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Hop Off

Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1130066 By Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra. By Clarence Williams. Arranged by Peter StÃ¶ve. 20th Century,Jazz. Score and parts. 84 pages. Peter Stove #730446. Published by Peter Stove (A0.1130066). Peter StÃ¶ve â€˜What If Benny Goodmanâ€¦â€™ series, Vol. 3! (A take-off on events that could have happened with the Benny Goodman Orchestraâ€™s book of arrangements if things in jazz history had taken another turn). As jazz history books like Gunther Schullerâ€™s tell us, Benny Goodmanâ€™s rendition of Jelly Roll Mortonâ€™s â€˜King Porter Stompâ€™ in the arrangement of Fletcher Henderson â€˜ushered in the Swing Eraâ€™. That this tune already had a long and venerable career was obvious to every jazz lover: starting with Mortonâ€™s own recording from 1923, it was revived on a regular basis by Fletcher Henderson for his orchestras of the â€˜twenties and â€˜thirties. He then adapted the tune for the Benny Goodman Orchestra, which made it a hit in 1935. And from that moment on, the tune stayed popular: in 1975 it was recorded by the Gil Evans Orchestra for the album â€˜There Comes A Timeâ€™. But during the â€˜twenties, Henderson picked up more â€˜jazz and stompâ€™-tunes (as opposed to the Tin Pan Alley/Broadway fare) and had them arranged for his orchestra. One such example is a tune credited to pianist/bandleader/businessman Clarence Williams (although other sources state that it was actually written by Joseph Joe Jordan, one of the early ragtime â€˜professorsâ€™). That is the composition â€˜Hop Offâ€™, a very swinging, hard-driving multi-strain tune. Henderson recorded it in 1927. However, unlike â€˜King Porter Stompâ€™, Henderson never chose to â€˜adaptâ€™ this tune for his â€˜thirties swing-style orchestra, and so it never became a part of the Goodman Orchestraâ€™s band book. What if Henderson had done so, and in 1935 had handed over the tune to Goodman as an addition for his â€˜Letâ€™s Danceâ€™-library? â€˜Hop Offâ€™ is presented here as a piece that could have been a cornerstone of the Goodman band library. Based on the 1927 Henderson arrangement, it juxtaposes the two main strains of the original composition for maximum variety. Plenty of breaks, stoptime-sections and other â€˜hotâ€™ stuff. Scored for the line-up of the Benny Goodman Orchestra of 1935: solo clt/2 as/2 ts/3 tpt/2 trb/rhy. Tpt 1 to Eb3. Soloâ€™s for clarinet, tenor sax 1, tpt 2, trb 1 and a brief four-bar spot for the drummer at the end. If your band is able to play â€˜King Porter Stompâ€™, this tune should cause no problems. The only exception is the presence of a solo clt part. The clarinet soloist must be a first-class â€˜BG-wannabeâ€™: fluent soloist, comfortable in the upper register. Must be able to be heard over a shouting ensemble chorus. If your band has such a player: have fun!

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