Product Description
This piece is composed for legendary cornet player Buddy Bolden, one of
the first jazz musicians. He always played wearing a red vest, hence the title.
The piece takes the form of a mournful New Orleans funeral March followed by
a lively New Orleans second line style.
While a trumpet solo in an improvised style has been written, there are also chord
symbols for the trumpet player to improvise their own solo. If you are new to
improvising, try taking some of the written out ideas and playing around with them
to form your own solo.
You may also want to experiment with a plunger mute and growl effects.
Chord symbols have also been included in the piano part during
the improvisation sections.
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.