Harlem Nocturne
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Product ID: HL6 07450533
By Earle Hagen
Publisher:
Hal Leonard
Arranger:
Holmes
Series:
Easy Jazz Combo
Genre:
Jazz - Medium Swing
Line Up:
Jazz Ensemble
Level: 2
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About this item
This sultry swing standard is a nice change of pace for jazz combo. The flexible scoring allows you to feature either trumpet or alto on this famous melody.
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Composer
Earle Hagen
Earle Harry Hagen (July 9, 1919 — May 26, 2008) was an American composer who created music for movies and television. He is remembered for co-writing and whistling "The Fishin' Hole", the melody of the main theme to The Andy Griffith Show, the instrumental classic "Harlem Nocturne" used as the theme to television's Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, and co-wrote the theme song to Tim Conway's Western comedy Rango.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, as a boy he moved with his family to Los Angeles, California, where he learned to play the trombone in junior high school, and graduated from Hollywood High School. He left home to join traveling big bands, at age 16, and played with Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman and Ray Noble. While with Noble he wrote "Harlem Nocturne", on the road in 1939, as a tribute to Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges.[The piece was recorded by several artists, including Earl Bostic, The Viscounts, Sam Taylor, Herbie Fields, Randy Brooks, and The Lounge Lizards, and was later used as the theme to television's Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer.
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