Brass Quintet Horn,Trombone,Trumpet,Tuba - Level 3 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.1461631
Composed by Ernesto Lecuona and Marian Banks. Arranged by Will Corbin. Classical,Jazz,Latin. 22 pages. Will Corbin #1040375. Published by Will Corbin (A0.1461631).
Cuban-born (he fled to the U.S. when Castro took over) Ernesto Lecuona wrote the Suite Andalucia in 1933; Malaguena, the best known and most performed part of it, is the sixth movement. It has been covered by everyone from orchestras to big bands to drum-and-bugle corps to (!) Connie Francis.
This arrangement is inspired by and adapted in part from Bill Holman's spectacular 1961 arrangement for the Stan Kenton big band. The song was on Kenton's Adventures In Jazz album, which won a Grammy in 1962.
I've made it considerably less adventuresome -- like taming the trumpet ranges -- so it's more accessible to mere mortals.
If you need different instrumentation, I'm happy to help. Contact me at wilcor@aol.com.