Product Description
Originally completed in 1936, "Lush Life" has slowly gained traction as a gem in the jazz canon. For unknown reasons, Duke Ellington chose not to feature the song until 1948, in a piano/vocal duet live. It was never featured in a commercial recording by the full band. Thankfully, over time more artists picked up the torch of "Lush Life"--Nat King Cole, trumpeter Harry James, Carmen McRae, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Stan Getz and a few others. John Coltrane, on a 1958 record date with vocalist Johnny Hartman, reigns supreme in terms of quintessential performances of the song.
This trombone choir arrangement (5 tenor + 1 bass) uses a more range-friendly key of A-flat, rather than the original D-flat, but keeps the harmony intact. Some rubato is encouraged so as to make the most of this expressive and harmonically complex, sad and beautiful song. #trombonechoir #billystrayhorn #basstrombone #ballads #johncurtismusic.com
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