Brass Ensemble,Brass Quintet - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.774842 Composed by Clarence M. Jones. Arranged by Bill Wilson. Jazz. Score and parts. 15 pages. Alexander Wilson #39037. Published by Alexander Wilson (A0.774842). A response to Lewis F. Muir and L. Wolfe Gilbert's Waiting for the Robert E. Lee, Clarence Jones and Marvin Lee's Casey Jones Went Down on the Robert E. Lee borrows heavily from its predecessor in terms of music, but still contains enough original ideas to stand on its own. It speaks of the instant fame of the original that both pieces were published in 1912. Arranged for brass quintet (two Bb trumpets, French horn, trombone, and tuba). Includes world parts (horn in Eb, trombone in Bb TC, tuba in Eb TC, and tuba in Bb TC). Performance time is approximately 2:00. Visit our website, www.tootsuitebrasspublishing.com, for a catalog of our arrangements available through sheetmusicplus.com.

Brass Quintet - Advanced - Digital Download Composed by Gus Kahn and Isham Jones. Arranged by Kenneth Abeling. Jazz, Swing, Broadway, Movies. Score, Set of Parts. 24 pages. Published by LINCOLN MUSIC PUBLICATIONS

Brass Quintet Horn,Trombone,Trumpet,Tuba - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1416368 Composed by Isham Jones. Arranged by F. Leslie Smith. Jazz,Pop,Standards,Wedding. 28 pages. Sweetwater Brass Press #997935. Published by Sweetwater Brass Press (A0.1416368). Isham Edgar Jones certainly kept busy.  By age 26 the Chicago tenor saxophonist led his own dance band, and it was one of the most popular of the 1920s.  But he also found time to write melodies for a whole raft of popular songs.  Twenty-one Isham Jones Orchestra recordings of his compositions peaked in the top ten most popular, and eight of those made it to the number one spot.  One was It Had to Be You, with words by Gus Kahn.     Although written in 1924, It Had to Be You defies the passage of time, still sounding fresh and contemporary.  It remains popular and has evolved into a jazz standard.     This brass quintet version retains the original key of G Major.  It opens with a suggested tempo of 104 BPM and a nine-measure introduction that combines figures and phrases from both verse and chorus.  At rehearsal letter A, Trumpet 1 begins the melody of the familiar chorus, accompanied by Tuba and Horn in F.  Trumpet 2 quickly joins and the melody changes to an upper brass trio.  The melody then passes to Trombone, back to the trio, to Tuba and then to Horn in F.  The section winds up  with the original Trumpet-Horn-Tuba combination.     The seldom-heard verse begins at rehearsal letter C and takes the form of a sort of call-and-response between upper and lower brass.  As the section nears its end, tempo slows to a suggested 80 BPM and Trombone begins to take over.     Rehearsal letter D marks the beginning of the chorus’ final time through, and here it is mostly Trombone handling the melody in quasi-Dixieland fashion.  The upper brass trio and Tuba both help out, but, for the most part, it is Trombone all the way to the end.  (Although, a good time is had by all!)     Performance time is about three minutes, fifty seconds.  All notes are within the normal playing range of each instrument with the following exceptions:  (1) Trumpet 1 has one or two A-above-its-staff notes, and (2) in the wrap-up near the end, Trombone has the option of playing a short phrase either (a) within its register or (b) higher, including a G above the staff.     The arranger, Les Smith, will be happy to provide substitute parts (for example, treble clef baritone for trombone) at no charge.  He would like to receive your suggestions, comments, corrections and criticisms.  Contact him at lessmith61@bellsouth.net.  For more arrangements by Les, enter Sweetwater Brass Press (without the quotation marks) in the Sheet Music Plus or Sheet Music Direct search box.

Horn,Trombone,Trumpet,Tuba - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1149129 By John Coltrane. By John Coltrane. Arranged by Keith Terrett. 20th Century,Blues,Jazz,Multicultural,Standards,World. 11 pages. Keith Terrett #749258. Published by Keith Terrett (A0.1149129). An arrangement of John Coltrane's classic Equinox for Brass Quintet with optional drum kit. Equinox is a minor blues jazz standard by American jazz saxophone player and composer John Coltrane. Originally released on Coltrane's Sound[ played in C# minor with a slow swing feel. However, it is usually played in the key of C Minor and often covered on the flute Coltrane’s wife Naima named the song Equinox. The equinox occur twice a year, when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is inclined neither away from nor towards the sun. John Coltrane was born on September 23, 1926, the day of the official autumn equinox of that year. The release of Equinox was delayed until 1964 when Atlantic issued the album Coltrane’s Sound. Before he recorded it, Coltrane performed Equinox several times in live venues, including a session with Miles Davis’ rhythm section and at the 1960 Monterey Jazz Festival. Unfortunately, the other Atlantic recordings of Equinox were lost in the 1978 warehouse fire before they were released.Unlike Naima and My Favorite Things, Equinox would not become part of Coltrane's repertoire. Coltrane's attitude in writing Equinox is described by Dr Lewis Porter as Coltrane was a serious blues player and his blues pieces reflect the desire to get back to a primal mood, and away from the emotionally lighter, harmonically more complicated and complex blues of the boppers. Equinox is introduced by McCoy Tyner and Elvin Jones with a Latin rhythmic passage which shifts into the slower tempo of the theme. The composition evokes a sense of mystery. Coltrane then enters on the horn (a tenor), his playing slow and pensive. The theme is repeated for two choruses and then stating the theme twice. He then proceeds with an improvisation of unusual emotional depth - reminiscent of a preacher exhorting his congregation. Elvin Jones make dramatic use of drum rolls and cymbal crashes throughout the song to maintain the sense of mystery. McCoy Tyner comps with a light feel.

Brass Quintet Horn,Trombone,Trumpet,Tuba - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1459843 Composed by Albert Hague and Dr Seuss. Arranged by Chris Magee. Chamber,Christmas. 8 pages. Dubba C Music #1038799. Published by Dubba C Music (A0.1459843). Movement one of the Grinch Suite, Welcome Christmas is a Chris Magee arrangement of the carol sung by the Whos during the Chuck Jones' beloved animated version of Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Who Stole Christmas. This arrangement is furnished with two endings: a final ending for standalone use, and an ending with a direct segue to the second movement (You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch). Your audiences will love the Grinch Suite!Trumpet 1 range is written to high D (D6).Instrumentation: 2 Bb trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba and drum set.

Horn,Trombone,Trumpet,Tuba - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1165519 Composed by Isham Jones. Arranged by Paul Nagle. 20th Century,Jazz,Standards. 16 pages. Paul Nagle #765884. Published by Paul Nagle (A0.1165519). A very popular song from the 1920's, It Had To Be You has been used in several latter-day movies. including When Harry Met Sally.  This jazz Brass Quintet version by Paul Nagle brings a fresh approach to the song by using various musical techniques including pyramids, changing rhythms,  and an optional improvised solo for the second trumpet player. The recurring intro theme,  based on part of the song itself, ties the arrangement together and makes for a satifying ending!