Edition: Jazz Big Band Arrangement

Description: Swing - Medium Difficult

Publisher: Jazz Lines Publications

Horace has created a blues with perfectly consistent character and structured the accompaniments and his piano solo in perfect balance. Orchestrating the piano parts from the original recording is a fairly straightforward process. Some thought goes into choosing which instruments best express the music and there's some attention paid to contrasting timbres and textures, but so much of the music already exists in Horace's piano playing, both in his solo and in his accompaniments, that the piece is already there without additional writing. It's a prefect framework that will produce a telling performance. There are a few lyrics written to jazz pieces that are good. Jon Hendricks's lyrics to Doodlin' are among the best. Listening to them will lead deeper into the piece.

Full Score
2 Alto Saxophones
2 Tenor Saxophones
Baritone Saxophone
4 Trumpets
3 Trombones
Piano
Bass
Drums