Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1504222

By Lionel Hampton. By Johnny Mercer, Lionel Hampton, and Sonny Burke. Arranged by Neil Boumpani. Jazz,Latin,Standards. 77 pages. Boumpani Music Publishing #1079681. Published by Boumpani Music Publishing (A0.1504222).

A big band chart that is well within th reach of most school big bands, and features the Vibraphone.   This classic Lionel Hampton standard was also inspired by Latin vibist Cal Tjader.  Set to a Bossa Nova style, the chart includes an improvisational section with both chords, and a written-out solo.  Ranges are very reasonable, and there are no real rhythmic challenges.  The only challenge is getting the proper Bossa Nova feel in the rhythm section.
Bands all over the country showcase their mallet players during marching band season, so why not do so in the jazz band.

This is the first of my series Focus on the Vibes..

Guitar,Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1205949

By Lionel Hampton. By Johnny Mercer, Lionel Hampton, and Sonny Burke. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Jazz,Standards. Score. 3 pages. John Fries #804141. Published by John Fries (A0.1205949).

Please contact me by email at jfries@ptd.net to make a special request or to find out all that I have to offer and to express your comments or concerns. Thanks, John.  Midnight Sun (1954) was originally an instrumental composed by Lionel Hampton and Sonny Burke in 1947 and is now considered a jazz standard. Subsequently, Johnny Mercer wrote the words to the song. One famous recording of the song with the Mercer lyrics is by Ella Fitzgerald on her 1957 album Like Someone in Love.