Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.792714

Composed by Nathaniel Cleophas Davis. Arranged by Joshua Hauser. Folk,Jazz,Traditional. 13 pages. Gordon Cherry #5982839. Published by Gordon Cherry (A0.792714).

Mr. Trombonology by African American composer, trombonist, bandleader and publisher Nathaniel Cleophas Shorty Davis was written in 1917 as a Trombone solo in the American genre of Ragtime featuring the trombone's patented glissando as the hook. These solos were also called smears or jazzes.

Mr. Trombonology is one of five entertaining works from Davis' Trombone Family written between 1915 and 1921 and comes with the subtitle - A Characteristic Trombone Smear. The Son of Oh Slip It Man.

This arrangement has been expertly arranged by Joshua Hauser for Brass Quintet with the Trombonist as the featured soloist and is playable by moderately advanced performers.

Cherry Classics Music will be publishing the complete series of these works for Brass Quintet by Davis arranged by Mr. Hauser.

Thanks to Douglas Yeo for his research and advice.

Brass Quintet Horn,Trombone,Trumpet,Tuba - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1463544

By Various. By Traditional. Arranged by Will Corbin. Blues,Jazz,Traditional. 22 pages. Will Corbin #1042269. Published by Will Corbin (A0.1463544).

This song's roots go back to medieval England and may or may not refer to a hospital for lepers. Or maybe one for prostitutes. Or for young rakes with veneral disease and an addiction to alcohol. Whatever the case, it has been through many iterations, many names and many supposed composers. Louis Armstrong's 1928 recording put it permanently on the U.S. blues/jazz map.
This rendition is inspired in part by a treatment by Troy Andrews, otherwise, and mostly, known as Trombone Shorty.
If you need alternative instrumentation, please contact me at wilcor@aol.com.