TROMBONES AND RHYTHM SECTION - PAGE ONE

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These original tunes are written for 5 or 6 trombones, piano, bass and drums, as indicated. One of the trombones in each case is a bass-trombone. In most of them, there is a lot of space for jazz improvisation. These trombone arrangements are all played regularly by
BILL'S BONES, a band run by Bill Guy.
The cost of each arrangement is £6. To see how much this will be in other currencies, click here.   Click in circle to play tune and stop it.  To refresh the page, click on the yellow Scored Changes logo or press ctrl+F5  To request a tune, click in the box that follow the arrow.

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Tim Can   (5 or 6)   393KB  (pdf file size)      - not for the faint-hearted  

Through the eyes of a child  (5 or 6)    194 KB       - jazz waltz (a popular one)   FREE

Hear more, see more  (5 or 6)    264KB       - bossa nova

Guy's Fawk Night  (5 or 6)    274KB       - fast swing with colla voce section

Jerry's hat-trick  (6)    403KB       - lots of solo space and ensemble passages

Spot the Paul   (6)    290KB       - foot-tapping one

The world according to Rumsfeld  (6)    297KB       - gets fast and quite tricky

El niño y la niña  (6)    260KB       - interesting one to play

The Artful Roger  (6)    335KB       - show tune with funky passage

And his mother called him "Willy"  (6)    495KB       - funky with long swing section

Tim waits for Nieman  (6)    322KB       - spotlight for 2 of the trombones

For Razzaq   (6)    227KB       - good timing needed

What if.... (6)    283KB       - solos on sequence and modes

Easy come, easy go (5 or 6)    226KB       - bouncey tune

   Here is a recording of  Bill's Bones  playing the entire arrangement of this tune.

Personnel: Bill Guy, Doug Lougan (lead tbn), Paul Nieman (soloist), Tim Wade, Alan Seymour, Jasper Franklin - trombones,
Paul Whitten - bass, John Wood - drums, Paul Busby - piano.


Here is a clip of Bill's Bones taken in 2011. It's a tune arranged by Jasper Franklin (the little fellah - second left).

To finish off this page, here is a link to a video clip which will appeal to trombonists everywhere
Click here and then on video and scroll down (pull down brown scoller) to last call


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