Joe's Blues

In the mid 1960s Joe Henderson and Kenny Dorham formed a rehearsal big band as a vehicle for composition and arranging experimentation. While this band never recorded or performed live, they did get together often to read through new arrangements. Henderson took several of his well-known tunes like Punjab, Shade of Jade, Isotope, and Homestretch (Later known as Joe's Blues) and a few standards such as Without a Song and Chelsea Bridge and created harmonically and rhythmically sophisticated arrangements that are deep even by today's big band writing standards. In 1992 Joe Henderson and Don Sickler put together an all-star band to record these arrangements that had been sitting around for many years. The idea was that the band would perform a concert of these arrangements at Lincoln Center and then later that week go into the studio to record. All these charts feature lengthy solos for a tenor saxophone soloist. Included are open solo sections so that any number of soloists may be featured. In addition, while there was no guitarist used during the recording sessions, the guitar part has been included. These arrangements will require significant time to work up, but will be amazing for competitions or festivals! This arrangement of Joe's Blues features solos for tenor saxophone, piano, and trumpet. Ranges: Trumpet 1 to G6; Trumpet 2 to Eb6; Trombone 1 to C5.