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Product ID: HL6 07010314
By Irving Berlin
published: 1926
Publisher:
Hal Leonard
Arranger:
Taylor
Series:
Jazz Ensemble Library
Genre:
Jazz - Samba
Line Up:
Jazz Ensemble
Set & Score
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About this item
Mark Taylor has created an effective new treatment of a great standard song. Alternating between a samba feel and swing, this chart also uses contrasting textures of small group playing and full ensemble. Includes solos for Tenor and/or Guitar and features a nice sax soli. Great choice for contest.
Instrumentation
Number of Parts Pages Per Part
FULL SCORE 1 12
ALTO SAX 1 1 1
ALTO SAX 2 1 1
TENOR SAX 1 1 2
TENOR SAX 2 1 1
BARITONE SAX 1 1
TRUMPET 1 1 1
TRUMPET 2 1 1
TRUMPET 3 1 1
TRUMPET 4 1 1
TROMBONE 1 1 2
TROMBONE 2 1 2
TROMBONE 3 1 2
TROMBONE 4 1 2
GUITAR 1 2
BASS 1 2
DRUMS 1 2
PIANO 1 3
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Composer
Irving Berlin (1888-1989)
Irving Berlin (May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989) was an American composer and lyricist of Jewish heritage, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history.
His first hit song, "Alexander's Ragtime Band", became world famous. The song sparked an international dance craze in places as far away as Berlin's native Russia, which also "flung itself into the ragtime beat with an abandon bordering on mania." Over the years he was known for writing music and lyrics in the American vernacular: uncomplicated, simple and direct, with his aim being to "reach the heart of the average American" whom he saw as the "real soul of the country."
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