Jazz Band Charts
Posted: 2006-02-11 09:50pm
Currently in Jazz Band we're working on three charts:
Limehouse Blues-An upbeat jazz chart. This song is exciting. Brass plays melody, then saxes come in with a few lines. The rhythm section is just riding along nicely on the beat, with some guitar and bass licks thrown in. Drum fills are simple and exciting. For saxes, this song plays like being high on music . Almost constant playing, both background and melody, very little resting. Really a fun chart.
Poultry In Motion-This is my favorite chart. It's a midbeat funk chart, taken at about 128 beats/min. Starts off with a full ensemble gliss to four marcato eigth notes and a quarter note. Then goes into a section with brass hits, which reapeats, this time adding the melody. The melody is a series of sixteenth note runs by the saxophones. Then there's a 1st trumpet-1st tenor sax duet with assorted brass runs, and then back to the original melody, followed by a solo section and then the coda, which reintroduces the melody and has a drum solo. I absolutley love this chart, lots of fun, and it's a bit of a challenge for us saxes.
God 'Bless The Child-Our ballad. This is a slow-moving jazz ballad, mostly a trombone feature. It opens with a big phat brass chorale, and, with an introduction by the bari sax, moves into the 1st trombone melody/solo. It has a big shout chorus towards the end which is a lot of fun for everyone, and sounds really good. It's not an insanely difficult chart, but it's a pretty, pretty piece and it's fun for all.
So, the purpose of this discussion is threefold:
1)Discuss your Jazz Band experiences, pieces you played, etc.
2)Discuss the charts mentioned above
3)I'd like to hear suggestions for what you like that we could play next year. The director is open to suggestions.
Have fun!
Limehouse Blues-An upbeat jazz chart. This song is exciting. Brass plays melody, then saxes come in with a few lines. The rhythm section is just riding along nicely on the beat, with some guitar and bass licks thrown in. Drum fills are simple and exciting. For saxes, this song plays like being high on music . Almost constant playing, both background and melody, very little resting. Really a fun chart.
Poultry In Motion-This is my favorite chart. It's a midbeat funk chart, taken at about 128 beats/min. Starts off with a full ensemble gliss to four marcato eigth notes and a quarter note. Then goes into a section with brass hits, which reapeats, this time adding the melody. The melody is a series of sixteenth note runs by the saxophones. Then there's a 1st trumpet-1st tenor sax duet with assorted brass runs, and then back to the original melody, followed by a solo section and then the coda, which reintroduces the melody and has a drum solo. I absolutley love this chart, lots of fun, and it's a bit of a challenge for us saxes.
God 'Bless The Child-Our ballad. This is a slow-moving jazz ballad, mostly a trombone feature. It opens with a big phat brass chorale, and, with an introduction by the bari sax, moves into the 1st trombone melody/solo. It has a big shout chorus towards the end which is a lot of fun for everyone, and sounds really good. It's not an insanely difficult chart, but it's a pretty, pretty piece and it's fun for all.
So, the purpose of this discussion is threefold:
1)Discuss your Jazz Band experiences, pieces you played, etc.
2)Discuss the charts mentioned above
3)I'd like to hear suggestions for what you like that we could play next year. The director is open to suggestions.
Have fun!