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Transcriptions from Original Recordings.

Transcriptions from Original Recordings.

Transcriptions from Original Recordings. 2 Alto Sax; Tenor Sax/Clarinet; Tenor Sax; Baritone Sax; Trumpet 1; Trumpet 2 (opt. Violin); Trumpet 3 (opt. Cornet); 3 Trombone (Tbn 3 opt. Valve); Guitar; Piano; Bass; Drums; Violin

Transcriptions from Original Recordings. 2 Alto Sax; Tenor Sax/Clarinet; Tenor Sax; Baritone Sax; 5 Trumpet; 3 Trombone; Piano; Bass; Drum; Guitar

Transcriptions from Original Recordings. 2 Alto Sax/ Clarinet; 2 Tenor Sax/Clarinet; Alto Sax/Clarinet; 3 Trumpet; 3 Trombone; Guitar; Piano; Bass; Drums

Transcriptions from Original Recordings. Reed 1 - Alto Sax; Reed 2 - Alto Sax; Reed 3 - Tenor/Clarinet; Reed 4 - Tenor Sax; Reed 5 - Baritone Sax; 5 Trumpets; 3 Trombones, Piano, Bass, Drums

Transcriptions from Original Recordings. 2 Alto Sax; Clarinet; Tenor Sax; Baritone Sax; 3 Trumpet (Tpt 3 opt. Cornet); 3 Trombone (Tbn 3 opt. Valve); Guitar; Piano; Bass; Drums

Transcriptions from Original Recordings. Jeep’s Blues is one of many blues lines written by Ellington’s star alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges. This one was for an Ellington small group recording under Hodges’ name in the late 1930’s. It’s basically just the first 4 bars of the blues and then Hodges improvises the rest of the 12-bar form. Ellington’s later big band arrangement is a very simple enlargement of that original 4-horn chart. There are 2 ensemble choruses, 2 solo choruses, 2 sax section choruses ending with a stride piano cadence. The opening is a loud and glorious ensemble; the closing is a soft and introspective sax section. Grade: Advanced/Difficult

Transcriptions from Original Recordings. Perdido is one of the simplest and most performed jazz tunes in the canon. This is Ellington’s original arrangement from 1942, but transcribed from a 1959 recording featuring a faster tempo and an extended solo by Clark Terry on flugelhorn. The figures are simple and repetitious and ¬easy to memorize, so the students’ attention can be directed to the groove. Grade: Advanced/Difficult

Transcriptions from Original Recordings. 2 Alto Sax; 2 Tenor Sax; Baritone Sax; 5 Trumpet; 3 Trombone (3rd Trombone opt. Bass); Piano; Bass; Drums

Transcriptions from Original Recordings. 2 Alto Sax; 2 Tenor Sax; Baritone Sax; 4 Trumpet; 3 Trombone; Piano; Bass; Drums

Transcriptions from Original Recordings. 2 Alto Sax; Clarinet; Baritone Sax/Alto Sax; 3 Trumpet; 3 Trombone (Tbn 3 opt. Valve); Guitar; Piano; Bass Drums