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SKU: HX.342197

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I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) is a pop and jazz standard with music by Duke Ellington and lyrics by Paul Francis Webster published in 1941. It was introduced in the musical revue Jump for Joy by Ivie Anderson, who also provided the vocals for Duke Ellington and His Orchestra on the single Victor 27531. Recordings to reach the Billboard charts in 1941/42 were by Duke Ellington (#13) and by Benny Goodman (vocal by Peggy Lee) (#25). This version features a root-based chord blocking that John and I have used in a number of our arrangements. We also added some pretty cool left-hand fills for your listening (playing?) pleasure - we hope you like what we've done to make this arrangement unique!

SKU: A0.1271389

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, arranged here for String Orchestra.

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.

Ellington's black and white film was produced in 1942. The video depicts a jam session where Ellington begins playing with a double bass before gradually being joined by other members of his band, among them drummer Sonny Greer and trumpeter Rex Stewart. The film title is Jam Session. Western Swing band leader Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys recorded the song sometime between 1945 and 1947 as part of the Tiffany Transcriptions. Bill Doggett recorded a version on his 1958 tribute album Salute to Duke Ellington (King). C Jam Blues was used by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band as the basis of their song The Intro and the Outro. Mulgrew Miller and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen included the song in their 1999 album The Duets. The Dave Brubeck Quartet performed this live at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival; the recording appears in their album Newport 1958. YouTube Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOlpcJhNyDI.

SKU: A0.748341

Transcribed as recorded by CHICAGO for their album CHICAGO NIGHT AND DAY (big band album) released in 1995.

INSTRUMENTATION: Lead Vocal I, Lead Vocal II, Background Vocal I, Background Vocal II, Background Vocal III, Background Vocal IV, Tenor Saxophone (Bb), Flugelhorn (Bb), Trombone, Warm Synthesizer, Grand Piano, Hammond B-3 Organ, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, Crotales, Shaker, Triangle, Drumset.

BIG BAND: Flute I, Flute II, Flute III, Flute IV, Flute V, Flugelhorn I (Bb), Flugelhorn II (Bb), Flugelhorn III (Bb), Trumpet IV (Bb), Trombone I, Trombone II, Trombone III, Bass Trombone (IV).

*** Score is 8.5 x 14 legal size paper, parts are standard 8.5x11 size.

ABOUT THE ARRANGER:  Patrick Sheehan has served as a professional music arranger, transcriptionist and copyist since 1999, and has over 1,000 works in his catalog spanning various genres: wind band, orchestra, chamber music, along with pop & rock selections.  His modus operandi centers around creating arrangements and transcriptions that are true to the original definitive versions and strives to produce clean and easy-to-read music.  For questions or more information, please contact the arranger at PatrickSheehanMusic@GMail.com.