Jitterbug!
Robert Buckley
Ensemble: Concert Band
Grade: 4
Duration: 05:00
Year of Composition: 2018
Commissioned by: West Vancouver Youth Band (Douglas Macaulay, director)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Year of Publication: 2018
Publisher Catalog Number: 04005359
Available: Yes
How to Acquire: Publisher, Purchase
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Flute 1,2
Oboe
Bassoon
B♭ Clarinet 1.2
B♭ Clarinet 3
B♭ Bass Clarinet
E♭ Alto Sax 1,2
B♭ Tenor Sax
E♭ Baritone Sax
B♭ Trumpet 1
B♭ Trumpet 2,3
F Horn 1,2
Trombone 1,2
Trombone 3
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Drum Set (opt.)
Percussion 1
Percussion 2
Mallet Perc. 1
Mallet Perc. 2
Timpani
Commissioned by the West Vancouver Youth Band (Douglas Macaulay, director), in tribute to Canada's "King of Swing", band leader Dal Richards.
Program Notes:
In preparation for composing this piece, I studied numerous recordings of the major swing bands of the 1930's and 1940's. My intention was to capture the essence of the jazz age with an original piece of music. Each of the swing bands had their own "signature" sounds, which were immediately recognizable to their flocks of enthusiastic fans. This composition puts these various sounds and rhythms together in homage to a vibrant and innovative time in American music. Jitterbug! was written as a tribute to Dal Richards – Canada’s King of Swing – who recently passed away at the age of 99. He fronted his own swing band for almost eighty years.
(Robert Buckley)
