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Cryin’ The Blues ♫ for 17-piece big band
Rich’s big band composition/arrangement Cryin’ The Blues is in the dance book of the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and has been played and replayed and thoroughly edited.
It is written to be playable by an advanced high school or intermediate college band, and sounds even better when played by professionals. The lead trumpet part goes to a high D (two leger lines and a space as a trumpeter reads it) and the other parts pose no extreme range difficulties.
A groovin’ medium-tempo blues chart, Cryin’ The Blues has flexible solo space, but as written has two-chorus solos for trumpet, guitar (piano), trombone and alto saxophone. The chart has no D.S. or D.C. and reads straight down. Includes full, transposed score. 148 written measures. Tempo: quarter note = 132. Playing time 7-8 minutes.
Each horn section has its own “soli” part followed by a two-bar solo break. Solo backgrounds are kept simple, and are designed to make the passing around of solos easy and practical.
Hear Rich play “Cryin’ The Blues” with the Manhattan School of Music Jazz Orchestra
Parts are for four trumpets, four trombones, 5 saxophones, piano, guitar, bass, drums in a PDF file that will be emailed as soon as your order is processed.
Cryin' The Blues -- Big Band (includes full transposed score and parts) -- PDF $50.00 | Catalog: BMPBBA001
Take No Prisoners for 17-piece big band
Written and intended to be an opener for the Maynard Ferguson Big Bop Nouveau band and later expanded for full big band: 5 saxes, 4 trombones, 4 trumpets, guitar, piano, bass, drums in a PDF file that will be emailed as soon as your order is processed.
Based on extended (24-bar) Bird-style blues chord progression featuring trumpet and tenor sax solo space with different backgrounds written specifically for those instruments. Two “soli” sections; the first one requires guitar/piano/bass to play bebop lines with horn section. The second one is a "brass chorale" that takes the lead trumpet up to a high G (other than that, the highest trumpet note is a B right below high C). This chart has no D.S. or D.C. and reads straight down.
198 measures; performance time: 6-7 minutes at quarter note=244. Level of difficulty: advanced (due to tempo, single-note bebop lines for guitar/piano/bass, and lead trumpet range requirements).
Written and intended to be an opener for the Maynard Ferguson Big Bop Nouveau band and later expanded for full big band: 5 saxes, 4 trombones, 4 trumpets, guitar, piano, bass, drums in a PDF file that will be emailed as soon as your order is processed.
Based on extended (24-bar) Bird-style blues chord progression featuring trumpet and tenor sax solo space with different backgrounds written specifically for those instruments. Two “soli” sections; the first one requires guitar/piano/bass to play bebop lines with horn section. The second one is a "brass chorale" that takes the lead trumpet up to a high G (other than that, the highest trumpet note is a B right below high C). This chart has no D.S. or D.C. and reads straight down.
198 measures; performance time: 6-7 minutes at quarter note=244. Level of difficulty: advanced (due to tempo, single-note bebop lines for guitar/piano/bass, and lead trumpet range requirements).
Take No Prisoners / Big Band (includes full transposed score and parts) -- PDF $50.00 | Catalog: BMPBBA002
America Medley for 17-piece big band (God Bless America and America The Beautiful)
This chart is also in the book of the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. From the first notes of the gospel-style rendition of the melody of God Bless America, this arrangement connects with the deep American patriotism of your audience. Respectful yet soulful and swinging, the harmonization, voicings and accompaniment parts make this an enjoyable chart for your band members and for your listeners.
Once through each melody with no improvised solos, no notes above B-flat just above the staff for the lead trumpet, and nothing too fancy that could lose your audience’s interest.
At 3:30 in duration and 149 measures, this is a delightful arrangement to play for audiences who love jazz, who love recognizable melodies, and who love the United States of America.
Parts for 5 saxes, 4 trombones, 4 trumpets, piano/guitar, bass and drums in a PDF file that will be emailed as soon as your order is processed.
This chart is also in the book of the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. From the first notes of the gospel-style rendition of the melody of God Bless America, this arrangement connects with the deep American patriotism of your audience. Respectful yet soulful and swinging, the harmonization, voicings and accompaniment parts make this an enjoyable chart for your band members and for your listeners.
Once through each melody with no improvised solos, no notes above B-flat just above the staff for the lead trumpet, and nothing too fancy that could lose your audience’s interest.
At 3:30 in duration and 149 measures, this is a delightful arrangement to play for audiences who love jazz, who love recognizable melodies, and who love the United States of America.
Parts for 5 saxes, 4 trombones, 4 trumpets, piano/guitar, bass and drums in a PDF file that will be emailed as soon as your order is processed.
America Medley (includes full transposed score and parts) -- PDF $40.00 | Catalog: BMPBBA003
