Edition: Jazz Big Band Arrangement

Description: Swing - Difficult

Publisher: Sierra Music

What a dynamic chart this is! It is included on the CD recording The Jazz Compositions of Dee Barton (1967). It opens with a dramatic, rubato ensemble at a slow tempo (while the bass and drums are swinging at a bright tempo) and then it moves into a fast-paced setting. Lots of solo space for bass and drums and alto saxophone and trumpet. The piece ends the way it begins. A wonderful composition by an extraordinary composer. This chart requires 1 alto, 2 tenor and 2 baritone saxophones. 5-5-5-3 (condensed score)

Sketch Score
Alto Saxophone
2 Tenor Saxophones
2 Baritone Saxophones
5 Trumpets
5 Trombones
Piano
Bass
Drums