Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet Alto Saxophone,Bass Clarinet,Bassoon,Flute,Horn,Oboe - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1412076 Composed by James P. Johnson. Arranged by Charles Decker. 20th Century,Film/TV,Jazz,Multicultural,Pop,World. 21 pages. Charles Decker Music Press #994301. Published by Charles Decker Music Press (A0.1412076). From the Music of Black Composers Series at Charles Decker Music Press is The Charleston which debuted in James P. Johnson’s Broadway 1923 show “Runnin’ Wild” to become the wildly popular and unofficial anthem of the Roaring 20’s.  An important jazz pianist and composer, Johnson was a major influence on Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Art Tatum, Thelonious Monk, and Fats Waller.  Arranged for a traditional woodwind quintet of flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon, with alternate parts clarinet in B-flat substitute for oboe, alto saxophone in E-flat substitute for horn, and bass clarinet in B-flat substitute for bassoon the arrangement retains the style of the day that has enticed audiences for decades. The recording is of the entire edition.To see our Music of Black Composers Series for woodwinds enter “Black Composers Series Woodwinds” in the search box at Charles Decker Music Press for arrangements for mixed woodwind ensembles ranging from early jazz to symphonic works with composers Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, R. Nathaniel Dett, William Grant Still, Will Marion Cook, James Reese Europe, James Johnson and others.
