A hard swinging riff based tune that features the trumpet section with plungers. Trombones use plungers later in the chart as well. "Blues with a bridge" solos for trumpet, tenor sax, and the drummer grabs 8 bars before an acapella shout section leads into a…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Paul Baker
Publisher:
Baker's Jazz And More
Orange Drink with an ATTITUDE! This funky chart starts with a piano riff to set up the rhythm groove before the trumpet and altos hit with the melody. Trombones and low saxes support with counterpoint. After the trombones take us through the bridge the saxes…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Paul Baker
Publisher:
Baker's Jazz And More
This ballad features the lead trumpet and harkens back to the big band era sounds of Glenn Miller and Harry James, along the lines of Miller's "Serenade in Blue". In addition to written melodic solos for lead trumpet, there's an improvised solo for tenor sax…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Paul Baker
Publisher:
Baker's Jazz And More
Bu-yah is an affirmation of the great Art Blakey and his Jazz Messengers. Known as "Bu", Blakey trained many of the great jazz artists over the decades. This chart features Blakey's famous front line of trumpet, tenor, and trombone and a swinging minor blues…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Paul Baker
Publisher:
Baker's Jazz And More
You can finally experience the magic of Bizet's masterpiece Carmen with a marimba quartet in this wonderful collection arranged by Ritsuko Nasu!Program NotesCarmen, composed by Georges Bizet, is an opera that has been loved by people all over the world. For…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Ritsuko Nasu, Bizet
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
This delightful collection of 6 classical arrangements for marimba trio by Ritsuko Nasu is perfect for a wide range of settings - from recitals to weddings to church services to business functions. Several of the trios are playable on just one or two marimbas…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Ritsuko Nasu
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
This challenging collection of arrangements for marimba trio is full of classics to be enjoyed by a wide range of audiences in a variety of performance venues - from Bach to Offenbach to Fauré to de Falla!Program NotesJesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - J.S. Bach (…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Ritsuko Nasu
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
A medium slow 12 bar blues in the Basie tradition - accessible figures that swing hard. At 120bpm the band can focus on the swing style and really making the shout chorus SHOUT. The chart opens with 2 choruses of piano solo before the saxes come in to state…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Paul Baker
Publisher:
Baker's Jazz And More
Subtitled "Swing Can Really Hang You Up the Most", this chart is a tour de force perfect for any contest program. Featuring slow swing, medium swing, and a combination of both where the horns maintain the swing feel wihle the rhythm section goes to a half-…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Paul Baker
Publisher:
Baker's Jazz And More
Shadows • Night Song • Break
Dusk is a three-movement work for solo marimba depicting that darkening time of the day. The first movement, Shadows, is meant to be very expressive and ethereal, making use of all the timbres available on the marimba. The second…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Thomas Woodring
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications