Charts for 6 Horns

composition5idea.MUSRecently, I was asked to play for a local band which is known as a pocket big band - that is to say - has a big band sound but less players. They have 6 horns - 2 trumpets, a trombone, and 3 saxes, and a rhythm section of Piano, bass, and drums. The band is excellent, with 3 of the saxophones and 1 of the trumpets being the players who used to play for the best of the British big bands (for some reason, they all live in Blackpool now), and, as a result, I wrote some arrangements for them to play. This was more an exercise in voicing chords for a different lineup than anything else, but I enjoyed it.

Sky Hymnsong_Score.mid So Close, Yet So Far - Gordon Goodwin

composition5idea.MUS La Fiesta - Chick Corea

Laura Spielberg Midi.mid Mack the Knife - Bobby Darin

COMPO1MIDI.mid Li'l Darlin - Neal Hefti

PragueMidiVersion.mid Things Ain't What They Used To Be - Mercer Ellington/Woody Herman

Lovely pieces.

The only problem was you having to make do with Midi which doesn't allow punches/accents and the nuances you'd get in live performance. Even so you've done well with the midi and caught the atmosphere all right. I particularly liked the last one.

Great.

M