Edition: Jazz Big Band Arrangement

Description: Swing - Medium

Publisher: Baker's Jazz and More

Take a trip back to the Cool School of the 1950s with this impressive swinger. With a very accessible tempo of 128bpm, this chart features tenor sax, trumpet, and guitar on a boppish melody presented in the Gil Evans/Miles Davis Birth of the Cool style. The sax section is featured in a soli setting for the bridge. Solo space for tenor sax and trumpet (guitar can easily be featured as well) is followed by a tutti ensemble 16 bar shout section. As the title suggests, there is a surprise in the form of an 8 bar trombone/bass soli that arrives on the bridge before the ensemble resumes command for the dramatic finish. Trumpet range is to written high C, trombone to G.

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

Trumpet 1: C6
Trombone 1: G4