Bossa 'Round Here (VJCP525-FBB)
comp. & arr. by Russell Schmidt
$50.00 (USD)
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VJCP525-FBB – Flexible Instrumentation Jazz Ensemble Chart, which has been written to sound complete with as few as 11 pieces or as many as a full (18-piece) big band. The instrumentation is as follows:
Alto Sax I, Alto Sax II, Tenor Sax I, Tenor Sax II (opt.), Baritone Sax (opt.)
Trumpet I, Trumpet II, Trumpet III, Trumpet IV (opt.)
Trombone I, Trombone II, Trombone III (opt.), Bass Trombone (IV) (opt.)
Guitar (opt.), Piano, Bass, Drums, Vibraphone (opt.)
Description: An introspective, meditative Bossa Nova from composer Russell Schmidt, Bossa ‘Round Here was originally written for the Penfield Commission Project. The piece has received a significant update in this new edition for VJC Publications, now allowing it to function seamlessly as either a flexible instrumentation chart or a work for full jazz ensemble.
The arrangement features a gentle, lyrical melody for the trumpet section, which contrasts with a more active, assertive melody for saxophones (in soli form) during the bridge. Following some tuneful, contrapuntal lines from the trombone section—against the returning trumpet melody—there is an ensemble send-off into the solo section (with space for either Alto Sax I or Tenor Sax I to improvise).
After the solo section, another contrapuntal passage leads into an abbreviated Head Out, with the now-familiar melody returning to the trumpet section a final time as the arrangement draws to a peaceful, satisfying close.
This big band arrangement is of intermediate difficulty.
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Bossa 'Round Here
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