Jazz Band

Serenade to a Cuckoo
by Roland Kirk
arr. Zack Smith
Price: $42


Want something new and different for your young jazz ensemble?  Take a look at Zack Smith's chart on Roland Kirk's Serenade to a Cuckoo!  It's from Alfred's First Year Charts for Jazz Ensemble series and is a quality swing chart with a little humor and a catchy hook that includes written solos for tenor sax 1 and trumpet 2, nice section solis, a sophisticated sound, and easy brass ranges.  It's also playable with optional reduced or expanded instrumentations.  Clever chart!

Instrumentation is 5 saxes, 6 brass, 4 rhythm.
Playable by 3 saxes, 2 trumpets, 1 trombone and 3 rhythm.
details below*

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*Parts Included:
1st Alto Sax
2nd Alto Sax
1st Tenor Sax
2nd Tenor Sax (optional)
Bari Sax (optional)
1st Trumpet
2nd Trumpet
3rd Trumpet (optional)
1st Trombone
2nd Trombone (optional)
3rd Trombone (optional)
Guitar (optional)
Piano
Bass
Drums

Optional/Alternate Parts:
Flute
Bb Clarinet
Vibraphone
Tuba (doubles Bass)
Horn in F (doubles 1st Trombone)
Bb Baritone/Tenor Sax (doubles 1st Trombone)