Jazz ensemble - Grade 2
SKU:
CL.032-4126-01
Composed by P. Clark.
Jazz Ensemble. Audio
recording available
separately (item
CL.991-2012-00). Extra
full score. Composed
2012. Duration 2 minutes,
57 seconds. C.L.
Barnhouse #032-4126-01.
Published by C.L.
Barnhouse
(CL.032-4126-01).
Introduce your
band and audiences to a
little 2-beat and some
jazz history with this
easy to prepare
arrangement of this great
jazz standard. Originally
a ragtime piano piece,
That's-A-Plenty is most
commonly associated with
Dixieland music. This
arrangement now makes it
available to jazz bands
at the medium-easy level.
There's lots of fun for
all the sections,
including some smeared
notes for the bones and
some short solis for the
saxes. The drummer gets
some tom-tom work a la
Gene Krupa, and while
there are no improvised
solos, one (or all) of
the trumpets gets to do a
written out call and
response solo back and
forth with the rest of
the band. This one is a
guaranteed crowd
pleaser!