Kwanzaa 4-Part - Digital Sheet Music
Kwanzaa is a composition celebrating the seven day observance. An additional word, "Harambee" which means "Let's pull together" in Swahili, was added for the ending phrases. For complete information about the meaning and message you might want to navigate to the following URL https://www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org/index.shtml.This particular song was written for the award winning jazz vocalist Lynette Washington's "holiday" album "Long, Long Ago" (A Jazz Celebration of Christmas, Chanukah & Kwanzaa (the mp3 is included here). Originally written and arranged for solo vocalist, I re-arranged it for my college/community choir in 2015. It is arranged for SATB Choir with Jazz Combo (Piano, Bass, Drums, Conga). Additional percussion, a 2nd keyboard, for possible jazz soloing, or a possible solo instrumentalist, may be added at the conductor's discretion. The solo parts can also be extended to fit the conductor's interpretation. Moving in half step changes from D to Eb to E to F to F# to G, the improvisations are played using those note's dorian mode.
Details
Summary
- Format:
- Octavo
- Item types:
- Digital
- Level:
- Intermediate
- Usages:
- School and Community
- Number of Pages:
- 39
Detailed Description
SKU: A0.926263
Composed by Dennis Bell. Arranged by Dennis Bell. Jazz,Latin. Octavo. 39 pages. Mark of Aries Music (BMI) #2548809. Published by Mark of Aries Music (BMI) (A0.926263).Kwanzaa is a composition celebrating the seven day observance. An additional word, "Harambee" which means "Let's pull together" in Swahili, was added for the ending phrases. For complete information about the meaning and message you might want to navigate to the following URL https://www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org/index.shtml.
This particular song was written for the award winning jazz vocalist Lynette Washington's "holiday" album "Long, Long Ago" (A Jazz Celebration of Christmas, Chanukah & Kwanzaa (the mp3 is included here). Originally written and arranged for solo vocalist, I re-arranged it for my college/community choir in 2015. It is arranged for SATB Choir with Jazz Combo (Piano, Bass, Drums, Conga). Additional percussion, a 2nd keyboard, for possible jazz soloing, or a possible solo instrumentalist, may be added at the conductor's discretion. The solo parts can also be extended to fit the conductor's interpretation. Moving in half step changes from D to Eb to E to F to F# to G, the improvisations are played using those note's dorian mode.
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