James Williams a respected jazz pianist composer and educator has played with the likes of Sonny Stitt Joe Henderson Woody Shaw Thad Jones Clark Terry Chet Baker and many more. He continues to share his knowledge and understanding of jazz through his compositions. The pianist who studies the arrangements in this volume will find them to be deeply rooted in the jazz tradition and challeng…
A note from the composer: This one kind of like my Blues for All from the too soon to tell set is a disguised minor blues. In addition it has a vamp at the end of each a section and an 8 bar bridge to take it out of the C minor tonality for a minute.
Big Band-In the best Count Basie tradition here is an exciting burner from this respected writer. This chart features saxes off the top hot brass punches and a driving ensemble shout to the end. Includes solos for Piano and Tenor.