Name: Brick House (arr. Dennis Ruello) by Commodores Jazz Ensemble Digital Sheet Music
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Brick House (arr. Dennis Ruello)
by Commodores Jazz Combo - Digital Sheet Music

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Brick House by the Commodores - Parts Only

This disco classic is about a woman with a great body. She is "Built like a Brick House." The original phrase is, "She's built like a brick s--t house." That's the reason for the pause with the horn fill between the words "brick" and "house.".

As explained in Commodores press materials, when the group needed another song for the album, their guitar/trumpet player William King was sent home to write one. He fell asleep trying to think of something, and when he woke up, there was a pad of paper on his chest with the lyrics written on it. Lucky for King, his wife Shirley Hanna-King was also a songwriter, and she wrote the words while he was sleeping. The lyrics were put to a groove the band came up with in a jam session to complete the song. This parts only arrangement, in the original key of a minor, includes a Voice Part plus 4 horns (Trumpet, Alto Sax, Tenor parts Sax and Trombone) and rhythm section. (Electric Guitar, Electric Piano, Electric Bass and Drum Set) A solo section is provider for horns and rhythm section improv...

Written at the Advanced Intermediate level, it is playable by both advanced high school and college musicians

Performance time approx. 3 min. 20 sec.

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