Charles Mingus

Retrouvez 17 chansons de Charles Mingus, contrebassiste de jazz, compositeur et pianiste, arrangées pour piano solo. Une collection idéale pour les débutants et jeunes pianistes qui veulent explorer les ?uvres de Charles Mingus. / Variétés Internationales / Partition /

This medium tempo swing chart is the lead-off cut from the CD Mingus Big Band 93. Featured is a distinctive melody a stop-time solo section and a great swing groove throughout.

Recorded by the Mingus Big Band on the CD Que Viva Mingus! this stellar Steve Slagle arrangement takes the band through an extended modal format while always swingin! With a unique blend of group improvisation fullensemble passages andsolo space for trombone tenor sax and trumpet this medium tempo chart is another standout from this iconic contemporary big band.

This classic Mingus composition is meant to be performed with a sense of an 'anger' or sarcasm and definitely projects an edginess. The bari sax and bass bone will have fun with the opening and there is plenty for the rest of the ensemble to get excited about as well in this medium swing romp.

This catchy riff-based tune uses blues changes and you can make it as easy or as difficult as you like depending on the tempo you choose! Solos (or soli) are for sax as well as piano and drums. A wonderful introduction to theexciting music of Charles Mingus skillfully adapted by Andrew Homzy.

Charles Mingus était une figure de pionnier dans le jazz moderne. En plus d'être un bassiste virtuose qui a joué avec les meilleurs musiciens de jazz depuis quatre décennies, il était également un pianiste accompli, chef d'orchestre et compositeur qui a enregistré plus de 100 albums et a écrit plus de 300 partitions originales et innovantes. Cette incroyable collection explore des Mingus arrière-plan et prestigieuse carrière ainsi que 55 de ses pièces. Les histoires derrière chaque chanson sont donnés et accompagnées de notes sur comment Mingus joue la pièce. Mingus photos, anecdotes, citations et une importante discographie combler ce volume de collectionneurs chériront. Un travail vraiment personnels qui célèbre le génie au sein de cette légende jazz / Guitare Basse / Partition

Here is a beautiful arrangement of Charles Mingus' signature ballad featuring altos and trumpets playing the melody off the top then later joined by the entire ensemble. Sample written solos are provided for the short solo orsoli spots for trumpet and trombone. A jazz classic!

The opening cut from the Mingus Big Band CD Gunslinging Birds is this raucous and blistering jazz waltz. Mingus wrote this piece as a tribute to Charlie Bird Parker with the subtitle If Charlie Parker were a gunslinger there'd bea whole lot of dead copycats. This chart doesn't hold anything back!

One of the most engaging and lighthearted of all Mingus' compositions this was originally meant to provide a musical bridge from Jelly Roll Morton to Mingus' own unique compositional voice. Here is a marvelous version for bigband that alternates between a medium slow 2-beat feel and straight ahead swing. Includes solos for trombone alto and trumpet.