Jazz Ensemble standard
jazz ensemble - Grade 5
SKU: KN.64006
Composed by Thad Jones.
Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
Signature Edition.
Straight-Ahead Blues.
Duration 4:40. Kendor
Music Inc #64006.
Published by Kendor Music
Inc (KN.64006).
UPC:
822795640069.
This
advanced level edition is
taken directly from the
original ink parts that
were on the stands at the
Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Jazz
Orchestra (now the
Vanguard Jazz Orchestra)
debut performance in
February 1966 and
continues to be played by
the group Monday nights
at the Village Vanguard
in New York City.
Originally commissioned
by Count Basie for an
entire album of Thad
Jones' music, however
Basie never made the
record, instead
suggesting that Thad
start his own band. This
extended 16-bar blues
still maintain that
swinging Basie mindset in
a straight-ahead blues
style. Its basic
foundations are a relaxed
but powerful rhythm
section with a driving
ride cymbal beat and
crisp hi-hat,
underpinning saxes and
brass that are tight, and
always on the back of the
beat. Duration 4:40.
