Edition: Jazz Sextet Arrangement (3 Horns with Rhythm)

Description: Swing - Difficult

Publisher: Second Floor Music/Hal Leonard

OTB (Out Of The Blue) was a young all-star group on the Blue Note label in the 1980s which introduced many of today's leading contemporary jazz figures. MICHAEL PHILIP MOSSMAN, who has since performed with Latin jazz greats Chico O'Farrill (see his big band arrangements) and Mario Bauza, has written for a variety of ensembles and contributed this chart to the OTB book.

SEXTET INSTRUMENTATION

A melody that starts out sounding very bluesy and gradually unfolds into something more complex, along with some marked dynamic contrasts, are the most memorable elements of this arrangement. A player is challenged to navigate these sinuous lines musically and to exploit fully all the great dynamic contrasts. This is a good chart for fostering new heights in musicality that won't require extensive work on the technical aspects. This arrangement also features a shout chorus that sets up a bass (or piano) solo.

SOLOS: The unusual chord progression, which is full of movements by half-step between chords that don't often occur next to one another, will require some practice, but will pay off by opening soloists' ears to some new harmonic relationships.

Recorded by O.T.B. (OUT OF THE BLUE) on INSIDE TRACK [Blue Note: CDP 7 46395 2 / Recorded June 19, 1986]

Front Line: B-flat, E-flat, C treble clef, C bass clef
Piano
Bass
Drums
Guitar
FULL SCORE