Edition: Nine Jazz Arrangements (Eight Big Band and One Saxophone Quintet with Rhythm)

Description: Swing/Ballad/Shuffle/Cuban Bolero - Difficult

Publisher: Jazz at Lincoln Center

Here we have the long-awaited Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra arrangements from The Music of Wayne Shorter album!

We have eight big band arrangements, as well as one that is sax quintet with rhythm that's a perfect way to give the brass a rest.

Please click here to see the details of any of the arrangements,all of which are available individually as well (please note that eight are big band, and one is sax section w/rhtyhm):

JLC-5225  ARMAGEDDON

JLC-5223  CONTEMPLATION

JLC-5221  DIANA 

JLC-5224  ENDANGERED SPECIES

JLC-5222  HAMMER HEAD

JLC-5228  MAMA G (AKA NELLIE BLY)

JLC-5227  TERU

JLC-5226  THE THREE MARIAS

JLC-5220  YES OR NO

"Wayne's music has become basic instrumental vocabulary for all of us who came after him. For anyone wishing to play jazz, it is a must that you come through the music of Ellington, Monk, and Shorter. Much of Wayne’s music is architecturally perfect in terms of its harmonic and melodic structure. As creative musicians, we take liberties with interpretations of every legend’s music, while keeping a conscious eye on a song's DNA.

The bulk of the material that the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis chose to arrange for this performance (and subsequent CD release titled Endangered Species) was composed in the first decade of Wayne's career. Mama G, Armageddon, Contemplation, Hammer Head, Teru, and Lost were all written between 1959 and 1966. His material from this period has become part of the foundation of modern jazz. Diana (pronounced Gianna) was composed in 1974 just as jazz fusion and, particularly, Weather Report were reaching their zenith. Endangered Species and The Three Marias both come from Wayne's 1985 flagship album Atlantis. This album's foundation was '80s keyboards and other various electric instruments.

The JLCO does a remarkable job of creatively arranging Wayne's music while keeping a watchful eye on the core structure of these songs."
Christian McBride, 2019