Edition: Jazz Big Band Arrangement

Description: Swing - Advanced

Publisher: Kendor Music

Series: Vanguard Jazz Orchestra Signature Edition

Instrumentation: Standard jazz ensemble

Grade: Advanced

Duration: 6:00

Description: The 7th offering in the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra Signature Editions is Cherry Juice. Recorded by the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra on the album New Life, this fast swing original opens with a full-band statement and a short piano solo before the trumpet soloist steps into the spotlight. Then tenor carries a solo chorus, followed by a powerful ensemble shout, an incredible sax soli, a 16-bar piano solo, a short band recap of the main theme, and closing coda. Written for SSTTB saxophones.