You are bidding on a chart I transcribed from
Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra Ca. 1930
. The tune is called Jungle Nights In Harlem. The instrumentation is as follows; Clarinet, Alto Sax 1, Alto Sax 2, Tenor Sax, Bari Sax, 1st Trumpet, 2nd Trumpet, Trombone, Piano, Banjo/Guitar(one part), Bass/Tuba and Drums. This chart features wonderful ensemble and solo parts all of which are completely written out Including the virtuostic clarinet work of Barney Bigard! You can listen the original version of this tune for free by going to redhotjazz.com. I will also send a sample of this chart to you pdf format if you are interested and would like to see what you will be bidding on. Here is some information on the original recording:
Ellington only recorded this song one time (just one take, came out on several labels). Personnel for the session were
Trumpets: Arthur Whetsel, Cootie Williams, Freddie Jenkins
Trombones: Tricky Sam (Joe) Nanton, and Juan Tizol
Reeds: Barney Bigard (clar and t.s.), Johnny Hodges (alto and sop saxes, clar), Harry Carney (b.s., clar., a.s.)
Rhythm: Ellington (p.), Fred Guy (banjo), Wellman Braud (b.) Sonny Greer (drms)
The soloists in this song were:
Intro: 8 bars Duke
1st chorus: 16 Nanton, 8 Jenkins, 8 Nanton
2nd chorus: Jenkins with the band
3rd chorus: 16 Bigard, 8 Hodges, 6 Bigard, 2 band
4th chorus: 16 band with Jenkins, 8 band, 8 band with Jenkins
Coda: 4 bars with band.
Please email me if you have any questions or if you would like to combine shipping. Thanks for looking and happy bidding.
There is no shipping for this item. This chart will be Emailed to your email address in pdf format within 24 hours of payment! By recieving the parts in PDF format you save the cost of shipping as well as you recieve the chart(s) much faster! Also you can print out as many copies of each part as you want! I prefer PAYPAL!
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