SKU: A0.1337382

A nice little percussion ensemble with a variety of parts including Piano, Bass Guitar, Synth. and even an Alto Saxophone Soloist!

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This Polka arranged for Tuba/Euphonium quartet has been performed by many American and German Polka artists including Frankie Yankovic and Doris Day.

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Frank Loesser's Academy Award winning Baby It's Cold Outside is a Christmas Classic but started life as a party piece for Loesser and his wife to sing at at celebrity parties. It has been covered by dozens of singers, including Zooey Deschanel and Leon Redbone for the 2003 film Elf. However, this version is based on Tom Jones & Cerys Matthews' recording from his 1998 album Reload. 

During the 1940s, when Hollywood celebrities attended parties, they were expected to perform. In 1944, Frank Loesser wrote Baby, It's Cold Outside for his wife, Lynn Garland, and himself to sing at a housewarming party in New York City at the Navarro Hotel. They sang the song to indicate to guests that it was time to leave. The song was an instant success and according to his wife We become instant parlor room stars. We got invited to all the best parties for years on the basis of 'Baby.' It was our ticket to caviar and truffles. Parties were built around our being the closing act.

The song started to reach a wider audience when in 1948, after years of performing the song, Loesser sold it to MGM for the 1949 romantic comedy Neptune's Daughter. In the film, Baby, It's Cold Outside was sung by Esther Williams and Ricardo Montalbán, then by Betty Garrett and Red Skelton, who reversed the roles. The song won the Academy Award.

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What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? is a popular song written in 1947 by Frank Loesser as an independent song. It was first recorded by Margaret Whiting in 1947 and first charted for The Orioles, peaking at No. 9 on Billboard's Best-Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues chart in December 1949. Although it is typically performed in December, that was not the composer's intent. In A Most Remarkable Fella: Frank Loesser and the Guys and Dolls in His Life, his daughter Susan Loesser explains that the singer, madly in love, is making a (possibly rash) commitment far into the future. (Maybe it's much too early in the game. Ah, but I thought I'd ask you just the same – What are you doing New Year's, New Year's Eve?) It always annoyed my father when the song was sung during the holidays. This SATB Saxophone Quartet arrangement begins with a quote from Dvorak's New World Symphony before proceeding into the rarely included verse of the song and ends with a quote from the popular song Auld Lang Syne written by Robert Burns, which is often heard on New Year's Eve. The saxophone quartet sound is sure to engage audiences in the spirit and sentiment of the song itself. The duration is 4:21. Contact me at james.pybus56@gmail.com.

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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.  You can also type John Fries in the searchbar to see all I have to offer.  Baby, It's Cold Outside is a popular song written by Frank Loesser in 1944 and popularized in the 1949 film Neptune's Daughter. While the lyrics make no mention of a holiday, it is popularly regarded as a Christmas song owing to its winter theme. During the 1940s, whenever Hollywood celebrities with vocal talents attended parties, they were expected to perform songs. In 1944, Loesser wrote Baby, It's Cold Outside to sing with his wife, Lynn Garland, at their housewarming party in New York City at the Navarro Hotel. They sang the song to indicate to guests that it was time to leave. Garland has written that after the first performance, We became instant parlor room stars. We got invited to all the best parties for years on the basis of 'Baby.' It was our ticket to caviar and truffles.

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On A Slow Boat to China is a popular song by Frank Loesser published in 1948. The song is a well-known pop standard, recorded by many artists, including a duet between Rosemary Clooney and Bing Crosby for their album Fancy Meeting You Here (1958), Ella Fitzgerald, Joni James, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Jimmy Buffett, Fats Domino and Liza Minneli. This version features a root-based chord blocking that John and I have used in a number of our arrangements. We hope you like what we've done with this grand old tune!

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For Brass Quintet. This popular 1948 Broadway love song, Once in Love With Amy comes from the pen of Frank Loesser and his musical Where's Charley?. It is lighthearted in nature, and being so, it was not only performed by Ray Bolger, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Mel Torme, and Perry Como, just to name a few, but also by Pops and Fozzie in episode 512 of The Muppet Show as well as by Miss Piggy in issue 3 of Muppet Peter Pan with words only Miss Piggy could sing - Once in love with Piggy, always in love with Piggy.... Have fun with this one! Alternate parts for British Brass Band instrumentation included (Eb Horn, Bb Trombone TC, Eb Bass). Trumpet parts can be played on Cornet. Duration ~4:25. 16 pages.

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Guys and Dolls is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows and is based on short stories by Damon Runyon. The show premiered on Broadway in 1950, where it ran for 1,200 performances and won the Tony Award for Best Musical. The musical has had several Broadway and London revivals, as well as a 1955 film adaptation starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra and Vivian Blaine. Act 1 of the show begins with a pantomime of never-ceasing activities depicting the hustle and bustle of New York City (Runyonland). This is followed by the Fugue for Tinhorns, in which three small-time gamblers, Nicely-Nicely Johnson, Benny Southstreet, and Rusty Charlie, (played in the 1955 movie by Stubby Kaye, Johnny Silver and Danny Dayton respectively) argue over which horse will win a big race. This arrangement is playable by SSAB or SSSB Clarinet Quartet. It is suitable for a wide variety of concert programs and settings. Duration is 1:35. Contact me at james.pybus56@gmail.com.

SKU: A0.764732

Guys and Dolls is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows and is based on short stories by Damon Runyon. The show premiered on Broadway in 1950, where it ran for 1,200 performances and won the Tony Award for Best Musical. The musical has had several Broadway and London revivals, as well as a 1955 film adaptation starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra and Vivian Blaine. Act 1 of the show begins with a pantomime of never-ceasing activities depicting the hustle and bustle of New York City (Runyonland). This is followed by the Fugue for Tinhorns, in which three small-time gamblers, Nicely-Nicely Johnson, Benny Southstreet, and Rusty Charlie, (played in the 1955 movie by Stubby Kaye, Johnny Silver and Danny Dayton respectively) argue over which horse will win a big race. This arrangement is playable by SSAB or SSSB Flute Quartet. It is suitable for a wide variety of concert programs and settings. Duration is 1:35. Contact me at james.pybus56@gmail.com.

SKU: A0.764734

Guys and Dolls is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows and is based on short stories by Damon Runyon. The show premiered on Broadway in 1950, where it ran for 1,200 performances and won the Tony Award for Best Musical. The musical has had several Broadway and London revivals, as well as a 1955 film adaptation starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra and Vivian Blaine. Act 1 of the show begins with a pantomime of never-ceasing activities depicting the hustle and bustle of New York City (Runyonland). This is followed by the Fugue for Tinhorns, in which three small-time gamblers, Nicely-Nicely Johnson, Benny Southstreet, and Rusty Charlie, (played in the 1955 movie by Stubby Kaye, Johnny Silver and Danny Dayton respectively) argue over which horse will win a big race. This arrangement is playable by SATB or AATB Saxophone Quartet. It is suitable for a wide variety of concert programs and settings. Duration is 1:35. Contact me at james.pybus56@gmail.com.