Music To Swing Your Handbag To | Big Band score + parts | Redtenbacher's Funkestra
Music To Swing Your Handbag To Big Band arrangement for 13 Horns (4 trumpets, 5 saxophones, 4 trombones), 8 rhythm (2 guitars, bass, 2 keys, drums, 2 percussion players) and a string section (violin I, violin II, viola, cello). Note in regards to the string players - the more the better:-) The PDF counts 119 pages.
Description | This 60s Boogaloo type tune features a cheeky melody and extended saxophone solo section as well as a 'trading' section between drums and percussion.
Style | 60s Boogaloo
Grade | Advanced
Ranges | Trumpets 1-4: E6, C#6, C#6, E5, Trombones 1-4: B4, B4, G4, Bb3
Credits | Written and arranged by Stefan Redtenbacher, string arrangement by Pete Whitfield, horn arrangement by Peter Tomasso and Stefan Redtenbacher. Music copying by Phil Knights (GED Music Ltd).
Watch the RNCM Session Orchestra - an ensemble of RNCM music students and the Funkestra - perform 'Boozing Wizards' from 'Boozing Wizards (Searching For The Stone Of Funk)'. No string section on this one.
Watch the Upper Austrian Funkestra – an ensemble of music students and their teachers. This includes a string section of 4 violin I players, 3 violin II players, 2 viola players and 3 cellists.
Contact Stefan if you'd like a standard size Big Band arrangement for 13 horns (4 trumpets, 5 saxophones, 4 trombones) and a 4 piece rhythm section (gtr, bass, drums, keys).