Darktown Strutters Ball
by Myles Collins
Big Band - Sheet Music

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Ensembles
Big Band
Genres
Big Band
Swing
Arrangers
Myles Collins
Publishers
Lush Life
Formats
Set of Parts
Score and Parts
Item Types
Physical
Levels
Advanced
Usages
School and Community
Big band - Difficult

SKU: JL.LL-1202

By Ted Heath. Arranged by Myles Collins. Swing. Full score and set of parts. Published by Lush Life (JL.LL-1202).

Darktown Strutters Ball is well known to Trad Jazz audiences, but it's a bit of a rarity to have a chart for Big Band. This version is a transcription of the Ken Moule chart which was written for the Ted Heath Orchestra as part of their Decca recording sessions. It is two minutes of pure joy, featuring some great tutti passages, and a dixieland chorus too. The Dixie trio is ad-lib, and is written for your 1st Trumpet, 1st Trombone and Clarinet. The Clarinet also features with a solo following the Dixie passage. The Sax section has a slightly unusual make-up, being written for Clarinet, Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Baritone, though we have also included an extra Tenor part (a transposition of the Alto part) to give you more flexibility. A very rare chart from the Ted Heath book.