2012 COMPETITION MUSIC SELECTION GUIDANCE

BIG BANDS: You will make your chart selections on the application. On the Hal Leonard site there are sound files for each of the Simply Mingus charts and many others.

Please vary your selections by tempo, keys, and moods to make your experience more musically rewarding and to demonstrate your ensemble's range. The popular Simply Mingus charts are slightly modified from the original Mingus Big Band orchestration, and are challenging and appropriate for the Competition. To the left, you will find more information about Simply Mingus charts. Audio clips are here for selection reference only, and not all links are live. Please ask if you would like access to any audio files not posted here.

Instrumentation

Mingus Big Band: 3 trumpet, 3 trombone, 5 sax, piano, bass, and drums. You may add 3 optional instruments (charts not included), for a maximum of 17.

Simply Mingus: 4 trumpet, 4 trombone, 5 sax, piano, bass, drums, guitar. You may add 3 optional instruments (charts included for french horn, clarinet, and flute), for a maximum of 20.

BIG BAND CHARTS	AUDIO SAMPLES
	BIG BAND version/Album	ALTERNATE VERSIONS Performed by /Album
"Better Get Hit in Your Soul" - Simply Mingus	Hal Leonard Simply Mingus demo	Mingus / Ah Um
"Bird Calls" - Mingus Big Band (PDF) NEW (alto, bari, tenor, piano, bass, drums ONLY)	MBB video clip
"Blue Cee" - Mingus Big Band (PDF)		Mingus / The Clown
"Boogie Stop Shuffle" - Simply Mingus "Boogie Stop Shuffle" - Mingus Big Band	MBB Live in Time Hal Leonard Simply Mingus demo	Mingus / Ah Um
"Children's Hour Of Dream" - Mingus Big Band	MBB Live in Time	From Epitaph
"Diane" - Mingus Big Band (PDF) NEW	MBB
"Don't Let it Happen Here " - Mingus Big Band (PDF) NEW	MBB
"Duke Ellington's Sound of Love" - Simply Mingus "Duke Ellington's Sound of Love" - Mingus Big Band with optional lyrics by Charles Mingus	MBB / Nostalgia in Times Square Hal Leonard Simply Mingus demo
"Ecclusiastics" - Mingus Big Band	MBB / Nostalgia in Times Square MBB / Live in Tokyo	Mingus / Oh Yeah
"Fables of Faubus" - Simply Mingus "Fables of Faubus - Mingus Big Band	MBB / Gunslinging Birds Hal Leonard Simply Mingus demo	Mingus / Ah Um Mingus / Cornell
"GG Train"- Mingus Big Band	MBB recorded live at Jazz Standard	Mingus/Ah Um reissue
"Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" - Simply Mingus "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" - Mingus Big Band with optional lyrics by Joni Mitchell	Hal Leonard Simply Mingus demo MBB / Blues & Politics	Mingus / Ah Um
"Gunslinging Bird" - Mingus Big Band	MBB / Gunslining Birds
"Haitian Fight Song" - Simply Mingus "Haitian Fight Song" - Mingus Big Band	Hal Leonard Simply Mingus demo MBB / Blues & Politics	Mingus / The Clown
Hora Decubitus (AKA E’s Flat Ah’s Flat Too) -Mingus Big Band with optional lyrics by Elvis Costello (PDF)		Mingus
"Jelly Roll" - Simply Mingus	Hal Leonard Simply Mingus demo	Mingus / Ah Um
"Love Chant" - Mingus Big Band (PDF) NEW	MBB
"Moanin'" - Simply Mingus "Moanin'" - Mingus Big Band	MBB / Nostalgia in Times Square Hal Leonard Simply Mingus demo
"Nostalgia in Times Square" - Simply Mingus "Nostalgia in Times Square" - Mingus Big Band	MBB / Nostalgia in Times Square Hal Leonard Simply Mingus demo
"O.P." - Simply Mingus	MBB / Gunslinging Birds Hal Leonard Simply Mingus demo	From Epitaph
"Open Letter to Duke" - Mingus Big Band (PDF)	MBB/Nostalgia in Times Square
"Opus 4" - Mingus Big Band	MBB / Live in Tokyo	Mingus Dynasty / Next Generation
"Pedal Point Blues" - Mingus Big Band	MBB / I am Three	Mingus / Ah Um
"Peggy's Blue Skylight" - Mingus Big Band (PDF)	Mingus Epitaph	Mingus/Town Hall
"Pithecanthropus Erectus" - Mingus Big Band (PDF) NEW
"Self-Portrait in Three Colors" - Simply Mingus	MBB/Nostalgia in Times Square Hal Leonard Simply Mingus demo	Mingus / Ah Um
"Slippers" - Simply Mingus (PDF)	MBB / Que Viva Mingus
"Song with Orange" - Mingus Big Band	MBB / I Am Three	Mingus / Dynasty
"Sue's Changes" - Mingus Big Band	MBB / Live in Time	Mingus / Changes One
"Tensions" - Mingus Big Band (PDF) NEW	MBB
"Tijuana Gift Shop" - Mingus Big Band	MBB / Que Viva
"Us is Too" - Mingus Big Band (PDF) NEW	MBB
"Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting " - Mingus Big Band (PDF)	MBB / I Am Three
"Work Song" - Mingus Big Band	MBB recorded live at Jazz Standard	Mingus / At the Bohemia Debut
"Ysabel's Table Dance" - Mingus Big Band (PDF) NEW

COMBOS: you will receive a packet of ALL of the following Mingus lead sheets (and a few more to be added), from which you will select 3 to arrange and perform. Please vary your selections by tempo, keys, and moods to make your experience more musically rewarding and to demonstrate your ensemble's range. Audio clips are here for reference only, and not all links are live. Please ask if you would like access to any audio files not posted here.

Compositions for Combos	Performed by/Album	Performed by/Album	Performed by/Album	Performed by/Album
"Better Get Hit In Your Soul" (gospel)	Mingus / Ah Um	Mingus / At Antibes	Mingus/ Ah Um alternate	Mingus / Three or Four Shades of Blues
"Blue Cee" NEW
"Boogie Stop Shuffle" (blues - up-tempo)	Mingus / Ah Um
"Celia"	MBB / Live in Tokyo
"Diane"	MBB / Live in Time
"Duke's Choice"
"Duke Ellington's Sound Of Love" (ballad)	MBB / Nostalgia in Times Square
"East Coasting" NEW
"Ecclusiastics" (gospel)	Mingus / Oh Yeah	MBB / Live in Tokyo
"Fables of Faubus"	Mingus / Ah Um
"Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" (blues/ballad)	Mingus / Ah Um	Mingus / Three or Four Shades of Blues
"Gunslinging Bird" NEW	MBB / Gunslinging Birds
"Haitian Fight Song" (minor blues/ political)	Mingus / The Clown	Mingus / Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus
"Hora Decubitus" (aka "E's Flat Ah's Flat, Too")	MBB / Live in Time	Elvis Costello version with lyrics (lastfm)
"Jelly Roll"	Mingus / Ah Um
"Moanin'" (medium swing)	MBB / Nostalgia in Times Square
"Noddin' Ya Head Blues"	Mingus/Three of Four Shades of Blues
"Nostalgia in Times Square" (medium swing)	MBB / Nostalgia in Times Square
"O, Lord, Please Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb On Me" (blues/political)	Mingus / Oh Yeah	MBB / Blues & Politics
"OPUS FOUR" NEW	MBB / Live in Tokyo	Mingus Dynasty / Next Generation
"O.P. (Oscar Pettiford)" (up-tempo)	From Epitaph
"Orange was the Color of Her Dress, then Blue Silk" NEW
"Peggy's Blue Skylight" (medium swing)	From Epitaph	Mingus / From Town Hall
"Pithecanthropus Erectus" (blues/extended)	Mingus / Pithecanthropus Erectus
"Portrait"
"Reincarnation of a Lovebird" NEW
"Self-Portrait in Three Colors"	MBB/Nostalgia in Times Square	Mingus / Ah Um
"Slippers" (up-tempo)	MBB / Que Viva Mingus
"Slop"
"So Long Eric" (up-tempo)	MBB / Live in Time
"Sue's Changes"	Mingus / Changes One	MBB / Live in Time
"Us is Too" NEW
"Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting" NEW	MBB / I Am Three
"Work Song" (blues)	Mingus / At the Bohemia Debut	MBB live version