Kansas City or Kansas City (Here I Come) By Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller Arranged for Brass Quintet. This is an easier advanced arrangement of the classic Blues song first recorded by Little Willie Littlefield and popularized by Wilbert Harrison. To view and listen to this piece in its entirety as well hundreds of other arrangement and transcriptions by Kenneth Abeling at the lowest prices available please visit: https://lincolnmusicpublications.com/

This song was performed by the Beatles on Our World, the first live global television link; the BBC had commissioned the Beatles to write a song for the United Kingdom's contribution. Recorded in 1967, it had Lennon playing harpsichord, Paul McCartney on double bass, George Harrison on violin (an instrument he had never previously played), and Ringo Starr on drums, plus vocals, piano (played by their producer, George Martin), banjo (by Lennon), guitar and orchestral parts.The song has dramatic time changes and some unusual use of harmony. I have presented it here to work well as a small group arrangement.

George Harrison's song, like so many of the Beatles songs, has a powerful expressiveness, and I've tried to capture that expressiveness in this version for brass quintet. Since there is a 30-second limit on the MP3's posted for these titles, I've started the MP3 clip for this arrangement at bar 16, as it starts to build. The arrangement is suitable for intermediate players and above. All the players have independent syncopation. Duration: 3 minutes, 36 seconds. .