Prelude to a Kiss

Bob Mintzer gives this Duke Ellington classic a refreshing and soulful treatment rather than the customary ballad feel and it really works!  Set in a slow and easy gospel-like feel, the rhythm section will, in Bob's words, "get a groove on" just by reading the written parts.  A tenor saxophone soloist is featured throughout, which requires the player to use a laid-back, R & B style while superimposing jazz harmonic sensibility over the solid, repetitious beat provided by the drummer. Your best tenor soloist will shine, as will your band, with this worthy and challenging chart!