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BIG BAND SELECTIONS (with brief descriptions)
BETTER GET HIT IN YOUR SOUL
- Gospel 12/8 burner w/shouts & blues solos
BIRD CALLS – (no score)
- Sax section feature, real uptempo
BLUE CEE – (no score)
- Medium tempo blues in C major
BOOGIE STOP SHUFFLE (Simply Mingus)
- Medium to uptempo classic, B flat blues
BOOGIE STOP SHUFFLE
- Medium to uptempo classic, B flat blues
CHILDREN’S HOUR OF DREAM
- through-composed, medium tempo classical jewel from “Epitaph”
DIANE
- Medley of two ballads, one walking ballad, w/solos on both
DON’T LET IT HAPPEN HERE
- Spoken Word w/brass a capella turning into uptempo E flat modal solos
DUKE ELLINGTON’S SOUND OF LOVE (Simply Mingus)
- classic walking ballad, one of the most advanced
DUKE ELLINGTON’S SOUND OF LOVE
- classic walking ballad, one of the most advanced
ECCLUSIASTICS
- Bluesy multi-part, gospel-like, with a few tempo changes
EH’S FLAT AH’S FLAT TOO
- Uptempo E flat blues, brass intensive
FABLES OF FAUBUS (Simply Mingus)
- Classic, medium tempo with a lot of shifts & backgrounds
FABLES OF FAUBUS
- Classic, medium tempo with a lot of shifts & backgrounds
GG TRAIN
- Uptempo w/ ¼ time ballad, has built-in drum solo
GOODBYE PORKPIE HAT (Simply Mingus)
- Classic, tenor & bass feature, ballad
GOODBYE PORKPIE HAT
- Classic, tenor & bass feature, ballad
GUNSLINGING BIRD
- 6/8 burner w/drum solo at end
HAITIAN FIGHT SONG (Simply Mingus)
- Classic, bass feature, medium-uptempo, G minor blues
HAITIAN FIGHT SONG
- Classic, bass feature, medium-uptempo, G minor blues
JELLY ROLL (Simply Mingus)
- Classic, 16 bar piece, progressing through styles from Dixieland to Bebop
LOVE CHANT
- Modern, medium-uptempo with two solo forms on 2 different set of changes.
MEDITATIONS FOR MOSES
- Mingus Plays Piano
MEDITATION FOR MOSES
- Orchestra Version
MOANIN’ (Simply Mingus)
- Classic, bari feature with 64 bar form
MOANIN’
- Classic, bari feature with 64 bar form
NOSTALGIA IN TIME SQUARE (Simply Mingus)
- Medium tempo, modified blues in E flat
NOSTALGIA IN TIMES SQUARE
- Medium tempo, modified blues in E flat
O.P. FOR OSCAR PETTIFORD (Simply Mingus)
- Uptempo w/odd number of bars & beats
OH LORD DON’T LET THEM DROP THAT BOMB ON ME – (no score)
- Swinging 12-bar blues in C
OPEN LETTER TO DUKE
- Extended form featuring tenor uptempo & alto on a ballad
OPUS FOUR
- Large form, dialogue solos
PEDAL POINT BLUES
- Shuffle, B-flat blues
PEGGY’S BLUE SKYLIGHT
- Classic, medium-uptempo, AAB form
PITHECANTHROPUS ERECTUS
- Classic, F minor, open vamps for solos
SELF PORTRAIT IN THREE COLORS (Simply Mingus)
- Through-composed, polyphony
SLIPPERS (Simply Mingus)
- Uptempo, drum feature
SONG WITH ORANGE
- Medium shuffle in E flat
SUE’S CHANGES
- Extended form, classical type piece
TENSIONS
- High energy uptempo, 16 bar blues form
THIS SUBDUES MY PASSION – (no score)
- Ballad from Swing Era
TIJUANA GIFT SHOP
- Latin infused, medium-uptempo with 17 bar form
US IS TWO – (no score)
- Medium-uptempo, long chorus piece in D flat
WEDNESDAY NIGHT PRAYER MEETING – (no score)
- Gospel-like 6/8 uptempo with 12-bar blues form in F
WORK SONG
- Medium tempo, soulful swinger w/8 bar dialogue solos, in F minor
YSABEL’S TABLE DANCE
- Latin infused, medium-uptempo, long form w/many open vamps
