String Quartet Cello,Double Bass,String Quartet,Viola,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.747089
Composed by Duke Ellington. Arranged by Keith Terrett. Contemporary. 14 pages. Keith Terrett #6428043. Published by Keith Terrett (A0.747089).
C Jam Blues for String Orchestra!
C Jam Blues is a jazz standard composed in 1942 by Duke Ellington and performed by countless other musicians, such as Dave Grusin, Django Reinhardt, Oscar Peterson, and Charles Mingus.
As the title suggests, the piece follows a twelve-bar blues form in the key of C major. The tune is well known for being extremely easy to play, with the entire melody featuring only two notes: G and C.
A performance typically features several improvised solos. The melody likely originated from the clarinetist Barney Bigard in 1941, but its origin is not perfectly clear.
It was also known as Duke's Place, with lyrics added by Bill Katts, Bob Thiele and Ruth Roberts.