Jazz Lines Publications Frank Foster/Count Basie Ten Arrangement Set - Jazz Ensemble - Set of 10

Artist: Count Basie
Composer: Frank Foster
Edition: 10 Jazz Big Band Arrangements
Publisher: Jazz Lines Publications, Walrus Music Publishing, Univ. of N. Colorado Jazz Press, and Lush Life Music
Style: Swing/Blues
Levels: Various

Ten of Frank's best and most popular charts that were written for Count Basie are now available in a specially-priced set!

Contents:

• Blues in Hoss' Flat
  • A medium shuffle blues in D-flat scored for the Basie Orchestra in 1957. This chart was featured in the Jerry Lewis film The Errand Boy. The chart features solos for tenor (not heard on the original Roulette Records recording), trumpet, and trombone. Recorded by Count Basie Orchestra on Chairman of the Board. For many years facsimile copies of Frank Foster's score and parts were reproduced and published by Walrus Music Publishing. This edition has been carefully prepared and engraved from these parts. Several note errors that were found in the original set of parts have been corrected as well. Articulations and dynamics that reflect the Count Basie Band interpretation have been included so that this arrangement may be faithfully reproduced. This would make a great festival piece or concert opener/closer! - Swing - Medium Difficult
• Deedle's Blues
  • Up-tempo blues written by producer Morgan Ames, for artist. Basie band leader, Frank Foster, won a Grammy for his arrangement. Written for 5 saxes, 4 trombones, 4 trumpets, guitar, piano, bass and drums. Key of Eb. - Blues - Medium Difficult
• Discommotion
  • Discommotion is a medium up-tempo (quarter note=176) blues in B-flat that really shouts for 4 minutes and 55 seconds. Reminiscent of big band jazz from the 1960s, it might be called a sort of "Off-Basie" chart. Solos are for piano, tenor sax and trombone. The 2nd trumpet takes over the lead for one short chorus while 1st trumpet does some screaming. Highest note is C7. This song was recorded by Count Basie and his Orchestra on Roulette Records in 1960. The current Basie Orchestra performs it live in concert presently, highlighting a two-chorus trumpet soli that creates a bit of excitement just prior to the tenor sax solo. - Swing - Medium Difficult
• Down for the Count
  • Medium blues. Solos for piano, trumpet with harmon, and trombone. As recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra. - Swing - Medium Difficult
• Easin' It
  • Another D-flat blues, but this one's more laid back (as the title might imply). In the pocket tempo, the chart starts the same as the one recorded on Roulette Records, Easin' It from the pen of Frank Foster, but includes additional ensemble choruses not heard on the original recording. Solos for tenor, trombone, and trumpet. Not a difficult chart. For many years facsimile copies of Frank Foster's score and parts were reproduced and published by Walrus Music Publishing. This edition has been carefully prepared and engraved from these parts. Several note errors that were found in the original set of parts have been corrected as well. Articulations and dynamics that reflect the Count Basie Band interpretation have been included so that this arrangement may be faithfully reproduced. - Swing - Medium
• Four-Five-Six
  • From the Count Basie book of the '60s, this straight ahead blues swings with a sax section soli after the head. Features trumpet and tenor solos and two out-choruses of typical Basie ensemble finishing up. Includes guest tenor solo, but is optional. Recorded by Manhattan School of Music. For many years facsimile copies of Frank Foster's score and parts were reproduced and published by Walrus Music Publishing. This edition has been carefully prepared and engraved from these parts. Several note errors that were found in the original set of parts have been corrected as well. Articulations and dynamics that reflect the Count Basie Band interpretation have been included so that this arrangement may be faithfully reproduced. This would make a great festival piece or concert opener/closer! - Swing - Medium Difficult
• In a Mellow Tone
  • In a Mellow Tone was written by Duke Ellington and was a hit for his and Count Basie's band. The Basie chart was scored by Frank Foster, and our version is closely modelled on this. It has the same length and structure as the Basie chart, but we have modified the sax soli to make it playable by us mortals, though the lead Trumpet still needs to hit high F. This chart is a Basie classic, and all five and a half minutes swing in the groove. We have written out a suitable opening piano solo and another behind the later brass chorus, but your pianist can improvise if preferred. There is also an ad-lib Trombone solo written on the 1st trombone part. The 4th trombone is bass. No sax doubles in this chart, and the live mp3 is courtesty of the Strayhorns big band. - Swing - Difficult
• Shiny Stockings
  • The original Frank Foster classic from the Count Basie book has been engraved and is now available in an all-new edition! Medium swing featuring a trumpet solo. Recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra. The 4th trombone part was added by Frank Foster and is considered optional. - Swing - Medium Difficult
• Who, Me?
  • This arrangement is part of Frank Foster's Vintage Basie Series, compositions performed and/or recorded by Count Basie and his world famous New Testament orchestra between 1953 and 1960. It's another straight ahead blues, for which that band was especially noted. Recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra on Chairman Of The Board. The full ensemble blasts into the introductory chorus, followed by two choruses of the 'head' stated alternately by saxes and brass. Next comes a two-chorus saxophone section soli displaying no pyrotechnics, just simplicity and swing. A growling muted trumpet solo greases things up for a minute (on the recording the marvelous Snooky Young played the solo-no one did it better), backed up by trombones with a riff that must have been dated some 25 years prior to the recording! Next of course what else but a typical 'Basie-styled' piano solo, couched in that All-American rhythm section format; you know the drill. After the piano the soft full ensemble takes over with a 24-bar build-up to the shout chorus, which is of course punctuated by Young's screaming open trumpet, and the piece ends with the customary dominant 13th chord with raised 11th.For many years facsimile copies of Frank Foster's score and parts were reproduced and published by Walrus Music Publishing. This edition has been carefully prepared and engraved from these parts. Several note errors that were found in the original set of parts have been corrected as well. Articulations and dynamics that reflect the Count Basie Band interpretation have been included so that this arrangement may be faithfully reproduced. This would make a great festival piece or concert opener/closer! - Swing - Medium Difficult
• You Can Have It
  • Up-tempo chart as recorded by Diane Schuur and the Count Basie Band. Arranged and co-written by Frank Foster. Fast and fun, challenging. In the spirit of It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing. Key of Bb. - Swing - Medium