Dry Bones : For Trumpet Quartet - 3 Bb & One Bb Bass (Or Baritone Or Trombone).

The well-known African American spiritual ( the foot bone's connected to the leg bone, the leg bone's connected to the... ), arranged for trumpet quartet / 3 Bb and one Bb bass (or baritone or trombone). Multiple players may be used on each part to expand the ensemble. This arrangement is hugely influenced by jazz. The composer wrote an extended two-part introduction which begins hymn-like, and then breaks out in a jubilant jazzy section. This is followed by a more traditional rendering of the spiritual -- however, as the music reaches its climax, the jazz licks from the introduction are brought back as counterpoint against the main melody of the spiritual. The result is exhilarating, and for a bit of humor, just as the work ends, there is a tongue-in-cheek plagal cadence. Duration 2 minutes and 30 seconds. Grade IV.

1 score + parts; 28 cm.

Edition Number: B 1021
Distributor Number: B1021