Chamber brass with improv

Trumptacular · Regular Member Joined: 15 Aug 2007 Posts: 21

Hello everybody,

Wondering if anyone knows of brass quartet or quintet arrangements that contain sections for jazz improv?

Thank you!

benlewis · Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 9:21 pm Post subject:

There are a couple of Canadian Brass charts that have changes written over written solos, as well as an arrangment of "Pink Panther" (sorry, can't remember the arranger) with changes.

Also, Dr. Jack Cooper has a piece intitled "Scenes for Brass Quintet" that has one movement with "free" improvization sections for the entire quintet. You may contact him through the University of Memphis website....

tommy t. · Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 9:31 pm Post subject:

Axiom Brass does some pieces with the lead trumpet improvising solos.

I don't have any source for their scores, but often a direct contact can be fruitful.

Tommy T.
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bdr · Regular Member Joined: 12 Apr 2007 Posts: 25

Check out Paquito d'Rivera's Four Songs for Brass Quintet. It is pretty demanding technically (written high F#'s), but I know that the second movement has a free improv section and stands alone by itself very well. I can't speak for improvisation in the other movements, but can state that the piece is very well written and most certainly a crowd pleaser.

Here is a video of the Manhattan Brass playing the first two movements. Lew Soloff takes a fantastic solo in the second movement.

Link

Hope this helps,

BR

tommy t. · Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 10:08 pm Post subject:

Trumptacular · Regular Member Joined: 15 Aug 2007 Posts: 21

Thanks guys! If anyone else knows of any please chime in.

PAB · Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 6:53 am Post subject:

After You've Gone arranged by Jack Gale and That's A Plenty arranged by Jim Parcel both have written solos but include chord changes if you want to improvise your own.

-Ben

AverageJoe · Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 7:28 am Post subject:

Michael Stewart has a nice arrangement of "Green Dolphin Street" that has a long improv solo for 2nd trumpet.

Off the top of my head, I can't think of any others (that haven't already been mentioned) that have changes in them, but a few have some nice written out solos that you could certainly disregard and do your own thing. Jeff Jarvis has a nice arrangement of Blue Skies with a nice written solo for the 2nd trumpet, and so does Jack Gale's arrangement of "Take the A Train." There's also a challenging arrangement of "Sweet Georgia Brown" by Joey Sellers (available thru Balquhidder) that has 2 nice solos for 1st trumpet -- one for plunger and one later on for piccolo.

Best,

Paul Poovey

Trptguy · Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 7:56 am Post subject:

Trumptacular · Regular Member Joined: 15 Aug 2007 Posts: 21

Much obliged, Paul!