Product Description
This arrangement, sold at SheetMusicPlus.com and SheetMusicDirect.com at a much lower price than the standard flat-fee range ($60 to $75), does NOT come with a demo recording or any rehearsal audio aids. Visit KerryMarsh.com and purchase the "All Tracks Pack with SkyTracks (No Sheet Music)" package and receive access to: 1. Arrangement Demo, 2. SkyTracks Mixer access, 3. Vocal Part Tracks, 4. Minus-One Tracks, 5. Accompaniment Track, 6. Recording Stems (for those who wish to use their own Digital Audio Workstation)
Adapted from Kurt Ellings iconic rendition of Jaco Pastorius Three Views of a Secret, this SSATB chart surrounds a deeply expressive baritone soloist with guitar, piano, bass, and drums. The bass part is fully notated, while the piano chart uses slashes and chord symbols with two written passages. Ellings own melodic phrasing is on the page, along with his sweeping vocalese created with Phil Galdston and inspired by Wayne Shorters solo on Weather Reports 1980 Night Passage. After the head, an improv section invites either a vocal or instrumental solo; the demo features guitar, but any confident improviser can step in.
Pastorius harmony stays full of pleasant ambushes, yet the jazz-waltz groove quickly feels inevitable, underscoring the three motif running through both title and lyric. Singers will find themselves navigating dense colors one moment and transparent textures the next, all in service of a lyric that leans into mystery and transcendence. The chart requires mature ears and rhythmic poise, yet once it clicks, the journey feels organic and fresh at every turn. A decisive final tag provides the kind of payoff that makes for a knockout concert closer.
This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard's global self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters. ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds.