Razzmatazz - PDF Score and Parts

R A Z Z M A T A Z Z  for Jazz Ensemble 
Composed by Lachlan Pierce
Written in Summer 2009 in Colorado Springs, Colorado
 
W H A T   T H I S   I N C L U D E S
PDFs of the score and parts (letter sized - 8.5"x11")
Reference recording
Cover art
 
Physical score sold separately. No refunds for digital products.
 
S P E C S
Style: Shuffle 
Solos: Tenor 1, Trumpet 3, Open
Difficulty: Medium Advanced 
Duration: circa 5:00 
Highest Lead Trumpet Note: C above staff
 
C O M P O S E R ‘ S   N O T E S
Razzmatazz was my very first big band composition - it's like the "big brother," the model of sorts for all my other compositions that followed. For the year leading up to writing the song, I kept badgering my high school band director, telling him that I was going to write a piece for the jazz band and that we needed to play it when it was fin­ished. Naturally, he didn't believe I would pull through with it because I was spacey and horrible with time management. Like he thought, I never got it done (I didn't even start it) until the summer before my senior year at high school. 
 
I was at a jazz camp when Razzmatazz thundered down from the heavens (the idea really did come that suddenly). I was walking with some friends to lunch when one of them said, "You know, jazz shuffles always sound so happy. I wonder what a minor shuffle would sound like ... ?" From there, the song practically wrote itself.
 
I N S T R U M E N T A T I O N
Alto Saxophone 1
Alto Saxophone 2
Tenor Saxophone 1
Tenor Saxophone 2
Bari Saxophone
Trombone 1
Trombone 2
Trombone 3
Bass Trombone
Trumpet 1
Trumpet 2
Trumpet 3
Trumpet 4
Guitar
Piano
Bass Guitar
Drum Set