Edition: Jazz Big Band Arrangement with Vocals

Description: Swing - Medium

Publisher: Lush Life Music

Originally written in 1994 for Linda Eder by Frank Wildhorn, this song is a great swinger. Starting with just vocal and rhythm section it builds and builds as more instruments are overlaid behind the vocal. Lead Alto is featured heavily, both with a 32 bar solo, and with solo fill in phrases to accompany the vocalist in the second half of the song. This tune is a good set opener and really deserves to become a standard repertoire chart. Trumpets are written high in a couple of bars, but can be played down an octave without spoiling the tune, making the ranges playable by all.

Swing @ 185-190 b.p.m.

Full Score
Vocal
2 Alto Saxophones
2 Tenor Saxophones
Baritone Saxophone
4 Trumpets
4 Trombones
Guitar
Piano
Bass
Drums

Vocal key: F/G
Vocal: A3-Bb4
Trumpets 1-4 F#6, D6, B5, G5
Trombones 1-4 A4, F4, D4, C4