Composer
Arranger
Torsten Maass
Category
Big Band
Level
Advanced
Style
Medium Shuffle
Ranges
Duration
8:45
Description
This medium tempo, driving 24-bar blues is actually one of Torsten's most successful compositions which has been performed and recorded by several big bands. The melody is presented by a 'band within the band': 4th trumpet, 1st tenor sax and 2nd trombone. (By the way, it was originally written for and first performed by Allan Botschinsky, Ernie Watts and Jiggs Whigham). These three players are featured with solos, the trumpet soloist changes to flugelhorn for a written out double time chorus - quoting some of Allan Botschinsky's jazz licks - leading over saxes. A very powerful and popular tune!
Instrumentation
Standard Big Band (5/4/4/4)
Additional Info
This is a reorchestration (trumpet section reduced to 4 players) of the original 5-trumpet-version (5/5/4/4) which is also available at iJazzMusic.com. Click here