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Top Hat Blues - Alto Sax and Piano
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The Phat Pack: Piano Accompaniment
Piano (band part)
Jazz Ensemble - Digital Download SKU: AX.00-PC-0017120_K Piano Accompaniment…
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Jazz Ensemble - Digital Download SKU: AX.00-PC-0017120_K Piano Accompaniment. Composed by Gordon Goodwin. Jazz. Part. 6 pages. Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music #00-PC-0017120_K. Published by Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music (AX.00-PC-0017120_K). UPC: 038081299938.Slow and bluesy! The title chart as recorded on Gordon Goodwin's newest CD, The Phat Pack. Things to enjoy: it's kind of greasy, it's full of twists and turns, calls for brass plunger mutes and optional bass clarinet for bari sax, and the lead trumpet range goes up to written E with a few G's. There is solo space for all saxes, trumpet 4 and trombone 1. Show stopping! This title is available in SmartMusic.
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Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning (Tenor Saxophone and Piano)
Tenor Saxophone and Piano
Piano,Tenor Saxophone - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1271940 By Stephen DeCes…
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Piano,Tenor Saxophone - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1271940 By Stephen DeCesare. By Spiritual. Arranged by Stephen DeCesare. Advent,Blues,Christian,Sacred,Spiritual. Score and part. 10 pages. Exultet Music #864292. Published by Exultet Music (A0.1271940). Traditional gospel blues song that alludes to the Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins has been freshly arranged for a Tenor Saxophone solo with Piano accompaniment. Â Accessible and appropriate for any church or concert setting. Â Used especially during Advent or the topic of the Second Coming. Â An accompaniment track is also available.
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Tenor Saxophone and Piano
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Stephen DeCesare
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Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning
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Exultet Music
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Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning (Soprano Saxophone and Piano)
Soprano Saxophone and Piano
Piano,Soprano Saxophone - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1271939 By Stephen DeC…
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Piano,Soprano Saxophone - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1271939 By Stephen DeCesare. By Spiritual. Arranged by Stephen DeCesare. Advent,Blues,Christian,Sacred,Spiritual. Score and part. 10 pages. Exultet Music #864291. Published by Exultet Music (A0.1271939). Traditional gospel blues song that alludes to the Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins has been freshly arranged for a Soprano Saxophone solo with Piano accompaniment. Â Accessible and appropriate for any church or concert setting. Â Used especially during Advent or the topic of the Second Coming. Â An accompaniment track is also available.
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Soprano Saxophone and Piano
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Stephen DeCesare
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Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning
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Exultet Music
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Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning (Baritone Saxophone and Piano)
Baritone Saxophone, Piano
Baritone Saxophone,Piano - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1271937 By Stephen De…
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Baritone Saxophone,Piano - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1271937 By Stephen DeCesare. By Spiritual. Arranged by Stephen DeCesare. Advent,Blues,Christian,Sacred,Spiritual. Score and part. 10 pages. Exultet Music #864289. Published by Exultet Music (A0.1271937). Traditional gospel blues song that alludes to the Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins has been freshly arranged for a Baritone Saxophone solo with Piano accompaniment. Â Accessible and appropriate for any church or concert setting. Â Used especially during Advent or the topic of the Second Coming. Â An accompaniment track is also available.
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Baritone Saxophone, Piano
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Stephen DeCesare
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Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning
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Exultet Music
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Top Hat Blues - Tenor Sax and Piano
Jazz combo
Jazz Combo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.836610 Composed by Charles E. Davis…
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Jazz Combo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.836610 Composed by Charles E. Davis. Blues,Instructional,Jazz,Standards. Score and parts. 9 pages. Charles E. & Maria A. Davis #3050025. Published by Charles E. & Maria A. Davis (A0.836610). This lively jazz/blues piece is written for Tenor Sax and Piano, but may also be performed by a jazz combo/ensemble as well. This piece makes a great recital piece, or may be played for other occasions as well. Package includes Tenor Sax and Piano parts.
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Charles E
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Top Hat Blues - Tenor Sax and Piano
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Charles E. & Maria A. Davis
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Top Hat Blues - Soprano Sax and Piano
Jazz combo
Jazz Combo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.836606 Composed by Charles E. Davis…
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Jazz Combo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.836606 Composed by Charles E. Davis. Blues,Instructional,Jazz,Standards. Score and parts. 9 pages. Charles E. & Maria A. Davis #3049265. Published by Charles E. & Maria A. Davis (A0.836606). This lively jazz/blues piece is written for Soprano Sax and Piano, but may also be performed by a jazz combo/ensemble as well. This piece makes a great recital piece, or may be played for other occasions as well. Package includes Soprano Sax and Piano parts.
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Charles E
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Top Hat Blues - Soprano Sax and Piano
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Charles E. & Maria A. Davis
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Blues Mode: Piano Accompaniment
Piano (band part)
Jazz Ensemble - Digital Download SKU: AX.00-PC-0017169_K Piano Accompaniment…
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Jazz Ensemble - Digital Download SKU: AX.00-PC-0017169_K Piano Accompaniment. Composed by Rich Sigler. Blues; Jazz; Swing. Part. 4 pages. Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music #00-PC-0017169_K. Published by Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music (AX.00-PC-0017169_K). UPC: 038081388762.This medium swing chart from a very creative writer approaches the blues with a 24-bar blues form that really makes it easy to hear and feel the blues chord progression. Features include written solos for tenor sax and trombone, backgrounds behind the soloists, a clever interlude section, and the lead trumpet part range to written F top line. A traditional yet hip-sounding swing chart! This title is available in SmartMusic.
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Piano (band part)
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Rich Sigler
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Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music
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The Tulip Ch'Boogie for Soprano and Saxophone and Clarinet Duet
Saxophone, Clarinet (duet)
Instrumental Duet Clarinet,Instrumental Duet,Soprano Saxophone - Level 3 - Digital Downloa…
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Instrumental Duet Clarinet,Instrumental Duet,Soprano Saxophone - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.591354 Composed by David McKeown. Blues,Easter,Pop,R & B,Rock. Score and parts. 3 pages. David McKeown #6292199. Published by David McKeown (A0.591354). The Tulip Ch’Boogie is a fun and original duet written by David McKeown for one Soprano Saxophone and Clarinet. The Tulip Ch’Boogie is one in a series of ten Easter-themed duets each written in a different American dance style. Boogie originally referred to the piano style found in Southern State bars where the driving swung bass-line, often double in octaves, cut through the noise. These bass-line patterns were adapted by Big Bands in the ‘30s, and later by Jump bands like that of Louis Jordan. Later still Boogie was quickly incorporated into Rockabilly and Rock’n’Roll. The Tulip Ch’Boogie is suitable for players at an intermediate level and above, with the accessible key and range balanced by the fast tempo and syncopated rhythms and accidentals. With a playing-time of around one and a half minutes, The Tulip Ch’Boogie is a perfect upbeat addition to any performance program, formal or informal. Click the link above to listen to a full performance of the clarinet version of this duet on YouTube. There are many more top quality arrangements and compositions by David McKeown for you to browse at http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/david-mckeown/6203
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Saxophone, Clarinet (duet)
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David McKeown
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The Tulip Ch'Boogie for Soprano and Saxophone and Clarinet Duet
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David McKeown
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Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning (Duet for Soprano and Tenor Saxophone)
2 Saxophones (duet)
Soprano Saxophone,Tenor Saxophone - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1271141 By S…
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Soprano Saxophone,Tenor Saxophone - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1271141 By Stephen DeCesare. By Spiritual. Arranged by Stephen DeCesare. Advent,Blues,Christian,Sacred,Spiritual. Saxophone Duet. 14 pages. Exultet Music #863534. Published by Exultet Music (A0.1271141). Traditional gospel blues song that alludes to the Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins has been freshly arranged as a duet for a Soprano and Tenor Saxophone with Piano accompaniment. Â Accessible and appropriate for any church or concert setting. Â Used especially during Advent or the topic of the Second Coming. Â An accompaniment track is also available.
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Stephen DeCesare
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Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning
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Exultet Music
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SheetMusicPlus
The Tulip Ch'Boogie for Tenor and Saxophone Duet
2 Saxophones (duet)
Tenor Saxophone Duet Tenor Saxophone - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.591359 Co…
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Tenor Saxophone Duet Tenor Saxophone - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.591359 Composed by David McKeown. Blues,Easter,Pop,R & B,Rock. Score. 3 pages. David McKeown #6292213. Published by David McKeown (A0.591359). The Tulip Ch’Boogie is a fun and original duet written by David McKeown for two Tenor Saxophones. The Tulip Ch’Boogie is one in a series of ten Easter-themed duets each written in a different American dance style. Boogie originally referred to the piano style found in Southern State bars where the driving swung bass-line, often double in octaves, cut through the noise. These bass-line patterns were adapted by Big Bands in the ‘30s, and later by Jump bands like that of Louis Jordan. Later still Boogie was quickly incorporated into Rockabilly and Rock’n’Roll. The Tulip Ch’Boogie is suitable for players at an intermediate level and above, with the accessible key and range balanced by the fast tempo and syncopated rhythms and accidentals. With a playing-time of around one and a half minutes, The Tulip Ch’Boogie is a perfect upbeat addition to any performance program, formal or informal. Click the link above to listen to a full performance of the clarinet version of this duet on YouTube. There are many more top quality arrangements and compositions by David McKeown for you to browse at http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/david-mckeown/6203
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2 Saxophones (duet)
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David McKeown
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The Tulip Ch'Boogie for Tenor and Saxophone Duet
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David McKeown
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SheetMusicPlus
The Tulip Ch'Boogie for Soprano Saxophone Duet
2 Saxophones (duet)
Soprano Saxophone Duet Soprano Saxophone - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.591369
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Soprano Saxophone Duet Soprano Saxophone - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.591369 Composed by David McKeown. Blues,Easter,Pop,R & B,Rock. Score. 3 pages. David McKeown #6292241. Published by David McKeown (A0.591369). The Tulip Ch’Boogie is a fun and original duet written by David McKeown for two Soprano Saxophones. The Tulip Ch’Boogie is one in a series of ten Easter-themed duets each written in a different American dance style. Boogie originally referred to the piano style found in Southern State bars where the driving swung bass-line, often double in octaves, cut through the noise. These bass-line patterns were adapted by Big Bands in the ‘30s, and later by Jump bands like that of Louis Jordan. Later still Boogie was quickly incorporated into Rockabilly and Rock’n’Roll. The Tulip Ch’Boogie is suitable for players at an intermediate level and above, with the accessible key and range balanced by the fast tempo and syncopated rhythms and accidentals. With a playing-time of around one and a half minutes, The Tulip Ch’Boogie is a perfect upbeat addition to any performance program, formal or informal. Click the link above to listen to a full performance of the clarinet version of this duet on YouTube. There are many more top quality arrangements and compositions by David McKeown for you to browse at http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/david-mckeown/6203
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2 Saxophones (duet)
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David McKeown
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The Tulip Ch'Boogie for Soprano Saxophone Duet
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David McKeown
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The Tulip Ch'Boogie for Clarinet and Tenor Saxophone Duet
Saxophone, Clarinet (duet)
Instrumental Duet Clarinet,Instrumental Duet,Tenor Saxophone - Level 3 - Digital Download …
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Instrumental Duet Clarinet,Instrumental Duet,Tenor Saxophone - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.591333 Composed by David McKeown. Blues,Easter,Hip-Hop,Pop,R & B,Rock. Score and parts. 3 pages. David McKeown #6292149. Published by David McKeown (A0.591333). The Tulip Ch’Boogie is a fun and original duet written by David McKeown for one Clarinet and one Tenor Saxophone. The Tulip Ch’Boogie is one in a series of ten Easter-themed duets each written in a different American dance style. Boogie originally referred to the piano style found in Southern State bars where the driving swung bass-line, often double in octaves, cut through the noise. These bass-line patterns were adapted by Big Bands in the ‘30s, and later by Jump bands like that of Louis Jordan. Later still Boogie was quickly incorporated into Rockabilly and Rock’n’Roll. The Tulip Ch’Boogie is suitable for players at an intermediate level and above, with the accessible key and range balanced by the fast tempo and syncopated rhythms and accidentals. With a playing-time of around one and a half minutes, The Tulip Ch’Boogie is a perfect upbeat addition to any performance program, formal or informal. Click the link above to listen to a full performance of the clarinet version of this duet on YouTube. There are many more top quality arrangements and compositions by David McKeown for you to browse at http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/david-mckeown/6203
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Saxophone, Clarinet (duet)
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David McKeown
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The Tulip Ch'Boogie for Clarinet and Tenor Saxophone Duet
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David McKeown
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The Tulip Ch'Boogie for Trumpet and Tenor Saxophone Duet
Trumpet, Saxophone (duet)
Instrumental Duet Instrumental Duet,Tenor Saxophone,Trumpet - Level 3 - Digital Download
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Instrumental Duet Instrumental Duet,Tenor Saxophone,Trumpet - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.591360 Composed by David McKeown. Blues,Easter,Pop,R & B,Rock. Score and parts. 3 pages. David McKeown #6292215. Published by David McKeown (A0.591360). The Tulip Ch’Boogie is a fun and original duet written by David McKeown for one Trumpet and one Tenor Saxophone. The Tulip Ch’Boogie is one in a series of ten Easter-themed duets each written in a different American dance style. Boogie originally referred to the piano style found in Southern State bars where the driving swung bass-line, often double in octaves, cut through the noise. These bass-line patterns were adapted by Big Bands in the ‘30s, and later by Jump bands like that of Louis Jordan. Later still Boogie was quickly incorporated into Rockabilly and Rock’n’Roll. The Tulip Ch’Boogie is suitable for players at an intermediate level and above, with the accessible key and range balanced by the fast tempo and syncopated rhythms and accidentals. With a playing-time of around one and a half minutes, The Tulip Ch’Boogie is a perfect upbeat addition to any performance program, formal or informal. Click the link above to listen to a full performance of the clarinet version of this duet on YouTube. There are many more top quality arrangements and compositions by David McKeown for you to browse at http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/david-mckeown/6203
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Trumpet, Saxophone (duet)
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David McKeown
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The Tulip Ch'Boogie for Trumpet and Tenor Saxophone Duet
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David McKeown
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What A Wonderful World - Score Only
Jazz Ensemble
Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1111083 By Louis A…
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Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1111083 By Louis Armstrong. By Bob Thiele and George David Weiss. Arranged by Thomas Graf. Blues,Film/TV,Jazz. Score and parts. 8 pages. Thomas Graf - the-hit-factory.com #713359. Published by Thomas Graf - the-hit-factory.com (A0.1111083). What a Wonderful World was first recorded by Louis Armstrong and released in 1967 as a single, which topped the pop charts in the United Kingdom. Her it comes as a trumpet feature with or without vocals. The arrangement give the right orchestral background for this world famous melody and will be a highlight of your upcoming concerts. About this arrangement: Instrumentation: Full Score 5 Saxes (opt. Flute Clar. 1/2) 3+1 Trumpets (Trumpet. solo) 4 Trombones (incl. Bass Trombone) Guitar Piano Bass Drums Vocals (opt.) Any individual arrangement and substitute parts are available on request. Call +49 (0) 172 2515987 E-Mail: info@the-hit-factory.com. www.the-hit-factory.com facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hitfactorymusic.
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Jazz Ensemble
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Louis Armstrong
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What A Wonderful World - Score Only
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Thomas Graf - the-hit-factory.com
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Watermelon Man for Clarinet Quintet & Opt. Drumset
Clarinet Quintet: 5 clarinets
By Herbie Hancock. Arranged by Keith Terrett. Score, Set of Parts. 22 pages. Published…
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By Herbie Hancock. Arranged by Keith Terrett. Score, Set of Parts. 22 pages. Published by Music for all Occasions
Arranged for Clarinet Quintet & optional drumset, "Watermelon Man" is a jazz standard written by Herbie Hancock, first released on his debut album, Takin' Off (1962), in a grooving hard bop version that featured improvisations by Freddie Hubbard and Dexter Gordon.<br> <br> A single of the tune reached the Top 100 of the pop charts. Cuban percussionist Mongo Santamaría released the tune as a latin pop single the next year on Battle Records, where it became a surprise hit, reaching #10 on the pop charts. Santamaría's recording was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998. Hancock radically re-worked the tune, combining elements of funk, for the album Head Hunters (1973).<br> <br> Hancock's first version was released as a grooving hard bop record, and featured improvisations by Freddie Hubbard and Dexter Gordon. A single reached the Top 100 of the pop chart. Cuban percussionist Mongo Santamaría released the tune as a Latin pop single and it became a surprise hit, reaching No. 10 on the pop chart.[2] Santamaría's recording was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998. Hancock radically re-worked the tune, combining elements of funk, for the album Head Hunters (1973).<br> <br> Hancock wrote the piece to help sell his debut album as a leader, Takin' Off (1962), on Blue Note Records; it was the first piece of music he had ever composed with a commercial goal in mind. The popularity of the piece, due primarily to Mongo Santamaría, paid Hancock's bills for five or six years. Hancock did not feel the composition was a sellout however, describing that structurally, it was one of his strongest pieces due to its almost mathematical balance.<br> <br> The form is a sixteen bar blues. Recalling the piece, Hancock said, "I remember the cry of the watermelon man making the rounds through the back streets and alleys of Chicago. The wheels of his wagon beat out the rhythm on the cobblestones." The tune, based on a bluesy piano riff, drew on elements of R&B, soul jazz and bebop, all combined into a pop hook. Hancock joined bassist Butch Warren and drummer Billy Higgins in the rhythm section, with Freddie Hubbard on trumpet and Dexter Gordon on tenor saxophone. Hancock's chordal work draws from the gospel tradition, while he builds his solo on repeated riffs and trilled figures.<br> <br> Hancock filled in for pianist Chick Corea in Mongo Santamaría's band one weekend at a nightclub in The Bronx when Corea gave notice that he was leaving. Hancock played the tune for Santamaría at friend Donald Byrd's urging. Santamaría started accompanying him on his congas, then his band joined in, and the small audience slowly got up from their tables and started dancing, laughing and having a great time. Santamaría later asked Hancock if he could record the tune. On December 17, 1962, Mongo Santamaría recorded a three-minute version, suitable for radio, where he joined timbalero Francisco "Kako" Baster in a cha-cha beat, while drummer Ray Lucas performed a backbeat. Santamaría included the track on his album Watermelon Man (1962). Santamaría's recording is sometimes considered the beginning of Latin boogaloo, a fusion of Afro-Cuban rhythms with those of R&B<br> <br> Hancock re-recorded the tune for Head Hunters (1973), combining synthesizers with a Sly Stone and James Brown funk influence, adding an eight-bar section. Hancock described his composition "Chameleon", also from Head Hunters, to Down Beat magazine in 1979: "In the popular forms of funk, which I've been trying to get into, the attention is on the rhythmic interplay between different instruments. The part the Clavinet plays has to fit with the part the drums play and the line the bass plays and the line that the guitar plays. It's almost like African drummers where seven drummers play different parts"; "Watermelon Man" shares a similar construction. A live version was released on the double LP Flood (1975), recorded in Japan.<br> <br> On the intro and outro of the tune, percussionist Bill Summers blows into beer bottles imitating hindewhu, a style of singing/whistle-playing found in Pygmy music of Central Africa. Hancock and Summers were struck by the sound, which they heard on the ethnomusicology LP, The Music of the Ba-Benzélé Pygmies (1966), by Simha Arom and Geneviève Taurelle.<br> <br> This version was often featured on The Weather Channel's Local on the 8s segments.<br> <br> The tune is a jazz standard and has been recorded over two hundred times. Hancock's recording has been sampled in "1-900-LL-Cool-J" from Walking with a Panther (1989) by LL Cool J, "Open Your Eyes" from Organized Konfusion (1991) by Organized Konfusion, "Smoke Some Kill" from Smoke Some Kill (1988) by Schoolly D, and "Pocket Full of Furl" from Uptown 4 Life (1996) by U.N.L.V. In 2003, pianist David Benoit covered the song from his album Right Here, Right Now.<br> <br> A live and funky performance at the 1999 Montreux Jazz Festival Casino Lights '99 featured Fourplay, George Duke, Boney James and Kirk Whalum trading choruses, and Rick Braun.
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Clarinet Quintet: 5 clarinets
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Herbie Hancock
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Watermelon Man for Clarinet Quintet & Opt. Drumset
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