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And Another Thing ♫
Rich’s composition/arrangement as heard on his “Rich Willey & Boptism” CD featuring Chris Potter on tenor sax (listen to sound clips below). Comes with arrangement and soli chorus to be played a cappella by the horns between solos, and a countermelody for the second horn during the out chorus. Arranged for trombone/tenor sax front line, or trumpet/alto sax front line. Can even be played by all four horns together if you choose.
Listen to the beginning of And Another Thing . . .
Listen to the soli section of And Another Thing . . .
from the Rich Willey & Boptism CD.
Brisk tempo, “All The Things You Are” chord progression, medium to advanced level of difficulty. Suggested tempo: quarter note = 250.
And Another Thing / Quintet -- PDF $18.00 | Catalog: BMPJQA001
Margie ♫
Rich’s version of the great old standard as heard on his “Rich Willey & Boptism” CD. Arranged twice; play one arrangement, blow solos, play other arrangement for out-chorus (which includes a slick written turnaround section heading into the ending). Arranged for trombone/tenor sax front line, trumpet/alto sax front line, trumpet/tenor sax front line, or trumpet/trombone front line. Can even be played by all four horns together if you choose.
Listen to the out-chorus of Margie with Rich Willey and Chris Potter
from the Rich Willey & Boptism CD.
Difficulty level medium to advanced. Medium swing tempo, 74-measures total score length.
Rich’s version of the great old standard as heard on his “Rich Willey & Boptism” CD. Arranged twice; play one arrangement, blow solos, play other arrangement for out-chorus (which includes a slick written turnaround section heading into the ending). Arranged for trombone/tenor sax front line, trumpet/alto sax front line, trumpet/tenor sax front line, or trumpet/trombone front line. Can even be played by all four horns together if you choose.
Listen to the out-chorus of Margie with Rich Willey and Chris Potter
from the Rich Willey & Boptism CD.
Difficulty level medium to advanced. Medium swing tempo, 74-measures total score length.
Margie / Quintet -- PDF $20.00 | Catalog: BMPJQA002
Sonny Boy ♫
This is an adaptation for two horns of a three-horn arrangement (by an unknown arranger) from the 1956 Chet Baker & Art Pepper album The Art of Chet Baker & Art Pepper. Arrangement comes with parts 1 and 2 for B-flat (trumpet or tenor sax), E-flat (alto sax), and bass clef (trombone), as well as a written bass line and rhythm chart. This appears on the Rich Willey Quintet Gone With The Piggies CD.
Listen to the Rich Willey Quintet play the opening chorus of Sonny Boy
from the Rich Willey Quintet / Gone With The Piggies CD.
Difficulty level medium to advanced. Medium-brisk swing tempo, 87-measures total score length.
This is an adaptation for two horns of a three-horn arrangement (by an unknown arranger) from the 1956 Chet Baker & Art Pepper album The Art of Chet Baker & Art Pepper. Arrangement comes with parts 1 and 2 for B-flat (trumpet or tenor sax), E-flat (alto sax), and bass clef (trombone), as well as a written bass line and rhythm chart. This appears on the Rich Willey Quintet Gone With The Piggies CD.
Listen to the Rich Willey Quintet play the opening chorus of Sonny Boy
from the Rich Willey Quintet / Gone With The Piggies CD.
Difficulty level medium to advanced. Medium-brisk swing tempo, 87-measures total score length.
Sonny Boy / Quintet -- PDF $18.00 | Catalog: BMPJQA003
Little Treasures ♫
An Afro-Cuban flavored minor 6/8 tune by Rich Willey that can be heard on both of Rich's CDs available elsewhere on this site. Always well-received by jazz audiences; nice blowing changes; rhythmically, harmonically and melodically interesting. Written to be played at dotted quarter note = 110.
Listen to the Rich Willey Quintet play the opening chorus of Little Treasures
from the Rich Willey Quintet / Gone With The Piggies CD.
An Afro-Cuban flavored minor 6/8 tune by Rich Willey that can be heard on both of Rich's CDs available elsewhere on this site. Always well-received by jazz audiences; nice blowing changes; rhythmically, harmonically and melodically interesting. Written to be played at dotted quarter note = 110.
Listen to the Rich Willey Quintet play the opening chorus of Little Treasures
from the Rich Willey Quintet / Gone With The Piggies CD.
Little Treasures / Quintet -- PDF $15.00 | Catalog: BMPJQA004
Gone With The Wind ♫
The great old 1936 song by Herb Magidson and Allie Wrubel arranged twice. Play the opening chorus, solo break for first soloist, blow solos, and play the out-chorus with its built-in ending.
Listen to the Rich Willey Quintet play part of the Gone With The Wind out-chorus
from the Rich Willey Quintet / Gone With The Piggies CD.
32 bar ABAC form, quarter note = 188, standard blowing changes in the key of E-flat. PDF file contains the following parts: B-flat 1, E-flat 1, Bass Clef 1, B-flat 2, E-flat 2, Bass Clef 2, and Rhythm section (14 pages in all).
The great old 1936 song by Herb Magidson and Allie Wrubel arranged twice. Play the opening chorus, solo break for first soloist, blow solos, and play the out-chorus with its built-in ending.
Listen to the Rich Willey Quintet play part of the Gone With The Wind out-chorus
from the Rich Willey Quintet / Gone With The Piggies CD.
32 bar ABAC form, quarter note = 188, standard blowing changes in the key of E-flat. PDF file contains the following parts: B-flat 1, E-flat 1, Bass Clef 1, B-flat 2, E-flat 2, Bass Clef 2, and Rhythm section (14 pages in all).
Gone With The Wind / Quintet -- PDF $20.00 | Catalog: BMPJQA005
I Know, Y’Know ♫
Catchy minor 3/4 original as heard on Rich Willey’s “Gone With The Piggies” CD.
Listen to the Rich Willey Quintet play the out-chorus of I Know, Y’Know
from the Rich Willey Quintet / Gone With The Piggies CD.
68-bar form, fairly bright tempo (dotted half note = 60), fairly easy chord changes for blowing, exciting feel. “Abrupt” ending always draws applause from audiences. A winner every time!
Catchy minor 3/4 original as heard on Rich Willey’s “Gone With The Piggies” CD.
Listen to the Rich Willey Quintet play the out-chorus of I Know, Y’Know
from the Rich Willey Quintet / Gone With The Piggies CD.
68-bar form, fairly bright tempo (dotted half note = 60), fairly easy chord changes for blowing, exciting feel. “Abrupt” ending always draws applause from audiences. A winner every time!
I Know, Y'Know / Quintet -- PDF $15.00 | Catalog: BMPJQA006
Squeetz ♫
Rich’s composition/arrangement as heard on his “Rich Willey Quintet/Gone With The Piggies” CD (listen to sound clip below). Nutty jazz/march arrangement with some Coltrane changes on the bridge. Originally arranged for trombone/tenor sax front line, but works equally well for trumpet/alto sax front line. Comes with B-flat 1 & 2, E-flat 1 & 2, and C-bass clef 1 & 2 for flexibility.
Listen to the Rich Willey Quintet play the opening chorus of Squeetz
from the Rich Willey Quintet / Gone With The Piggies CD.
Zany jazz/march feel, challenging chord progression, 32-bar form, head arrangement, advanced level of difficulty. Suggested tempo: quarter note = 132.
Rich’s composition/arrangement as heard on his “Rich Willey Quintet/Gone With The Piggies” CD (listen to sound clip below). Nutty jazz/march arrangement with some Coltrane changes on the bridge. Originally arranged for trombone/tenor sax front line, but works equally well for trumpet/alto sax front line. Comes with B-flat 1 & 2, E-flat 1 & 2, and C-bass clef 1 & 2 for flexibility.
Listen to the Rich Willey Quintet play the opening chorus of Squeetz
from the Rich Willey Quintet / Gone With The Piggies CD.
Zany jazz/march feel, challenging chord progression, 32-bar form, head arrangement, advanced level of difficulty. Suggested tempo: quarter note = 132.
Squeetz / Quintet -- PDF $15.00 | Catalog: BMPJQA007
