Movin' Uptown by Benny Carter - Jazz Ensemble - Sheet Music

Details

Ensembles: Jazz Ensemble
Genres: Swing
Composers: Benny Carter
Publishers: Alfred Music
Series: Music of Black Composers and Artists; Essential Ellington: Jazz at Lincoln Center Library
Formats: Score and Parts
Item Types: Physical
Levels: Grade 5
Usages: School and Community

Description

Jazz Ensemble - Grade 5

SKU: AP.30565

Composed by Benny Carter. Jazz Ensemble; Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Essentially Ellington: Jazz at Lincoln Center Library. Jazz; Swing. Score and Part(s). 76 pages. Alfred Music #00-30565. Published by Alfred Music (AP.30565).

UPC: 038081331997. English.

Although Movin' Uptown has some technical difficulties (range and tempo), it shouldn't present too much of a musical challenge for your students. The style and content are very similar to a number of Sammy Nest pieces that high school and college bands regularly perform. Since this is an up-tempo flag-waver, Benny Carter chose to use a 64-bar AABA song form instead of the usual 32, which keeps each chorus at a length of one minute. Each A section consists of and a and a b, and the B section also are split in 2 8-bar sections.