Basin Street Blues

"Basin Street Blues" is a nice and easy tune that would be fun for your small jazz ensemble to play. It will be enjoyable for both the students and the audience. "Basin Street Blues - Jazz Ensemble" weighs 3.52 oz.

Basin Street Blues (Full Score)
$3.00, SuperDuperItem 8899279FK
Basin Street Blues - Jazz Ensemble
$25.00, SuperDuperItem 8899281FK

   This item has a difficulty rating of 2-2.5 on a scale of 1 through 6, with 6 being hardest.
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Technical Notes: This set of parts uses a unique instrumentation approach. In addition to the rhythm section parts (piano, guitar, bass, drums), this set includes four melody instrument parts, divided among the saxes, trumpets, and trombones. The recommended instrumentation is to have part 1 played by a trumpet, part 2 played by an alto saxophone, part 3 played by a tenor saxophone and part 4 played by a trombone. Also included are optional parts for each of the melody parts - part 1 includes both the recommended trumpet part and an optional alto saxophone part, part 2 includes both the recommended alto saxophone part and an optional trumpet part, part 3 includes the recommended tenor saxophone part as well as optional parts for alto saxophone and trombone, and part 4 includes the recommended trombone part plus an optional tenor saxophone part. You can have one person play each of the four parts, or you can double (or more) each part for even more players.

Arranger(s): This piece was arranged by Gordon Goodwin.

Composer(s): "Basin Street Blues" was composed by Spencer Williams.

Publisher: "Basin Street Blues" was published by Edwin H. Morris & Company.

Series: This piece was part of the series "Hal Leonard Easy Jazz Combo Series".


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Front Cover
Front Cover Image 1
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Conductor Score
Conductor Score Page 1
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Instrumentation
Instrumentation Page 1
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Parts included:

1-Full Score
1-E Flat Alto Saxophone
1-B Flat Tenor Saxophone
1-B Flat Trumpet
1-Trombone
1-Drums
1-Guitar
1-Bass Guitar
1-Piano


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Return Policy: This product may be returned within 30 days of purchase for a full refund, excluding shipping charges.

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