
"Free Fall" sheet music, undated
"Frenesi" sheet music, undated
"From This Moment On" sheet music, undated
"Georgia" sheet music, undated
"Girl From Ipanema" sheet music, undated
"Girl Talk" sheet music, undated
"God Bless' the Child" sheet music, undated
"Good-bye" sheet music, undated
"Greasy Sak Blooz" sheet music, undated
"Green Eyes" sheet music, undated
"Groovin' Easy" sheet music, undated
"Hang In There" sheet music, undated
"Harlem Nocturne" sheet music, undated
"Here's the Band" sheet music, undated
"Here's That Rainy Day" sheet music, undated
"Hey There" sheet music, undated
"Hot Enough" sheet music, undated
"How High the Moon" sheet music, undated
"How Long Has This Been Going On" sheet music, undated
"How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" sheet music, undated
"I Cain't Stop Lovin' You" sheet music, undated
"I Don't Want to Walk Without You" sheet music, undated
"I Get a Kick Out of You" sheet music, undated
"I Got You (I Feel Good)" sheet music, undated
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" sheet music, undated
"I Just Fall in Love Again" sheet music, undated
"I Left My Heart in San Francisco" sheet music, undated
"I Remember April" sheet music, undated
"I Remember Basie" sheet music, undated
"I Remember You" sheet music, undated
"I Will Wait for You" sheet music, undated
"I Wish You Love" sheet music, undated
"I Write the Songs" sheet music, undated
"I'll Be Around" sheet music, undated
"I'm Beginning to See the Light" sheet music, undated
"I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You" sheet music, undated
"I'm Glad There Is You" sheet music, undated
"I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" sheet music, undated
"Imagination" sheet music, undated
"Impressions" sheet music, undated
"In the Mood" sheet music, undated
"Intermission Riff" sheet music, undated
"It Had to Be You" sheet music, undated
"It's About Time" sheet music, undated
"It's Oh, So Nice" sheet music, undated
"I've Got a Crush On You" sheet music, undated
"I've Got It Bad" sheet music, undated
"I've Got You Under My Skin" sheet music, undated
"I've Heard That Song Before" sheet music, undated
"I've Never Bin in Luv B4" sheet music, undated
"Jack's Slow Blues" sheet music, undated
"John Brown's Other Body" sheet music, undated
"Joy to the World" sheet music, undated
"Jumpin' At The Woodside" sheet music, undated
"Just Friends" sheet music, undated
"Just in Time" sheet music, undated
"Just the Way You Are" sheet music, undated
"Kansas City" sheet music, undated
"La Cumparsita" sheet music, undated
"Lady" sheet music, undated
"Latin Snowfall" sheet music, undated
"Laura" sheet music, undated
"Lazy Sunday" sheet music, undated
"Leap Frog" sheet music, undated
"Let's Dance" sheet music, undated
"Like Someone in Love", undated
"Li'l Darlin'", undated
"Little Brown Jug", undated
"Little Boy Lost" sheet music, undated
"Lonely Street" sheet music, undated
"Longer" sheet music, undated
"Lost in the Shuffle" sheet music, undated
"Love for Sale" sheet music, undated
"Love is Here to Stay" sheet music, undated
"Love to Keep Me Warm", undated
"A Lovely Way Evening", undated
"Lover" sheet music, undated
"Lover Has Gone" sheet music, undated
"Mack the Knife", undated
"Magic Flea", undated
"Mambo Jambo", undated
"Masquerade" sheet music, undated
"Me and Bobby McGee", undated
"Meditation" sheet music, undated
"Medley", undated
"Meet My Cousin" sheet music, undated
"Mellowtone" sheet music, undated
"Memories of You", undated
Men of Note gig menus, 2003-2005
Men of Note gig menus, 2006-2007
Men of Note gig menus, 2008-2009
"Mercy, Mercy, Mercy", undated
"Mi Blue Heaven", undated
"Midnight Again", undated
"Midnight Sun", undated
"Miss Jones", undated
"Miss Otis Regrets", undated
"Misty" (arranged by Dave Barduhn), undated
"Misty" (arranged by Johnny Warrington), undated
"Moment to Moment", undated
"Moon River" sheet music, undated
"Moonglow" sheet music, undated
"Moonlight in Vermont" sheet music, undated
"Moonlight Serenade" sheet music, undated
"Moten Swing" sheet music, undated
"Mr. Lucky" sheet music, undated
"Mr. Lucky theme" sheet music, undated
"My Funny Val" sheet music, undated
"My One and Only Love" sheet music, undated
"Never Smile Again" sheet music, undated
"Nice and Easy" sheet music, undated
"Night and Day" sheet music, undated
"Night Life" sheet music, undated
"Night Medley" sheet music, undated
"Now Hear This" sheet music, undated
"Once I Loved" sheet music, undated
"One Night Stand" sheet music, undated
"One Note Samba" sheet music, undated
"The Opener" sheet music, undated
"Over the Rainbow" sheet music, undated
"Patience" sheet music, undated
"Peanut Vendor" sheet music, undated
"Picnic" sheet music, undated
"Piknik-Muneglow" sheet music, undated
"Pink Panther" sheet music, undated
"Play It Cool" sheet music, undated
"Plush Reeds" sheet music, undated
"Poinciana" sheet music, undated
"Polka Dots and Moonbeams" sheet music, undated
"Proud Mary" sheet music, undated
"P.S. I Love You" sheet music, undated
"Put Your Hand In The Hand" sheet music, undated
"Queen Bee" sheet music, undated
"Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars" sheet music, undated
"Quince" sheet music, undated
"Quincy and The Count" sheet music, undated
"Quincy's Groove" sheet music, undated
"Rainy Sunday" sheet music, undated
"Return to Me" sheet music, undated
"Rhapsody in Blue" sheet music, undated
"Rock Bottom" sheet music, undated
"A Rose Is A Rose" sheet music, undated
"Round Midnight" sheet music, undated
"Route 66" sheet music, undated
"Rube's Blooz" sheet music, undated
"Ruby" sheet music, undated
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" sheet music, undated
"Samba de Blue" sheet music, undated
"Sam's Boogie" sheet music, undated
"Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town" sheet music, undated
"Satin Doll" sheet music, undated
"Scott's Place" sheet music, undated
"Second Time Around" sheet music, undated
"Sept. Song - Hushabye" sheet music, undated
"September Song" sheet music, undated
"Shadow of Your Smile" sheet music, undated
"Shiny Stockings" sheet music, undated
"Sing, Sing, Sing" sheet music, undated
"Skin and Bones" sheet music, undated
"Skylark" sheet music, undated
"Sloe Eyes" sheet music, undated
"Soft Music" sheet music, undated
"Solid Blue" sheet music, undated
"Somebody Digs Me" sheet music, undated
"Something Big" sheet music, undated
"Soon It's Gonna Rain" sheet music, undated
"Sophisticated Lady" sheet music, undated
"Speak Low" sheet music, undated
"Special Occasion Medley" sheet music, undated
"Splanky" sheet music, undated
"Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most" sheet music, undated
"St. Louis Blues" sheet music, undated
"St. Where U Reside" sheet music, undated
"Stardust" (arranged by Joe McAnarney) sheet music, undated
"Star Dust" (arranged by Art Dedrick) sheet music, undated
"Stella By Starlight" sheet music, undated
"Strike Up the Band" sheet music, undated
"A String of Pearls" sheet music, undated
"The Stripper" sheet music, undated
"Suite Sixteen" sheet music, undated
"Summer Samba So Nice" sheet music, undated
"Summertime" sheet music, undated
"Sunny" sheet music, undated
"Swanee River" sheet music, undated
"Sweet and Lovely" sheet music, undated
"Sweet Georgia Brown" sheet music, undated
"Sweetest Sounds" sheet music, undated
"Sweets" sheet music, undated
"The Swinger" sheet music, undated
"Switch in Time" sheet music, undated
"T42" sheet music, undated
"Take the "A" Train", undated
"Taking a Chance on Love", undated
"Tangerine" sheet music, undated
"Tenderly" sheet music, undated
"That Old Black Magic", undated
"That's All", undated
"Theme from New York, New York", undated
"There Will Never Be Another You", undated
"There's a Small Hotel", undated
"There's No You" sheet music, undated
"They Long to Be Close to You" sheet music, undated
"Things We Did Last Summer" sheet music, undated
"This Masquerade" sheet music, undated
"Thru the Eyes of Love" sheet music, undated
"A Time for Love" sheet music, undated
"Tomorrow's Blues Today" sheet music, undated
"Too Little Time" sheet music, undated
"A Touch of Satin" sheet music, undated
"Traces" sheet music, undated
"Trav'lin' Light" sheet music, undated
"Tribute to Basie" sheet music, undated
"Tuxedo Junction" sheet music, undated
"Two By Two" sheet music, undated
"Tyme Was" sheet music, undated
"Unforgettable" sheet music, undated
"Up Tite" sheet music, undated
"Watch What Happens" sheet music, undated
"The Way I Feel About You" sheet music, undated
"The Way We Were" sheet music, undated
"The Way You Look Tonight" sheet music, undated
"The Wee Small Hours of the Morning" sheet music, undated
"Welcome Back Jack" sheet music, undated
"We'll Be Together Again" sheet music, undated
"We've Only Just Begun" sheet music, undated
"What Are You Doing the Rest of Ure Life" sheet music, undated
"'What's Happening!!' Theme" sheet music, undated
"When I Fall In Love" sheet music, undated
"When the Saints Go Marchin' In" sheet music, undated
"When Sunny Gets Blue" sheet music, undated
"White Christmas" sheet music, undated
"Who Can I Turn To"sheet music, undated
"Who's Sorry Now", undated
"Why Not", undated
"Wichita Lineman", undated
"Wild Root", undated
"Wind Beneath My Wings", undated
"Winding Way", undated
"Woodchoppers' Ball", undated
"World On a String", undated
"Ya Gotta Try", undated
"Yesterday", undated
"Yesterdays", undated
"You Go to My Head", undated
"You Light Up My Life", undated
"You've Changed", undated
"Zing!", undated
Scrapbooks, 1987-2005, undated
Scope and Contents
The Scrapbooks series, 1987-2005, undated, includes chart lists organized in a variety of ways (by type, by featured instrument, by who made the tune popular), set lists, promotional and marketing material, newspaper clippings, and a few photographs.
Scrapbook no. 1, 1987, 1991-1995, 2009
Scrapbook no. 1 visual materials, 1987, 1993, undated
Men of Note photo negatives, 1993 November 7
Men of Note photo negatives, 1993 November 10
Men of Note photo negatives, 1993 November 11
Men of Note photograph, 1993 November 11
Men of Note photograph, undated
Men of Note photograph, 1993 November 10
Men of Note photograph, 1993
Men of Note photograph, 1987 December
Scrapbook no. 1 playlists/menus, 1998-2000, 2003-2004, 2006-2009
Scrapbook no. 1 loose sheet music, undated
Scrapbook no. 1 newsletters/schedules, 1989-1990
Scrapbook no. 2 chart list, undated
Scrapbook no. 2, 2003, 2005, undated
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