I'll be called upon to fill-in in the municipal Big Band and may get the chair.
I haven't played in a Big Band since college. Need to dust off those chops.They play mostly Basie-Ellington-Gershwin material.
I have the old Chapin play-alongs on worn out tape and S. Houghton's Ultimate reading package for drumset which has a couple BB play-alongs.
What are your suggestions of other Big Band packages with good sounding, fun, challenging charts?
Big Band play-along/charts packages?
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Re: Big Band play-along/charts packages?
Louie bellson had a book out in the 2000's. The first chart is like 400 bpm or something, ridiculous! I had an old Mel Lewis book in the 80's.
Keith Mansfield rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: Big Band play-along/charts packages?
The Gordon Goodwin Big Phat Band play-along is very good, I've also used the Irv Cottler Under My Skins book with some students but if I remember rightly the backing tracks do not have a count in (!)
The book that helped me the most when learning to set up and orchestrate figures big-band style was Steve Houghton's Studio and Big Band Drumming.
Good luck! Let us know how it goes.
The book that helped me the most when learning to set up and orchestrate figures big-band style was Steve Houghton's Studio and Big Band Drumming.
Good luck! Let us know how it goes.
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Re: Big Band play-along/charts packages?
Get Steve Fidyk's book.
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