Edition: Jazz Big Band Arrangement

Description: Swing - Difficult

Publisher: Jazz at Lincoln Center

This medium swing was arranged by Bill Finegan and recorded by Tommy Dorsey in 1939. Naturally, it feautures some solo trombone. It also features a tenor solo and some fantastic ensemble passages. 5/3/4/4 (3 altos, 2 tenors).

From Essential Jazz Editions, Set #3: Music of the 1930s. Essential Jazz Editions are scores for jazz ensembles transcribed from classic jazz recordings. This 10-year project, co-produced by Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History, and the Music Division, Library of Congress, begun in 1999, will ultimately represent the breadth of the jazz canon. A set of five charts is produced and published each year, beginning with early jazz standards and continuing throughout the history of the music. Each original transcription includes historical and performance notes.

Full Score
Trombone Soloist
3 Alto Saxophones
2 Tenor Saxophones
4 Trumpets
3 Trombones
Guitar
Piano
Bass
Drum Set

Trumpet 1: D6
Trombone 1: C5
Solo Trombone: C5