Name: St. Thomas (arr. Will Corbin) by Sonny Rollins Brass Ensemble Digital Sheet Music
Brand: Will Corbin
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St. Thomas (arr. Will Corbin)
by Sonny Rollins Brass Quintet - Digital Sheet Music

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Product Details

Title St. Thomas (arr. Will Corbin)

Artist Sonny Rollins

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Composer Sonny Rollins

Arranger Will Corbin

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 21

Arrangement Brass Ensemble

Publisher Will Corbin

Level 3

Product ID 1565035

Genre Jazz

Instruments French Horn Trombone Trumpet Tuba

Performance Group Brass Quintet

Product Description

A saxophonist was playing this catchy song outside New Orleans' Cafe du Monde one morning when I was visiting. When I figured out what the tune was, I was driven to arrange it for our quintet. The result is at least good for one illustration: If you thought you needed drums for calypso or Latin, think again. Horns work pretty well.
Jazz tenor sax great Sonny Rollins wrote this, mostly as a vehicle for improvisation. It's based on a Bahamian folk melody called "Sponger Money," which may or may not be based on a British folk song called "The Lincolnshire Poacher." Whatever the case, it's a variation on a song Rollins' mother sang to him when he was a child in the Virgin Islands.
This arrangement -- not as easy to play as it looks, because of the rhythms -- is for two trumpets, horn, trombone and tuba. It's also perfect for the improv-impaired -- but can also serve as a framework for players who are good at it.
If you need alternative instrumentation, please contact me at wilcor@aol.com.

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