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Big Band pieces featuring Bass trombone

Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2024 5:15 pm
by marccromme
We did recently in the DRAM Big Band a rearranged version of Splanky, where I on bass bone did present the main theme solo one octave lower than usual for one chorus, before the tenor bones came in. And a corus improvised solo for me, which was great fun.

Getting blood on my teeth for more prominent licks and solos, I would like to present my big band for other suggestions where I can develop my impro skills.

Any suggestions for charts here?

Maybe something bluesy or ballad thing??

Maybe something Macky Messer kind of style?

Round Midnight charts adaptable to bass bone melody presentation?

Your suggestions are welcome here. .

Re: Big Band pieces featuring Bass trombone

Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2024 5:18 pm
by Burgerbob
Wave, Buddy Rich



Saturday Night is the Loneliest Night of the Week



There's also one I've played written for Charlie Vernon, a few pedal Cs. Can't remember the name of it though.

Re: Big Band pieces featuring Bass trombone

Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2024 12:42 pm
by marccromme
Aidan, thanks, Wave seems a good option for me, Saturday night might require a bit more than I can deliver. .. but what a nice piece too...

Re: Big Band pieces featuring Bass trombone

Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2024 1:03 pm
by AndrewMeronek
I'm pretty sure that version of Wave is arranged by John LaBarbera. Looks like it's available at Sierra Music.

Re: Big Band pieces featuring Bass trombone

Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2024 1:06 pm
by Posaunus
Burgerbob wrote: Sat Jan 20, 2024 5:18 pm Wave, Buddy Rich
Bass trombone solo played by Bill Reichenbach

@billreichenbach3592
7 years ago
"I don't usually comment on these things but just to set the story straight - it is me playing the solo. Buddy refused to play it as a Bossa Nova so when we played it the first time, it was as a ballad. I think I had been on the band for about 4 days. Before that, I had been playing a lot of jazz in Rochester, NY. So, I played it like I would play a ballad. Buddy wanted it to be a bit "stiffer". It had to be phrased so that he could relate to it. If I played too relaxed, he didn't like that. So, I just played it differently. Like the record. At no time was he going to fire me and the band never had to talk him into keeping me.
Around that time, Buddy fired the whole band, but had to rehire us the next day. That's really all there was to it.
Bill

Re: Big Band pieces featuring Bass trombone

Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2024 2:34 pm
by marccromme
AndrewMeronek wrote: Sun Jan 21, 2024 1:03 pm I'm pretty sure that version of Wave is arranged by John LaBarbera. Looks like it's available at Sierra Music.
Thanks for the help, Andrew. I check it out.

Re: Big Band pieces featuring Bass trombone

Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2024 2:39 pm
by marccromme
Also just found Jennifer Warthon playing Ain't Misbehavin - Bass Trombone feature with big band - Arranged by John Fedchock

Seems pretty approachable. Good performance. ..


Re: Big Band pieces featuring Bass trombone

Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2024 3:06 pm
by Kingfan
How about Dave Wolpe's arrangement of "Makin' Whoopee"


Re: Big Band pieces featuring Bass trombone

Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2024 7:52 pm
by TomInME
Recently picked this one up for the band I'm in, hoping to do it next concert. Changes aren't in the bass bone (neither is the bridge), but there's plenty of blarg on the A sections of the melody (and other opportunities throughout the chart).


Re: Big Band pieces featuring Bass trombone

Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2024 8:14 pm
by TomInME
Then there's this one, which has prominent bass bone throughout, but it is NOT a ballad:

Re: Big Band pieces featuring Bass trombone

Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2024 10:18 pm
by boneapart
My band's favorite bass bone feature:

More on "Serenade for Bass Trombone"

Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2024 10:45 pm
by boneapart
As I say, my band loved performing "Serenade for Bass Trombone." You can hear it performed by John Ohnstad with better audio qulity on Art Abrams' CD, Speak Low, Swing Hard. Great album, by the way!

Re: Big Band pieces featuring Bass trombone

Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2024 11:57 am
by RoscoTrombone
About 18 years ago I heard a live performance of the BBC big band on the radio. They did a version of My Ship (I think...) featuring bass trombone, which also had a jazzy bone section in the middle as well.

Re: Big Band pieces featuring Bass trombone

Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2024 12:52 pm
by marccromme
Kingfan wrote: Sun Jan 21, 2024 3:06 pm How about Dave Wolpe's arrangement of "Makin' Whoopee"
Nice, great, this one is a real treat for bass bone, Thanks for sharing

Re: Big Band pieces featuring Bass trombone

Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2024 1:27 pm
by marccromme
RoscoTrombone wrote: Fri Jan 26, 2024 11:57 am About 18 years ago I heard a live performance of the BBC big band on the radio. They did a version of My Ship (I think...) featuring bass trombone, which also had a jazzy bone section in the middle as well.
Hmmm. Cant find any version or arrangement of My Ship featuring bass bone in big band. ... can you come it closer?

Re: Big Band pieces featuring Bass trombone

Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2024 2:21 pm
by RoscoTrombone
marccromme wrote: Fri Jan 26, 2024 1:27 pm
RoscoTrombone wrote: Fri Jan 26, 2024 11:57 am About 18 years ago I heard a live performance of the BBC big band on the radio. They did a version of My Ship (I think...) featuring bass trombone, which also had a jazzy bone section in the middle as well.
Hmmm. Cant find any version or arrangement of My Ship featuring bass bone in big band. ... can you come it closer?

Okay I've just typed my ship bass trombone solo into Google and found brassbones on soundcloud. It's not the same version however, I'm guessing it was an arrangement just for the band perhaps?

Sorry I can't be of more help, I can remember listening to it & just enjoying the sound of John Higginbotham but haven't heard it again since

Re: Big Band pieces featuring Bass trombone

Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2024 7:23 am
by mikerspencer
Tom Kubis arrangement of Bill Bailey:



Marty Paich arrangement of It's Alright With Me (the hardest entry in the book, plus need to negotiate moving the jazz from second to bass):


Re: Big Band pieces featuring Bass trombone

Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2024 7:24 am
by mikerspencer
If you're feeling cosmically adventurous:


Re: Big Band pieces featuring Bass trombone

Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2024 1:07 pm
by mikerspencer
Frank Mantooth's A Nightingale Sang has solo and jazz.

Re: Big Band pieces featuring Bass trombone

Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2024 3:59 pm
by Posaunus
mikerspencer wrote: Sat Jan 27, 2024 7:23 am Tom Kubis arrangement of Bill Bailey ...

Apparently recorded 2008 (released 2009). Personnel?

Re: Big Band pieces featuring Bass trombone

Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2024 4:09 pm
by ithinknot
Posaunus wrote: Sat Jan 27, 2024 3:59 pm
mikerspencer wrote: Sat Jan 27, 2024 7:23 am Tom Kubis arrangement of Bill Bailey ...
Apparently recorded 2008 (released 2009). Personnel?

1992

kubis at last.jpg

Re: Big Band pieces featuring Bass trombone

Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2024 4:16 pm
by Posaunus
ithinknot wrote: Sat Jan 27, 2024 4:09 pm
Posaunus wrote: Sat Jan 27, 2024 3:59 pm Apparently recorded 2008 (released 2009). Personnel?
1992
kubis at last.jpg
Thanks, David! Is this the same recording or was it recorded earlier than the 2009 release?
Many of the same musicians still play with Kubis at his monthly gig in Long Beach.
What a pleasure to listen to (and watch) these guys make music!

Re: Big Band pieces featuring Bass trombone

Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2024 4:20 pm
by ithinknot
Posaunus wrote: Sat Jan 27, 2024 4:16 pm
ithinknot wrote: Sat Jan 27, 2024 4:09 pm
1992
kubis at last.jpg
Thanks, David! Is this the same recording or was it recorded later than the 2009 release?
Many of the same musicians still play with Kubis at his monthly gig in Long Beach.
What a pleasure to listen to (and watch) these guys make music!
There's only one recording; that 2009 date will be rerelease/label/rights stuff...

Re: Big Band pieces featuring Bass trombone

Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2024 12:23 am
by mikerspencer
Rich Bullock, the bass trombonist from the Kubis band, has tracks and samples on his site: http://bassbonevoice.com/MusicSamples.html

Re: Big Band pieces featuring Bass trombone

Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2024 7:45 pm
by TomInME
mikerspencer wrote: Sun Jan 28, 2024 12:23 am Rich Bullock, the bass trombonist from the Kubis band, has tracks and samples on his site: http://bassbonevoice.com/MusicSamples.html
Thanks for that - some fun charts there! I'll have to give them a close listen to see if any are within reach for the band I'm in.

Re: Big Band pieces featuring Bass trombone

Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:40 am
by DeanDeanDean
Matt Neiss’ arrangement of “I Thought About You”. It’s sort-of a Trombone section feature, though the melody is prominently carried by the Bass trombone.


Re: Big Band pieces featuring Bass trombone

Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:13 pm
by bstrmbn
Big band that I play in lets me play the Dave Barduhn arrangement of "Bein' Green" on bass bone. Solo and jazz are in the lead bone part - I play it down an octave or two....

Re: Big Band pieces featuring Bass trombone

Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:33 pm
by Pezza
Every piece, in every ensemble, should be a bass trom feature!

Re: Big Band pieces featuring Bass trombone

Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:36 am
by ericrich
Here’s my version of Sonny Rollin’s DOXY featuring Joshua Lampkins: