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 be a whole lot of dead copycats”. This chart doesn't hold anything back!
Instrumentation
Instrumentation
Number of Parts
Pages Per Part
CONDUCTOR SCORE (FULL SCORE)
1
16
ALTO SAX 1/FLUTE
1
2
ALTO SAX 2/FLUTE
1
2
TENOR SAX 1/FLUTE
1
2
TENOR SAX 2
1
2
BARITONE SAX
1
2
TRUMPET 1
1
2
TRUMPET 2
1
2
TRUMPET 3
1
2
TROMBONE 1
1
2
TROMBONE 2
1
2
TROMBONE 3 (BASS)
1
2
PIANO
1
3
BASS
1
3
DRUMS
1
3
Product Details
#HL 7010394
073999641424
9.0"
12.0"
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