Edition: Jazz Big Band Arrangement

Description: Slow Ballad/Even Eighths - Medium Difficult

Publisher: Sierra Music

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Bill Holman wrote this arrangement for the Kenton Orchestra in the early '60's to feature Marvin Stamm on trumpet (of course). Kenton never recorded it, so this is a brand-new chart to most people. It opens with the full band setting up the ballad texture for the soloist. A faster tempo is then the vehicle for the soloist to romp through. There is a return to the ballad style with a quiet ending. This chart is set up to be played by 8 or 10 brass. No guitar. 

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Grade: Medium-Advanced

Composer: Burke & Haggart

Arranger: Bill Holman

Style: Ballad, Swing

Solos: Trumpet 4

 

Full Score
2 Alto Saxophones
2 Tenor Saxophones
Baritone Saxophone
5 Trumpets (4th Solo; 5th Optional)
5 Trombones (4th and 5th Bass; 4th Optional, 5th Tuba)
Piano
Bass
Drums