First Love Song (Jazz Ensemble)

Series : KENDOR ARCHIVE EDITIONS
Composed and arranged by Bob Brookmeyer
Grade : Medium
Style : BALLAD
Playing time: 4:45

Instumentation : standard jazz ensemble; 1st Alto Sax doubles on flute, 2nd Alto Sax doubles on clarinet, tenor saxes double on clarinet, & bari sax doubles on bass clarinet; all trumpets have opt. flugelhorn doubles.

As recorded by the Mel Lewis Orchestra with Clark Terry on the album Bob Brookmeyer, Composer & Arranger, this beautiful ballad with very reasonable brass ranges, a brief written solo for alto sax and a piano cadenza (written or ad lib) just before the final bars is an expressive masterpiece that ends in a whisper.