Edition: Jazz Big Band Arrangement

Description: Swing - Medium Difficult

Publisher: Lush Life Music

"Moonlight Sonata" is a much underrated chart from the Glenn Miller book but one that makes the hair stand up on the back of your neck. It naturally features your pianist. The arrangement builds on Beethoven's work for solo Piano, and adds layers of rich texture and voicing in the way that only the Miller band could. We have written out the Piano part in full, and the solo in the lead Tenor part too, plus all of the dynamics and articulations needed to enable you to recreate the original sound. Apart from the Piano part this is not a technically difficult piece to perform. The brass ranges are moderate, the lead Trumpet only reaching a B5, but there are a number of Sax doubles. Altos and Tenors all double Clarinets and the Baritone doubles Alto Sax and Bass Clarinet, although we have cued in notes for Baritone at the appropriate places, should your Bari player not have a Bass Clarinet available. A wonderful concert piece, or late-night closer.

Swing @ 110 b.p.m.

Full Score
2 Alto Saxophones (double on clarinet)
2 Tenor Saxophones (double on clarinet)
Baritone Saxophone (doubles on bass clarinet and alto sax)
4 Trumpets
4 Trombones
Guitar
Piano
Bass
Drums

Trumpets 1-4: B5 G#5, E#5, D#4
Trombones 1-4: B4, F#4, D#4, A3