Edition: Jazz Big Band Arrangement

Description: Difficult

Publisher: Walrus Music Publishing

Originally written for tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana and recorded by Melissa and the Felipe Salles Interconnections Ensemble on the 2023 album Home is Here. A lyrical yet energetic piece that uses a jazz influenced Chacha rhythm in 7/4 and features the saxophone section playing woodwinds. Featured soloists: tenor saxophone, guitar and vibraphone (in the full version). No vbs – ww2, guitar, piano. No vbs/gt – piano, soloist, ww3, ww2

 

Full Score
WW1: Flute
WW2: Flute
WW3: Clarinet in Bb, Tenor sax (substitutes the soloist)
WW4: Alto Flute
WW5: Bass Clarinet in Bb
4 Trumpets/Flugelhorns (with mutes)
3 Trombones (with mutes)
Bass trombone
Vibraphone (opt.)
Guitar (opt.)
Piano
Bass
Drums

Trumpet 1: C6
Trombone 1: B4