Edition: Jazz Big Band Arrangement

Description: Advanced

Publisher: Such Sweet Thunder Music

George Gershwin’s 1924 Rhapsody in Blue was the most popular and influential piece of concert music of the Twentieth Century. David Berger's new arrangement transports this old chestnut into a modern spectacular tour de force piano feature that retains the form and beauty of the original but infusing blues, swing, grooves and improvisational interplay — in a word jazz. Every instrument in the band is challenged and integral. A most exciting concert closer or festival chart — at once familiar and fresh. Solos: Piano feature, short solos for clarinet, and tenor saxophone. High brass in a few spots (1st trumpet has a couple of isolated Ab6), tempo and groove changes

Full Score
2 Alto Saxophones
2 Tenor Saxophones (Tenor Sax 1 Doubles Clarinet)
Baritone Saxophone
4 Trumpets
3 Trombones
Piano
Bass
Drums

Trumpet 1: Ab6
Trumpet 2: F6
Trombone 1: E5
Trombone 2: C5