Format : DVD
SKU: CL.032-4120-01
You’ve got the winning recipe with this great chart by Larry Neeck. This up-tempo swinger has it all; jazzy sax lines, strong brass hooks, and a powerhouse shout-chorus to top it all off. It even has a couple of short Gene Krupa styled solos for the drummer. Suggested solos are provided and the chart is playable with a limited instrumentation. An excellent choice for any mid-level band performance. Your band has got the formula to swing with Horns + Rhythm = Swing!.
SKU: CL.031-3256-01
Your band will sound like a big-time Swing Machine when they perform this exciting Larry Neeck chart. Includes an open solo section with easy changes for the soloists of your choice (written suggested solos are included) and has couple of short Gene Krupa styled solos for the drummer. Playable with limited instrumentation and includes a Guitar Performance Help Sheet. COMPLETELY COOL!
SKU: XC.HJE2201FS
12 x 9 inches.
Composer and educator Anthony Susi weaves several traditional spirituals together in a swinging medley that stays in one tempo throughout. The chart starts with a Gene Krupa style drum solo that breaks into a joyous swing at measure 21. The Krupa style returns with the tune Wade in the Water that is cleverly partnered with the Jericho melody. There is a call and response section between the Saxes and Brass that leads to an eight-bar solo section over easy changes.
SKU: XC.HJE2201
SKU: SU.21000213
UPC: 820821003284.
Jazz Sonorities (2002) was composed for Esther Lamneck at her request and premiered by her and Barbara Allen on drums at the Loewe Theater of New York University on May 30, 2002. Ms. Lamneck asked me to compose a piece for either solo clarinet or clarinet and piano. I decided on the former to continue my Sonorities series of works for solo instruments which eventually resulted in Sonorities VII for solo b-flat clarinet (2003-04). However, shortly after getting started with my Sonorities VII I kept hearing the swinging sounds of a jazz clarinet backed up by a jazz drum set. Part of the reason I kept hearing these sounds is that I grew up listening to the big swing bands of such clarinet leaders as Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Woody Herman, and Jimmy Dorsey. These musicians were my first exposure to the clarinet. So I decided to first compose a piece for clarinet with a jazz quality and a swinging partly ad lib part for the drums and to put my solo clarinet piece for Esther on hold for a year. There was also a personal reason to use the drums in the piece. My first ambition in music was to be a jazz drummer and indeed I studied drums with a jazz drummer and played drums professionally in dance bands for several years. Ms. Lamneck's part in this piece is almost entiirely written out except for a few measures of improvisation around the middle of the piece. The jazz quality of her part comes mostly in the prasing and using bluesy like pitch bends, slides, and microtones. The jazz quality of the drum set part is in the swinging beat that is used throughout most of the piece. The influence of the famous recording of Sing Sing Sing, with a swing by Benny Goodman & his orchestra in 1937 featuring Gene Krupa on drums is heard in the middle section when the drummer switches to a beat on the floor tom and high tom for several measures. Also, the Afro Cuban section toward the end of the piece was influenced by the many recordings of Stan Kenton & his orchestra particularly the 1950 Pete Rugolo arrangement of Cole Porter's Love for Sale. In the drum solo of the Afro Cuban section which is near the end can use optional claves and/or maracas (1-2 additional players). At the premiere the composer joined in this section on maracas. The drum set calls for a bass drum, floor tom, snare drum, high tom, ride cymbal, sizzle cymbal, and hi-hat. --Patrick Hardish.
SKU: AP.46162S
UPC: 038081528991. English.
As the title suggests, it's a swinger with a hints of the classic Gene Krupa drum pattern. The tempo is around 200 BPM, lots of action for the trombones, written suggested solos for trumpet, tenor, trombone, and drums, a huge shout chorus, add great dynamics and well-notated rhythm parts too. Optional parts include vibes. It's big! (4:40).
SKU: HL.138634
ISBN 9781574243093. UPC: 888680032326. 8.5x11.0x0.175 inches. Chet Falzerano, Foreword by Van Alexander.
Chick Webb's short professional career (he died at age 30) served as an inspiration to young drummers at the dawn of America's big band/swing era. Simply stated, Webb is the guy who inspired the guys, who inspired the guys, who inspired you. Gene Krupa: Chick taught me more than anyone. Buddy Rich: As a soloist, Chick had no equal at the time. Papa Jo Jones I don't speak of Chick Webb, the drummer, I speak of Chick Webb, the epitome. And Webb accomplished this as a black man crippled with a debilitating disease in a segregated society. His contributions as a drummer/bandleader changed the course of music in America, not the least of which was discovering Ella Fitzgerald. Author Chet Falzerano chronicles Webb's greatness in this celebration of the little giant including the recreation of Webb's drum set.