Edition: Jazz Sextet Arrangement (Three Horns With Rhythm)

Description: Swing - Medium Easy

Publisher: Second Floor Music/Hal Leonard

Donald Byrd's early recordings with saxophonists Jackie McLean, John Coltrane and Hank Mobley started his distinguished career as one of jazz's leading trumpeters. Here he's featured with sax great Joe Henderson on a JAMES WILLIAMS-penned groove that has become a trademark of Byrd's style.

SEXTET INSTRUMENTATION

This medium swing is full of little details that will stretch one's musicality. There are intricate counter lines in the second and third parts, complex harmonies, alternation between 2- and 3-part harmony, and specific parts for the rhythm section, all of which are great for teaching many of the advanced concepts that a developing jazz sextet must confront.

SOLOS: The solo changes are complex and unpredictable and they challenge the improviser to think melodically.

Recorded by DONALD BYRD on GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS [Landmark: LCD 1523 2 / Recorded October 12, 1989]

1st part: Trumpet, Alto Sax, C treble clef
2nd part: Alto Sax, Tenor Sax,Trombone
3rd part: Tenor Sax, Baritone Sax, Trombone
Piano
Bass
Drums
Guitar
FULL SCORE