Iko Iko by The Dixie Cups Brass Quintet - Digital Sheet Music
By The Dixie CupsThis song has roots in a Mardi Gras chant that ostensibly came from some unspecified Native American language. James "Sugar Boy" Crawford turned it into a song, and his band, Sugar Boy and his Cane Cutters (southern Louisiana had a lot of that) recorded it in 1953 as "Jock-a-Mo," which may mean "kiss my ass" or a defiant response to that effect. It was recorded again, as kind of a whim, in 1964 by the girl trio The Dixie Cups, who made it a hit. It has since been endlessly covered by everyone from Cyndi Lauper to The Grateful Dead.This arrangement is essentially solo variations on the main melody backed by horn rhythms. If you want to make it go on endlessly, it's a simple three-chord tune (actually, mostly two chords) that lends itself to simple improv. It's arranged for two trumpets, horn, trombone and tuba.If you require alternative instrumentation, I'm happy to help. Contact me at wilcor@aol.com.
Details
Summary
- Format:
- Score and Parts
- Item types:
- Digital
- Level:
- Intermediate
- Artist:
- The Dixie Cups
- Usages:
- School and Community
- Number of Pages:
- 24
Detailed Description
SKU: A0.1461185
By The Dixie Cups. By Barbara Ann Hawkins, Joan Marie Johnson, and Rosa Lee Hawkins. Arranged by Will Corbin. Jazz,Pop. 24 pages. Will Corbin #1040044. Published by Will Corbin (A0.1461185).This song has roots in a Mardi Gras chant that ostensibly came from some unspecified Native American language. James "Sugar Boy" Crawford turned it into a song, and his band, Sugar Boy and his Cane Cutters (southern Louisiana had a lot of that) recorded it in 1953 as "Jock-a-Mo," which may mean "kiss my ass" or a defiant response to that effect. It was recorded again, as kind of a whim, in 1964 by the girl trio The Dixie Cups, who made it a hit. It has since been endlessly covered by everyone from Cyndi Lauper to The Grateful Dead.
This arrangement is essentially solo variations on the main melody backed by horn rhythms. If you want to make it go on endlessly, it's a simple three-chord tune (actually, mostly two chords) that lends itself to simple improv. It's arranged for two trumpets, horn, trombone and tuba.
If you require alternative instrumentation, I'm happy to help. Contact me at wilcor@aol.com.
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- Series:
- ArrangeMe
- Artists:
- The Dixie Cups
- Ensemble:
- Brass Quintet
- Publisher:
- Will Corbin