Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1453550 By Billy Williams. By Fred E. Ahlert and Joe Young. Arranged by John Hoesly. Broadway,Jazz,Musical/Show,Pop,Standards. 52 pages. PRS&B #1032775. Published by PRS&B (A0.1453550). I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter- music by Fred E. Ahlert and lyrics by Joe Young. Arrangement for Little Big Band/ Jazz Ensemble. Written in 1935 and one of the most recorded songs ever. It seemed to work in all genres. Rock, Swing, Pop…on and on. Recorded by Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Barry Manilow, Willie Nelson, Bill Haley and His Comets, Fats Waller and Count Basie. Even Paul McCartney.This arrangement is in the style of Basie’s LIL’ DARLIN’…a slow burn. Relaxed, but full of energy. Difficulty: Intermediate. A standard of the Great American Songbook.Little Big Band- The arrangement is playable with rhythm section (piano/guitar, bass, drums)and 3 to 6 horns. Horns in order of importance: 1st Trumpet (1st Part), Alto Saxophone (2nd Part), Trombone (3rd Part), Tenor Saxophone (4th Part), Baritone Saxophone (5th Part), 2nd Trumpet (6th Part). Includes an optional Vibraphone/Guitar part and alternate parts for the Baritone Saxophone (Trombone), the 2nd Trumpet (Alto Saxophone), and the Trombone (Tenor Saxophone).Also see: You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’, Stand By Me, Yesterday, All I Have To Do Is Dream, Killing Me Softly With His Song, Ease On Down The Road, Embraceable You, I’m Gonna Sit Right Down…, In The Mood, Jersey Bounce, Oh, Lady Be Good, Memories Of You, My Buckets Got A Hole In It, Ode To Billy Joe, Stride (based on a theme from Rhapsody In Blue), The Summer Knows, They Can’t Take That Away From Me, Where Or When. Arranged by John Hoesly.
