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Author: emmett1235
Date: 2016-02-03 08:49
Hello again! I just recently became part of a small college combo. Currently we have 1 flute, myself on Bb or B. Cl, vibes, and an upright bass or piano (bass player is also pianist depending on need). Also, the flutist and I are singing. She is a mid-alto, low soprano, I am a baritone. Our instructor has asked us about pieces, I cannot think of any good pieces for out instrumentation.
I have thought about singing Paper Doll by Johnny Black, as sang by the Mills Brothers. Only, I cannot find any sheet music with the bridge. If anyone knows where to find that, I would love to know!
Thank you!
Northern and Southern Indiana
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Author: Matt74
Date: 2016-02-03 23:35
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Try stuff from Benny Goodman with Lionel Hampton (Benny Goodman Quartet), or the Modern Jazz Quartet. I have this book, which includes partial arrangements that you could definitely use and adapt:
http://www.amazon.com/Benny-Goodman-Composer-Artist/dp/0793526256/ref=pd_sim_14_4?ie=UTF8&dpID=51wdzmmhnwL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR118%2C160_&refRID=08VC54KGT9SM7KYBGNAC
You can find standards complete with intros, bridges, and words published in books at the library. Look up "sandards", "broadway", "1930s", "musicals", "Rogers and Hart", "Gershwin", "Cole Porter". They will all be in the same place. "Paper Doll" should be in one.
If you can find it, you could also do "Birth of the Cool" stuff, or Clifford Brown arrangements (like Parisian Thoroughfare, or Joy Spring). Joy Spring is in the old illegal "Real Book".
- Matthew Simington
Post Edited (2016-02-03 23:51)
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Author: emmett1235
Date: 2016-02-04 05:59
brycon, I have The Real Book V1. I can't afford V2 right now though and I only just got into jazz. I don't know what tunes sound good in a combo of clarinet and flute and vibes.
Northern and Southern Indiana
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Author: brycon
Date: 2016-02-04 08:02
Every standard sounds good in any instrumentation (provided the players are good). If you want to play tunes, just start with the most common and/or easier ones. A blues is always a good place to start.
Just my personal opinion: if you actually want to learn jazz, playing someone else's exact arrangements and solos in a combo is a waste of time; at that point, you're playing chamber music, not jazz.
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Author: Matt74
Date: 2016-02-05 01:50
I don't think there's anything at all wrong with playing someone's arrangement. Jazz is chamber music! I wouldn't perform a solo transcription, but copying is how you learn. Who would refuse to play "Mood Indigo" like it is on the record?It always ends up sounding different anyhow. Everyone plays the heads right out of the Real Book, for obvious reasons, but that's boring!
- Matthew Simington
Post Edited (2016-02-05 02:18)
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